Key Skills

Job Description

We are seeking a Power BI Specialist based in Hoofddorp, Netherlands, or Sofia, Bulgaria. About Barentz Barentz is a leading global specialty ingredients solution provider. Sourcing branded ingredients from top manufacturers worldwide, our ingredient experts provide value-added technical support—including pre-mixing, blending, formulation, and laboratory testing across EMEA, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. Established in 1953, Barentz operates in over 70 countries with more than 3,000 employees, serving 27,000+ customers and generating a turnover of €2.4 billion. Guided by our core values—One Team, Knowledge-Driven, Strong Partners, Entrepreneurial, Change, and Integrity—we empower our people to drive growth and make an impact. Role Overview As a Power BI Specialist within our Global Data & Analytics function, you transform data from across the organisation into reports and dashboards that support everyday decision-making and business operations. You work closely with Data Business Analysts and functional stakeholders, who define business requirements and KPIs, and with data engineers, who manage data pipelines and infrastructure. Your focus is to design, build and maintain Power BI semantic models and reports that support priorities across Commercial, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, HR and other corporate functions. This is a hands-on technical role with a strong business focus: you will be a go-to Power BI expert for the organisation and help set the standard for how reports look, perform and are governed. Key Responsibilities Report & Dashboard Development: Design, build and maintain Power BI reports and dashboards for functions across the business, turning functional specifications into clear, intuitive and actionable insights. Semantic Modelling & DAX: Build and maintain robust, reusable semantic models based on dimensional modelling principles, and write efficient DAX measures for enterprise KPIs across commercial, financial, operational and corporate domains. Data Preparation & Integration: Connect and shape data from Microsoft Fabric, Dynamics 365, SQL sources, Excel and other enterprise systems using Power Query, and work with data engineers on upstream changes. Performance & Data Quality: Optimise report and model performance, monitor data refreshes, and support Data Business Analysts and functional stakeholders with User Acceptance Testing, data-quality checks and reconciliation against source systems. Governance & Standards: Manage workspace structure, deployment pipelines, row-level security and access; maintain consistent enterprise reporting standards and clear documentation. Enablement & Adoption: Train and support business users, promote governed self-service reporting, and drive Power BI adoption across functions and regions in EMEA, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with stakeholders from different functions and levels of the organisation to understand decision-making needs, translate them into scalable analytics solutions and balance priorities across the reporting portfolio. Continuous Improvement: Keep up with Power BI and Microsoft Fabric releases and recommend improvements to the enterprise analytics and reporting landscape. What You Bring Must-Haves: Experience: 3+ years of hands-on Power BI development, ideally delivering reporting and analytics solutions for multiple business functions. Power BI Expertise: Strong skills in Power BI Desktop and Service, DAX, Power Query (M) and data modelling using star schemas. SQL: Solid SQL skills for querying, shaping and validating data. Report Design: A good eye for clean, accessible and user-friendly report design that communicates a clear story with data. Communication: The ability to work directly with stakeholders across functions and seniority levels, ask the right questions, and explain technical topics in plain language. Business Understanding: The ability to understand business processes and translate functional goals and performance measures into practical analytics solutions; experience across more than one business domain is an advantage. Languages: Fluent English, written and spoken. Education: Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, Economics, Data Analytics or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Nice-to-Haves (helpful, but not required): Microsoft Fabric: Experience with Fabric lakehouses or warehouses, Direct Lake, dataflows or notebooks. Enterprise Applications: Experience reporting on Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, Customer Engagement, ERP, CRM, HR, supply chain or other enterprise application data. Certifications: Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300) or Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (DP-600). Tooling & DevOps: Experience with Git integration, deployment pipelines, Tabular Editor or DAX Studio. Industry Experience: Background in specialty ingredients, food, chemicals, B2B distribution, wholesale, manufacturing or supply chain. Cross-Functional Knowledge: Understanding of processes and management reporting across areas such as Finance, Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement or HR. Don’t tick every box? If you love building great reports and enjoy helping teams across the business make better decisions with data, we would still like to hear from you. What We Offer Autonomy & Impact: Ownership of Power BI solutions that support decision-making across the global organisation. Modern Tech Stack: Work with Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Dynamics 365 and other enterprise data sources alongside an experienced data engineering team. Collaborative Culture: Direct exposure to leaders and teams across multiple business functions, in an entrepreneurial environment with short lines of communication. Growth: Room to deepen your skills in Power BI, Fabric, data modelling and enterprise analytics, and to grow with our Data & Analytics function. Flexibility: A flexible working arrangement within the EU. Job ID: No.358

Core Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain Power BI reports, dashboards, semantic models, and DAX measures that support decision-making across business functions. Improve reporting performance and governance, validate data quality, and collaborate with stakeholders and data engineers to deliver scalable analytics and promote user adoption.

Requirements

Applicants need at least three years of hands-on Power BI development experience, strong skills in Power BI Desktop and Service, DAX, Power Query, star-schema data modelling, and SQL. A relevant degree or equivalent practical experience, fluent English, clear communication, and the ability to translate business needs into analytics solutions are required.

Benefits

• Flexible Working Arrangement
• Professional Growth Opportunities
• Autonomy and Impact
• Collaborative Culture