Levi Huck

Experience

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  Doncaster MBC

  Dec 2004 - Sept 2007

  Fitness Instructor

  Motivating people to improve their health and fitness by leading and organising groups and devising individual exercise programmes for between 25-35 clients.

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  Butonics

  Sept 2008 - Jun 2010

  CEO and Founder

  Butonics was an events and networking services organization founded when a significant communications gap between business school students and relevant professional groups was identified.• Controlled and directed business development, event organisation, and networking relations. Organizational affiliations to industry groups such as PwC, Ginsters and Grad Southwest.

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  Expedition

  Feb 2011 - Jan 2012

  UK Sales and Operations Analyst

  Recruited to direct the launching of sales and operations for this Russian based franchise, within the gift ware and outdoor UK retail market.• Developed brand positioning and all aspects of a start-up business for the UK market including staffing, technology, trademarks, legal documentation, lead generation, broker relations, P&L’s, real estate, sales and operations training materials, multimedia presentations, sales folders and marketing campaigns.• Established a joint B2C and B2B sales approach; pitching a unique product line to relevant UK high street retailers including Ann Summers, Red5, and Go Outdoors.Also used the SAS/ETS software package and Excel in conjunction with industry consultants to accurately model and predict future logistical and HR requirements. Show less

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  Ebuyer.com

  Jan 2012 - Oct 2013

  Purchasing Analyst / Commercial Statistician

  Providing analytical support and expertise through maintaining and improving the reporting structure across departments. Designing and delivering key management information reports and performance measurement information while also integrating IBM Business Analytics Software into the data processing.• Querying the Data Warehouse on a daily basis using MySQL through the Navicat platform.• Using IBM SPSS Modeler to segmentise customer demographic and purchasing information into concise reports, helping drive marketing and sales efforts.• Using advanced Excel VB skills in automating reports and publishing reports to easy access network locations. Manipulating raw queried data into concise clear information on a daily basis. Show less

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  Veolia UK

  Oct 2013 - Nov 2017

  Business Information Analyst

  Principal supporter of change and technological advancement within the business, provide support across teams and departments. Analysing contract requirements and using professional knowledge to liaise with system providers and find appropriate solutions, ensuring all processes and solutions are serviced within appropriate means to serve business need.• Act as a central level of support between users and system developers, modifying systems to meet client needs and develop business specifications to support these modifications.• Develop business architecture using requirements and processes through documentary analysis, interviews and in depth work flow analysis.• Performance managed based on finding efficiency savings within the contract, directly helping cost cutting by providing information and support to management teams to enable them have the correct information to drive change.• Major roles in IT and system changes within the contract, aiding programme delivery through a 5 level process from requirements/conceptualisation, through to verification and long term maintenance.• Advanced use of SQL to liaise in the construction of concise KPI and validation/exception reports, also used in conjunction with Microsoft reporting stack including SSRS, SSIS, SSDT and Power BI. Show less

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  United Nations

  Jan 2017 - Sept 2017

  Platoon Commander

  Managed 35 specialised UN Peacekeepers as part of the multinational United Nations Force In Cyprus (UNFICYP) for a 9 month rotation. This included 6 months spent on the buffer zone, the de facto border which separated Cypriot National Guard and Turkish Mainland Army Units. Organised Platoon training and manning requirements essential for mission success. Involved succinct process requirements analysis, through planning and resourcing, to delivery of training and mission execution.

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  Sue Ryder

  Oct 2017 - Aug 2019

  Senior Business Information Analyst

  A hands-on business intelligence specialist, line-managing BI resources, and formulating the organisation’s BI infrastructure ensuring the most appropriate and high-performance system exists which most adequately serves the business needs.Managing a team of internal analysts and contractors carrying out appraisals, coordinating workflow, creating professional development reviews while also arranging regular one-to-ones.Managing the separation and coordination between data preparation and execution using Kimball methodology with SSIS. Ensuring that load performance is supportive of client experience.Developed a progressive BI infrastructure that brought utmost clarity to reporting analysis, data-lineage investigations, ensuring queries on data integrity were kept to a minimum while also aiding in troubleshooting.Applying advanced techniques in analytics, understanding underlying drivers in the data, and translating those into compelling insights for business users.Using SSIS in conjunction with Power BI to design and create high-performance BI and MI solutions to analytical challenges for the organization.Using ‘User-Story’ Agile methodology to capture requirements and deliver applicable, usable insights for a vast array of retail data. Managed and delivered technical solutions for BI projects for retail sales, stock control, and financial systems. Incorporating real-time reporting to alert business managers to emerging problems to give them the tool to react to trends pro-actively. Show less

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  G4S

  Aug 2019 - now

  Data and Commercial Manager: G4S, London, UK, 2019 - PresentLine Management, recruitment and team development of a team of multi-disciplinary data delivery specialists covering the insight, analysis and performance management of the business units within G4S Employment Support Services.- Responsible for the design, delivery and management of a suite of reporting products to interpret data, and analyse results using statistical techniques and high-level insights direct to decision-makers.- Designing data architecture and solution design to support data strategy, working closely with other solution architects and all levels of management to prioritise business and information needs.- Driving forward a culture of ‘data-first’, supporting continual learning and development across operational management and delivery teams. Show less Providing commercial, financial, and reporting support to the operational teams within the various ESS business areas. Produce operational reporting, ad-hoc financial and commercial models/review for projects and contracts.Own reporting and contract lifecycle modeling process across contracts and businessProvide key insights on operational performance, through various reports including dashboards, trend analysis reports and similar MI to aid informed decision makingDevelop/Extend plans and models for budgeting and rolling forecast processes.Develop financial models utilising Power BI and Google Data Studio for various reasons such as ascertaining profitability of contracts, establishing cost structure, track mobilisation/Capex spend, etc. Use enhanced pricing model as a tool to support new contract wins, contract extensions as well as proposition of new business cases.Support with operational and financial reporting processes during month-end and year-end. Including verifying integrity of financial MI by establishing controls for data throughput from operational CRM systems to various integrated finance systemsProvide automation of financial, audit and operational processes utilising the Microsoft BI stack. Show less

  • UK and Ireland Business Intelligence Manager

    Aug 2023 - now

  • Data and Commercial Manager

    May 2021 - Aug 2023

  • Senior Commercial Analyst

    Aug 2019 - May 2021
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  British Army

  Mar 2020 - now

  Deployed on Op Rescript to undertake specialist support for the Joint Forces Command Information Systems (JFCIS (UK)) during the Coronavirus crisis.

  • Reserve Army Officer

    Feb 2013 - now

  • Army Officer

    Mar 2020 - Oct 2020