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Business Analyst

Damen

Gorinchem
Full Time
Posted on: July 9 2026

We offer you an Ocean of Possibilities. Join our family.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position Title: Business Analyst

Department: Data & Analytics/ Shared Services/ Financial Group Control

Location: Damen Middle East

Reports To: Data & Analytics Manager / Head of Data & Analytics

Employment Type: Full-Time

JOB PURPOSE

As a Business Analyst at Damen, you play a key role in translating data into actionable insights for business stakeholders. You identify information needs and convert them into clear dashboards and reports that support management decision-making.

You operate at the intersection of business and data, acting as a liaison between stakeholders, data engineers, dashboard developers, and the business. You translate business questions into well-defined requirements and user stories to ensure data solutions align with organizational needs.

This is a hands-on, operational role. You work closely with the business to analyze requirements and translate them into analyses, reports, and dashboards, while also supporting stakeholders in effectively using data and insights.

About the Organization

You will join an international organization where data and analytics are increasingly central to decision-making. The organization is actively professionalizing its data and BI landscape, with teams operating across multiple international locations.

A central data and analytics team collaborates with specialized teams for data engineering, data platform management, and dashboard development. Key focus areas include strengthening data governance, standardizing reports, and KPI definitions, and developing organization-wide dashboards.

Over the coming years, the data and BI domain will continue to expand, with the objective of embedding data-driven working practices across the organization.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Business Analysis & Reporting

  • Translate business questions and information needs into structured reports, analyses, and dashboards
  • Perform business, financial, and statistical analyses to identify trends, anomalies, and root causes
  • Develop and maintain dashboards and reports (e.g., Power BI)
  • Monitor performance indicators and identify operational risks and improvement opportunities
  • Provide data-driven recommendations to support management decision-making

Requirements Management

  • Define, document, and prioritize business requirements and user stories
  • Translate business requirements into technical specifications for development teams
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and reviews
  • Ensure alignment between business needs and data solution delivery

Data Governance & Quality

  • Support implementation of data governance standards and policies
  • Ensure consistency and accuracy of KPI definitions and reporting frameworks
  • Contribute to development of data models and validation standards
  • Maintain data quality, reliability, and usability across reporting systems
  • Promote standardized reporting practices across the organization

Stakeholder Management & Communication

  • Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders on data and analytics matters
  • Support stakeholders in interpreting reports and dashboards
  • Provide guidance and training on data-driven decision-making
  • Communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences
  • Facilitate workshops and requirements gathering sessions

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

  • Delivery and maintenance of accurate and reliable management dashboards
  • Timely and high-quality data analysis and reporting
  • Clear documentation of requirements and user stories
  • Alignment of business requirements with IT and data solutions
  • Adoption of standardized KPI definitions and reporting frameworks
  • Data quality and integrity within assigned reporting domains

QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Data Analytics, Information Systems, Finance, Engineering, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field

Experience:

  • 5–8 years of experience in BI reporting, data analytics, or business analysis
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Proven experience in BI reporting and dashboard development
  • Strong analytical skills and ability to translate business needs into data solutions
  • Experience with Power BI and data modelling
  • Experience working with multiple data sources and ERP systems (e.g. SAP S/4HANA or IFS)
  • Experience presenting insights to management
  • Experience with Agile working methods and writing user stories is a plus
  • Pragmatic, independent, and solution-oriented mindset
  • Affinity with AI and the use of AI tools to support data analysis is a plus
About Damen
Damen logo

Are you ready to sail into a new adventure?

Damen was established by two brothers back in 1927. Today, with more than 12,000 employees, operating over 35 shipbuilding and repair yards, the Damen Shipyards Group has earned a leading position in the shipbuilding world. We are an international company that is, at heart, still a family business with family values and a deep respect for our maritime heritage. It is our aim to combine our proven standardisation with the innovations of digitalisation to become the world’s most sustainable shipbuilder

Newbuild

Damen has delivered more than 6,500 vessels in 100 countries and delivers some 175 vessels annually to customers worldwide. Damen’s focus on standardisation, modular construction and keeping vessels on stock leads to short delivery times, low total cost of ownership and reliable performance. We offer a wide range of products including tugs, naval and patrol vessels, high speed craft, ferries, dredging, offshore vessels and superyachts.

Shiprepair & conversion

Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) has a worldwide network of 18 repair and conversion yards with drydocks ranging up to 420 x 80 metres. DSC yards have extensive experience – completing more than 1,300 projects every year, from normal drydockings for scheduled maintenance to damage repair, right up to extensive refit and conversion projects.

Services

Being active in the maritime industry demands continuous vessel reliability. For nearly all vessel types Damen offers a broad range of services, including maintenance, spare parts delivery, training and the transfer of shipbuilding know-how.

Components

Damen is also specialised in the design and production of various marine components including propeller nozzles, rudders, special towing winches, anchors, anchor chains and steel works.

Always looking for talent

At Damen we are always looking for professionals, starters and students with a passion for ships. We offer challenging jobs, internships, premium placements or graduation projects both locally and globally, in various job areas.

Investing in talent

As professionals we offer you the ideal environment to continuously develop yourself both technically and personally by coaching you on the job and through various programmes found in the Damen Academy.

We also offer students diverse unique opportunities to get to know the Damen Shipyards Group. Boost your personal development, even before beginning your professional career, through various events and activities.

“Damen has always been a company with a clear focus on innovation. From ground-breaking concepts such as standardised shipbuilding to advanced products such as the SEA Axe Hull, innovation has provided the means for Damen to grow into an established global group of companies.”

Oceans of opportunities

We are active across the entire maritime sector and offer jobs in different areas allowing you to grow, develop and define your own career. Whether you are looking for a job in Sales, Design & Proposal, Engineering, Research & Development, Yard Support or Project Management, we will do our best to find the right fit in our Newbuild, Shiprepair & Conversion, Services or Components activities.

Steer your own career

From the first day you join our company, you will have the freedom and responsibility to steer your own course. Damen stands for challenging jobs, personal and professional development and for numerous career opportunities. And, above all, it’s fun to work at Damen!

Are you up for the challenge? Are you a team player who likes to work independently and thinks critically and are you ready to take the lead? Then feel welcome at Damen and spend your future best years with us!

‘’We want to become the most sustainable shipbuilders in the world. Our ambitions lie in circularity and zero-emission sailing!’’

Facts about

  • Number of employees: 9.000+

  • Sector: Yacht building, Marine Energy, Maritime, Offshore, Shipbuilding & repair

  • Preferred educational level: Vmbo, Mbo, Hbo, Wo bachelor, Wo master

  • Career level: Student, Starter (< 3 years), Young professional (3-5 years), Professional (5-10 years), Senior professional (>10 years)

  • Preferred education: Marine technology, mechanical engineering, offshore engineering, electrical engineering, civil engineering, aerospace engineering, industrial engineering, marine officer, ICT, information technology

  • Open vacancies: Check career.damen.com