Business Analyst

Join Our Team as a Business Analyst

As a Business Analyst at Stahl, you'll have a crucial role in transforming data into actionable insights that drive operational improvements. Collaborating with Business Controllers across various divisions and departments and a strong focus on Supply Chain management. You'll analyze large datasets that guide decision-making for business management and stakeholders.

Reporting to the Group Director Controller, your involvement in the transition to new Business Intelligence (BI) solutions will position you as a key player in our digital transformation efforts. In this hands-on role, you'll identify opportunities for process improvements and lead automation initiatives to boost efficiency. Engaging with various stakeholders, you'll gain insights into different business areas. With the freedom to innovate, you can shape your role by bringing fresh ideas to the table. Join us at Stahl and make your mark by driving meaningful change! 🚀

Your responsibilities:

• Periodic and ad hoc reporting activities. Maintain reports and dashboards to visualize key metrics and trends.
• Analyze data to identify trends, patterns, and insights that inform business decisions. Supporting the global Operations Controller. Typical focus areas include supply chain management, inventory control, quality assurance, customer service, and financial.
• Collect business requirements and convert them into practical technical requirements and solutions. Create management reporting that will be used for steering, constantly in tune with the internal organizational needs.
• Collaborating with IT to ensure data accuracy and accessibility. Help guide business in improving process, product, and software through data analysis. The business analyst straddles the line between IT and the business to help bridge the gap and improve efficiency.
• Participate in Holding projects and improvement programs. Focal point for ad hoc specific analyzing and reporting requests.
• You’ll engage with a diverse range of internal stakeholders, gaining insights into different business areas and their unique needs.

The team
You will be part of a small diverse team of 8 colleagues who are located in the Netherlands, Spain, and the United States. You will enjoy the freedom to shape your role and take ownership of your projects. We encourage sharing insights, learning from one another, and driving a culture of continuous improvement together. Our team values direct and transparent communication.

Your profile, skills, and attitude:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree, preferably in Finance or related field.
• Knowledge of Power BI, MS Excel, and SAP.
• Experience in operations/supply chain analysis.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar analytical role.
• You are able to communicate with different stakeholders based on data in a clear and constructive way.
• You are innovative and advise us on how we can improve and make our processes more efficient.
• Good command of the English language.

About Stahl
Stahl is a world leader in specialty coatings and treatments for flexible materials. Around the world, nearly 2,000 Stahl colleagues are driven by a clear purpose: Touching lives, for a better world. Our diverse teams work on creative and innovative surface solutions that enable our customers to make fantastic products. Our coatings are found on everyday materials in the automotive, luxury goods, packaging, apparel, and home furniture market, among others. When consumers touch everyday products, we touch their lives.

Being a world leader means we are dedicated to contributing to a better world together with our value chain partners. At Stahl, we aim to impact the market through innovation and sharing knowledge and by reducing our own operational footprint. Our approach is underpinned by our robust ESG strategy and our strong sense of social responsibility, a characteristic shared by leading global companies.

Working at Stahl means being part of a versatile, ambitious team that is committed to working on innovative, high-quality coating solutions for our customers while making the world a better place. You will also be joining a diverse global community: headquartered in Waalwijk, the Netherlands, Stahl operates a network of 13 production sites and 38 application laboratories, supported by sales offices in 24 countries.

What do we offer?
Working in an international, challenging, growing, and dynamic organization, with the opportunity to have a real impact on the company, the people, and the environment. An employment conditions package with excellent secondary employment conditions is offered. This package includes:

• Salary from €4,900 to €5,800 based on 40 hours per week excluding 8% holiday pay (based on experience/skills).
• A 13th month (8.33%).
• You start with a one-year contract and if the collaboration is successful, there will be an extension for an indefinite period.
• This concerns a position in Waalwijk for 36-40 hours a week.
• Travel costs: €0.23 per km for a maximum of 50 km one way when traveling to the work address.
• Good pension scheme (employer contribution = average 19%, employee contribution up to an annual salary of €50,048.00 (2024) premium-free, above that 7% employee premium).
• Possibility to work from home (1-2 days per week) and work from home allowance of €2 net/day.
• You get 29 days of vacation and the option to buy 8 additional days.
• You have €750 personal budget for sustainable employability.
• A paid volunteer day every year to put our motto – Touching lives, for a better world – into practice.
• Collective health insurance through VGZ and discount on car insurance via Allianz Veilig Op Weg Pakket.
• The possibility to develop yourself into the desired direction based on your capabilities (Business Controller or within the IT departments).