Job Description

For the newly created Senior Analyst, Hilton Supply Management Strategy, Planning and Insights EMEA role, we are seeking an entry-level self-starter, intrinsically motivated and well-organized professional with strong proficiency in analytics and knowledge of tools such as Excel, PowerBI and SQL.

You will work closely together with our wider US-based team as well as EMEA leadership team to scale global reporting and procurement initiatives into EMEA. Therefore, you should possess a comprehensive understanding of a corporate organization, ability to navigate the internal "way things get done" to influence outcomes and build relationships.

This hybrid role will be based in our Amsterdam Area Office.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

Our Strategy, Planning & Insights team is on an exciting journey to further support the development of business intelligence. This will entail analysis and recommendations on spend data, revenue generation, supplier compliance, performance KPIs, and identifying other strategies to improve performance. You will be actively involved in a cross-functional range of activities such as finance, market intelligence, IT development and architecture design, data visualization, and business process re-engineering. Supporting the overall strategy for Hilton Supply Management’s (HSM) Strategy, Planning & Insights team, with a focus on hotel reporting and insights.

As a Senior Analyst, HSM Strategy, Planning & Insights EMEA, you will:

• Prepare reports, dashboards, presentations, project plans and other materials as needed.
• Analyze procurement data to identify price trends, highlight contract savings, and identify non-compliant purchasing.
• Analyze large, complex datasets from multiple sources and with varying quality levels.
• Develop and scale hotel reporting & support the roll-out of various reporting initiatives.
• Collaborate with internal HSM teams to understand their business needs: conduct regular assessments to find opportunities for greater efficiency and modify and/or enhance business processes and technologies as needed.
• Work in close collaboration with the customer engagement team to prepare ad-hoc reporting, support day-to-day analytics and reports and coordinate the set-up of new customers in internal systems.

In addition to performance of the essential functions, you may be required to perform a combination of the following supportive functions.

• Conduct and participate in meetings and discussions with suppliers, hotels and internal stakeholders.
• Prepare hotel business reviews, participate in business performance meetings and attend industry events to develop and maintain excellent market and customer knowledge.

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES

• Have relevant experience in either Hospitality, Procurement, Analytics and/or a combination.
• Have strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Have relevant experience working within a large, global, matrixed organization.
• Have a strong understanding of analytics and the hospitality procurement environment.
• Have relevant experience in change management, application support and/or process improvement.
• Have business fluency in English; Dutch is a strong advantage.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerBI, SQL and Tableau.
• Strong customer service orientation with a proactive and solution-focused approach.

It would be helpful if you have

• BA/BS bachelor's degree in Business Analytics, Finance, or Informational Management
• A minimum of 2 years of relevant analysis work experience