Overview

Would you like to kick start your career in a supportive, collaborative and innovative company? Do you enjoy working as part of an enthusiastic, passionate, and collaborative team? Join our Product Management Team.

As our business grows and evolves it is essential we have reliable, scalable yet flexible systems that can drive us forward. The Product Management Team are responsible for the management of these key business applications. In support we work in conjunction with an ever-increasing number of Vendors, Partners and Softcat Stakeholders.

Your role

We are seeking a Data Business Analyst to support our new Data to Insight IT capability, in particular Master Data Management (MDM) and Product Information Management (PIM) processes, ensuring data integrity, optimisation, and strategic alignment across Softcat. This role will play a key part in mapping current data workflows, identifying inefficiencies, and driving improvements in data governance, structure, and usability.

As we refine our data strategy, this position will focus on ensuring high-quality, structured, and accessible product and business data to support seamless integration across platforms, enhanced analytics, and better decision-making. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, experience in data management, and a keen eye for data governance and best practices.

This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive, detail-oriented individual to help shape the future of our data ecosystem, ensuring data is an enabler for business growth and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Play a key role in establishing and refining MDM frameworks, ensuring data consistency and usability across Softcat
• Contribute to the evaluation and selection of the right MDM and PIM tools, ensuring they align with business needs and support seamless integration across platforms
• Analyse existing data management workflows, identifying inefficiencies and areas for automation or improvement
• Support the establishment of standards for data integrity, validation, enrichment, and compliance, ensuring alignment with business needs and industry best practices
• Collaborate with IT, product, commercial, and operations teams to define data requirements and ensure alignment with business objectives
• Evaluate the business and customer impact of changes to data structures, ensuring data initiatives are effectively prioritised

We’d love you to have

• 3+ years of experience in a Business Analyst or Data Analyst role with a focus on Master Data Management and or PIM systems
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to decision-making
• Understanding of data structures, governance, and integration principles, with experience supporting data migration and transformation projects
• Experience in data mapping, modelling, and validation techniques
• Familiarity with API integrations and data exchange processes between PIM, ERP, ecommerce, and other enterprise platforms

We also acknowledge that the confidence gap and imposter syndrome are a real thing and can get in the way of us meeting fantastic talent, so please don't hesitate to apply - we would love to hear from you!

Working with you

We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Hybrid working
• Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day
• Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs

Join us

Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives, and embraces every background.

To become part of the success story, please apply now.

If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Any information you share on your application will be treated in confidence. You can find out more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.softcat.com/jobs/our-culture/

Here at Softcat, we don't prohibit the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in our application process, as we understand how far it can go to creating a truly equitable candidate experience. That being said, as a culture-driven organisation, we believe that the genuine essence of each person is what truly matters, so we highly encourage you to be as authentically you as possible when submitting your application to showcase your true and whole self.