Job Title: Group Executive Operations Analyst
Company Overview: The Airedale Group are the leading market design, installation, and maintenance provider for commercial kitchens in the UK hospitality and food service industry. We work alongside clients from the initial designs through to bespoke fabrication and installation. Coupled with the largest body of professional maintenance engineers in the country, we offer the complete end-to-end solution to our extensive client base. We have long-standing relationships with many of the biggest multi-site brands in the UK.
Job Overview: We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Group Executive Operations Analyst to join our team. This role will bridge business operations and data analytics to drive strategic decision-making both within the team and in the wider business, improve operational efficiency and provide insights through data-driven analysis. The ideal candidate will have experience in business operations, a strong affinity with data, is comfortable working cross-functionally, and has strong technical skills in data modelling and visualisation.
You will be working as part of a team that directly serves the board and the leaders in the business and as such you will attend high level meetings and help to advise on and action operational initiatives, ensure teams and businesses are aligned, provide support to the various brands as an when required and work to ensure the successful operation of the business by whatever means are required.
Details: Hybrid working with offices located in Weymouth.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collect, clean, and analyse large datasets from various internal and external sources. These will then be fed into the rest of the team for action or passed directly to the board.
- A key part of this role is to translate complex data into actionable insights and present findings to stakeholders.
- Analyse operational processes to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement as they are highlighted by the business leaders.
- Partner with business units to develop KPIs, dashboards, and metrics to monitor performance and progress.
- Support strategic initiatives by conducting business case analysis and forecasting when required.
- Work with our in-house data team to develop automated reporting systems to support data-driven decision-making.
- Identify trends and patterns in data to inform strategic business choices.
- Work with IT and data engineering teams to ensure data integrity and accessibility.
- Act as a liaison between operations, finance, and technology teams to ensure alignment on data initiatives.
- Communicate findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Support leadership with ad-hoc analysis and decision-support tools.
Experience Required:
- 2 – 5 years of experience in a business/data analytics role.
- A demonstrable understanding of business operations with relevant experience.
- Proficient in SQL, Excel, and at least one BI tool (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Looker).
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
- Experience with data visualization, business process mapping, and performance measurement.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work cross-functionally.
- A background in the catering industry would be highly advantageous but this is not essential.
- Experience in process improvement frameworks (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma).
- Experience in an ERP or CRM environment (e.g., Salesforce, SAP, Oracle).
The Airedale Group is expanding rapidly, employing circa 700 people across multiple locations in the UK. This is a fantastic time to be joining the business with opportunities for career progression.
“The work that Airedale undertook from planning to completion was professional throughout. We are extremely pleased with the finished kitchen and the work that was completed. Their Account Manager advised, planned and updated us throughout and we found the process ‘stress free’. The catering team at Sandycroft are delighted with their new kitchen and really pleased that they were able to have input into the design and needs of their service provision. We have already engaged with Airedale for future planned projects following this investment and look forward to continuing our partnership.”
Newydd Catering & Cleaning
“We found Airedale to be wholly professional and willing to engage with us from the onset, listening to our own concerns and addressing these in a timely manner. We are very pleased with the overall project.”
Local Council
“We were hugely impressed with the professional presentation made by Airedale, their project sales manager had clearly done his research prior to our initial meeting and had a number of detailed, thoughtful solutions to our particular challenges. All of their staff were conscientious and the complex project was delivered within the strict timescale and budget allocated.”
Parker's Garden Centre
“Airedale have a great can-do attitude, are willing to help and have a great understanding of their trade and working on Heritage sites, meaning that that they are good and prompt at problem solving.”
Main Contractor
“The team at Airedale provided a reassuring sense of professionalism within our development. Their holistic considered approach meant that aspects that would not necessarily fall within their remit were identified and where required resolved prior to any issue or delay arising. Their willingness to share their experience and knowledge allowed the project to be delivered to the standard which exceeded our expectation.”
Langdale Estate and Spa
“Since the restaurant has opened there has been an increase in the staff footfall, with the well designed layout coupled with the use of the latest technology keeping queues down to a minimum. The whole installation despite its complexity was relatively pain free with the communication between Airedale’s Project Manager and ourselves being a key factor.”
Advanced Engineering Centre
“Our new catering facilities are second to none. As a primary provider of professional chef qualifications within the South West it was imperative to have a design which enabled excellent quality teaching and training. As a catering team we are extremely pleased with the final results; with the excellent support of Airedale it has enabled us to ensure first rate delivery of teaching in a first rate environment and will no doubt continue to aspire future chefs in future years.”
Petroc College, Barnstaple
“The Airedale Group were appointed because of their depth of knowledge and experience in delivering similar schemes. Their staff were very professional and on-hand to answer any queries we had whilst our Chef’s have commented that it is one of the best designed kitchens they have worked in.”
Acklam Hall
“We were continually impressed with Airedale’s performance on this scheme. They assisted us with value engineering options throughout the tender process; were very competitive commercially and managed the on-site works seamlessly. Further, following practical completion they have attended to the operator’s queries very quickly and held themselves professionally whilst working in a live hotel environment. ”
Main Contractor
