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Business Analyst

Damen

Gorinchem
Full Time
Posted on: March 30 2026

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About Us

Vacancy: Business Analyst

Are you analytical, detail-oriented, and passionate about turning data into meaningful business insights?

Do you enjoy working with stakeholders, solving problems, and supporting fact-based decision-making? 

Damen Shipyards Group, established in 1927, is a 100% Dutch family-owned international organization comprising 34 shipbuilding and repair yards. With a workforce of over 12,000 employees worldwide, the Group operates through a divisional structure consisting of seven divisions and a central holding company.

Damen Middle East Shared Services Limited, based in the United Arab Emirates, forms part of Damen Global Support. The entity provides specialized support services to the various divisions of the Damen Shipyards Group in key areas such as IT, Finance, Audit, Legal, and Compliance.

Purpose of the Role

The Business Analyst supports Damen Shipyards Group in making fact based, data driven decisions by translating complex business questions into reliable insights, standardized datasets, and actionable dashboards. By rationalizing the decision-making process with your quantifications and visualizations, management will be able to make better decisions. Through your helicopter view and excellent reporting skills, you are able to identify the root causes of problems, in close cooperation with the business owner. You will translate the business needs into actionable user stories for team members to work with.

Operating at Group level, the role bridges business, finance, IT, and management, ensuring consistent KPI definitions, high quality data products, and strong adoption of analytics solutions across the organization.

Therefore, you are capable of translating business needs into technical tasks with IT (tools) and other expertise. You stand for the quality of the information and the visibility of this. Your analyses will support business decisions. This implies converting business expectations into data analysis. You perform statistical analysis of data, create visualizations of analyzed data and processes, and you have the ability to look at things in a different way and recognizing patterns. 

Position in the Organization

  • Part of the Shared Data Analytics Team, acting as a central capability for the Damen Group.
  • Works across multiple Damen companies, functions, and seniority levels.
  • Interfaces closely with Finance, Operations, Engineering, IT, and Executive Management.
  • Contributes to the maturity of data governance, analytics standards, and data‑driven working within Damen.

Key Responsibilities

1. Business Analysis & Insight Generation

  • Gain understanding and knowledge of the companies activities.
  • Perform business, financial, and statistical analyses to identify trends, deviations, and root causes.
  • Translate analytical findings into concrete, actionable improvement proposals.
  • Monitor Group‑wide performance and signal bottlenecks and risks in processes and outcomes.
  • Develop and maintain KPI frameworks, ensuring consistent interpretation and usage.

2. Requirements Management & Agile Delivery

  • Translate business needs into clear requirements and user stories (Definition of Ready / Done).
  • Prioritize backlog items together with stakeholders.
  • Participate actively in Agile ceremonies (refinement, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives).
  • Coordinate with IT teams and external partners on technical dependencies and delivery.

3. Data Governance & Quality

  • Contribute to Group data governance by defining data standards, ownership, and quality criteria.
  • Support the development of ETL/ELT, data modeling (e.g. star schemas), and validation standards.
  • Act as a guardian of KPI definitions and data consistency across Damen.

4. Stakeholder Management & Change Enablement

  • Act as a trusted advisor for managers and executives on data and analytics topics.
  • Coach and support stakeholders in using dashboards and insights effectively.
  • Promote data‑driven ways of working through explanation, training, and adoption support.
  • Communicate technical constraints clearly to non‑technical audiences.

 Key Accountabilities

  • Delivery and maintenance of Management KPI Dashboards.
  • Preparation of detailed, action‑oriented user stories.
  • Alignment of business needs with IT and data platform capabilities.

Qualifications and Experience

  • ≥5 years’ experience as a Business Analyst (in a complex, matrix organization).
  • Experience with project organizations and/or production environments
  • Strong understanding of analytics, BI, and data driven decision making.
  • Experience with Power BI, data modelling, and multi-source reporting.
  • Knowledge of engineering and/or business processes is a strong advantage.
  • Understanding of project and Agile delivery methods.
  • Knowledge of ERP systems like SAP4HANA, IFS, etc.

Core Competencies

  • Analytical strength: Able to convert complexity into clear insights.
  • Stakeholder sensitivity: Navigates international, multi-level organizations effectively.
  • Communication: Explains technical topics clearly to management and operations.
  • Organizational Skills: Organizing workshops, definition sessions, and similar activities.
  • Critical Thinking: Asking critical questions and validating outcomes.
  • Proactive Attitude: Not waiting for questions but taking the initiative yourself.
  • Helicopter view: Balances strategic overview with attention to detail.
  • Ownership & quality focus: Works accurately, consistently, and result driven.
  • Collaboration: Acts as a team player and a connector between business, finance, and IT.

Recruiter: Ranusha Wattetenna

Email: HR.UAE@damen.com

Kindly note that applications must be submitted through the Apply button. Email submissions will not be accepted.

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