Sainsbury's
Associate Analyst - Corporate Analytics
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At Sainsbury’s, data sits at the heart of how we operate, innovate and serve our customers. Our Data & Analytics team is building a technically advanced, commercially focused and impactful capability, powering our Next Level Strategy and helping to create a Sainsbury’s powered by industry leading AI algorithms. We use data, technology and advanced analytics to drive better decisions across the business, from forecasting and optimisation to experimentation, personalisation and machine learning. With one of the richest retail datasets in the UK and a portfolio spanning Sainsbury’s, Argos, Habitat and Nectar, the opportunity to innovate is huge. Here, you’ll tackle complex challenges at scale, create measurable impact and grow quickly alongside brilliant colleagues. People who thrive with us combine business understanding, technical expertise and curiosity, with a natural instinct for problem-solving. Join us and help shape the future of retail through data and AI.
Why Join Us
Joining the Corporate Analytics team at Sainsbury's offers a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of data-driven decision making, directly impacting customer experience and operational efficiency. As an Associate Analyst, you will have the chance to drive impactful projects, collaborate with diverse teams, and leverage cutting-edge tools like Tableau, SQL, and Python to translate data into actionable insights. With a focus on supplier performance, advanced reporting, and cross-functional collaboration, you will be part of a dynamic and collaborative team that values curiosity, innovation, and delivering tangible outcomes. This role provides a platform for continuous learning, professional growth, and the satisfaction of contributing to the success of one of the UK's leading loyalty programmes.
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What You'll Do
As an Associate Analyst in the Corporate Analytics team at Sainsbury's, you will play a crucial role in driving impact through analytics by deriving insightful findings and contributing to potential recommendations. Your responsibilities will include:
- Identifying relevant metrics
- Analysing trends
- Providing contextual insights to support business decisions
- Independently managing analytical projects using diverse datasets, ensuring clarity in briefs and delivering to a defined scope
- Utilising technical proficiency in SQL and Python to perform quality checks on standardised code
- Presenting findings using appropriate visualisations to stakeholders
- Engaging with stakeholders, building strong relationships
- Adhering to data protection and security policies
- Recognising data limitations and investigating anomalies to ensure operational awareness and governance
Who You Are
As an Associate Analyst in Corporate Analytics at Sainsbury's, you are a proactive and analytical individual with:
- A strong technical proficiency in SQL and ideally Python
- Experience in BI tools such as Tableau and AWS / Snowflake
- The ability to identify relevant metrics, analyse trends, and deliver insightful findings
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset
- The ability to engage stakeholders, present complex insights in a clear and actionable manner, and contribute to cross-functional collaboration to achieve strategic objectives
Essential Criteria
- Experience using SQL to extract, manipulate and analyse data
- Experience analysing data to identify trends, metrics and actionable business insights
- Experience creating data visualisations, dashboards or analytical reports and presenting findings to stakeholders
- Experience working with relational databases and applying data quality or validation checks
- Experience independently managing analytical projects or requests from brief through to delivery, balancing multiple priorities
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We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:
- Colleague discount: Save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year
- Pension scheme and life cover
- Performance-related bonus of up to 5% of salary, depending on company performance
- Annual holiday allowance and option to buy up to an additional week's holiday
- Other benefits such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance, and access to a range of discounts from other retailers
- Employee assistance programme
Additionally, we provide:
- Up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave
- Up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave
Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a full range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
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