Service Analyst, Retail (Contracts / Service Management)
Role Purpose
Ensure effective governance, service performance, vendor management, and ITIL-aligned operational discipline across retail technology services. The role maintains contract compliance, drives SLA/OLA performance, oversees service reporting, and ensures operational readiness across a multi-vendor retail environment (POS, payments, telecom, site networks, store systems). It also ensures IT service management maturity through structured Change, Problem, Knowledge, and Configuration (CMDB) practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain the service contracts repository, renewal calendars, and vendor deliverables for all retail technology services.
- Monitor SLA/OLA performance using ServiceNow dashboards and vendor reports; identify breaches and drive corrective actions.
- Produce periodic service reporting including incident trends, MTTR, SLA attainment, backlog levels, and vendor performance insights.
- Coordinate and document vendor service reviews, ensuring follow‑up on action items, improvement plans, and penalty mechanisms.
- Support procurement and vendor onboarding through scope definition, KPI/SLA formulation, and service documentation.
- Ensure contract terms align with operational needs (site coverage, response times, spares strategy, weekend/on‑call obligations).
- Maintain and update the CMDB for retail services, ensuring accuracy of configuration items, dependencies, and vendor-owned components.
- Lead Change Management readiness by assessing risk, validating operational acceptance, and ensuring runbooks/monitoring/KT are in place.
- Drive Problem Management by identifying recurring issues, coordinating RCAs, and tracking permanent fixes to reduce repeat incidents.
- Maintain strong Knowledge Management discipline, ensuring SOPs, troubleshooting guides, and service playbooks remain accurate and up to date.
- Partner with product/project teams to ensure operational readiness for releases (support model, hypercare, monitoring, and communication).
- Serve as an escalation point for critical service incidents, ensuring timely communication with business and alignment of multi‑vendor responders.
Job Details
| Posted Date: | 2026-10-26 |
| Job Location: | United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi |
| Company Industry: | Accounting |
Preferred Candidate
| Degree: | Bachelor’s degree |