Overview

Position Title: Report Writer

Company: Culina Group Limited

Location:  Market Drayton, UK

Job Description:

Joining Culina Group as report Writer, you will be responsible for developing new, and the enhancement of, existing reporting solutions supporting both operational and back office functional areas by providing responsive, accurate and robust reports, this will also include the creation of data extracts that will be sent direct to external partners.

Responsibilities:

  • Receiving report specifications from a team of business analysts, this person will take on responsibility for the onward development through to delivery, ensuring technical feasibility and that implementation is in the most appropriate method, and carried out in-line with departmental standards, whilst also identifying and communicating where improvements can be applied
  • Maintain scheduling needs and monitoring of report usage to ensure the on-going relevance and reliability of the reporting platform
  • For reporting development purposes, good knowledge of SQL Server is essential, both for interrogative purposes to access data, and for the development of efficient and appropriate data solutions to support the reports
  • An understanding of commercial business systems ideally gained within a logistics background, and covering ERP, customer services, warehousing and finance would be advantageous
  • Proficient in the use of MS Office tools, especially Excel, allied with good verbal & written communications skills
  • Ability to manage their own workload, regularly balancing multiple diverse tasks and remaining responsive to the requirements of a dynamic business environment

Requirements:

  • Excellent knowledge of Crystal Reports Developer
  • Experience of deploying reporting via SAP Business Objects Crystal Server
  • Excellent knowledge of MS Reporting Services
  • Good development experience of Microsoft SQL Server, with ability to work with T-SQL and Stored Procedures
  • Knowledge of Microsoft BI Stack
  • Knowledge of reporting design patterns and data warehousing solutions
  • Experience of logistics business practices, and some knowledge of logistics/warehousing applications is desirable
  • Experience of using data visualisation tools – particularly PowerBI – would be advantageous
  • Competitive basic salary and holiday entitlement
  • Bonus
  • Private Health Care
  • Life Assurance

About Culina Group Limited

We serve a sizeable portfolio of customers - ranging from niche operators to major multinational companies - across our vast depot network, comprised of over 100 strategically located sites.