# Lead Service Analyst - Networks

**Company**: Co-op
**Location**: Manchester, Lancashire
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: Up to £48,000
**Category**: Other
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a Lead Service Analyst to join our Technology team and help deliver reliable, high-performing services that support colleagues, customers, and members across our Co-op.

The successful candidate will use data, insight, and service management expertise to help monitor service health, identify opportunities for improvement, and support effective decision-making across a portfolio of critical technology services.

Key responsibilities include:

- Analysing service performance data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement across network services

- Supporting incident, problem, and change management activities, providing insight and evidence to support decision-making and continuous improvement

- Producing and maintaining service reporting, dashboards, and performance insights for stakeholders and service reviews

- Working with Service Managers, technical teams, and suppliers to improve service performance and operational effectiveness

- Monitoring supplier performance, ensuring suppliers are delivering to contractual commitments and performance is tracked and reported on

- Supporting operational readiness and service transition activities, helping ensure new services and changes are ready to be supported in live environments

- Ensuring that suppliers maintain accurate service records, documentation, knowledge articles, and service catalogue information

The ideal candidate will have:

- Experience working within IT Service Management, including service delivery via 3rd party telecoms providers

- A base knowledge of networking technologies including IP addressing, switching and routing, firewalling principles

- Experience analysing data and identifying trends, risks, and opportunities to improve service performance and customer outcomes

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to turn complex information into clear insights and recommendations

- Experience producing reports, dashboards, or service performance information for a range of stakeholders

- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across technical and non-technical teams

- Expert knowledge of Microsoft applications such as Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, and Co-Pilot

Benefits include:

- An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)

- 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays

- A pension with up to 10% employer contributions

- Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)

- 30% discount on Co-op products and 10% off other brands

- Stream – early access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it

- Virtual healthcare including GP appointments, mental health support, nutrition and fitness advice

- 24/7 colleague support service

- Training and support for your development and career progression

- Cycle-to-work scheme

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## Skills

### Required
- IT Service Management
- networking technologies
- data analysis
- problem-solving
- communication
- stakeholder management
- Microsoft applications

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