Tesco
Forecasting Analyst/Senior Analyst
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
About the Role
Here in Booker we are Transforming our Supply Chain. We are looking for talented and driven Analyst/Senior Analyst to join our Supply Chain Transformation. You will be responsible for transforming our supply chain systems to be fit for the future. You will ensure that goods are forecasted and ordered optimally, prioritising availability, end-to-end efficiency, and minimizing food waste. As an Analyst/Senior Analyst, you will play a crucial role in developing the Sales-Based Forecasting and Ordering algorithms that control this process.
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join Booker’s Supply Chain Transformation team at the start of a journey to build brand-new systems from the ground up. There is huge opportunity to deliver truly transformational change across one of the UK’s most dynamic supply chains.
You will be responsible for
- Design algorithms to generate sales forecasts across our wholesale business
- Build process flows for collaborative management of promotional forecasts
- Identify and root cause issues with our forecasting algorithms, highlighting the biggest opportunities for improvements and proposing solutions.
- Develop an understanding of Booker's existing supply chain systems to aid in the design process and build comparison metrics for new models.
- Build proposed design solutions as proofs of concept and build a simulator to help simulate performance benefits before transitioning to production-quality solutions.
- Compare outputs of our forecasting algorithms, root causing differences between versions and recommending if algorithms should be implemented.
- Measure the costs and benefits associated with your work throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring all changes deliver a return on investment.
- Engage with the wider group including Tesco Supply Chain transformation and technology teams to understand their approaches to similar problems and learn from their experiences.
- Collaborate closely with Booker Information Systems team and third-party engineering teams to build the solutions you design.
- Deliver changes in line with the project roadmap, ensuring stakeholders are engaged at all points and taking responsibility for resolving or escalating any risks to schedule and delivery.
- Innovate pragmatic solutions using your own ideas.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
You will need
- Analytical Skills: Ability to collect, analyse, and interpret data to uncover insights that drive business improvements.
- Numerical Skills: Experience with statistics or data science is desirable.
- Problem-Solving: Skill in identifying the root causes of complex issues and developing effective, practical solutions.
- Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to engage and collaborate with other teams, particularly in simplifying technical complexity.
- Technical Skills: Programming skills (primarily SQL and Python) are desirable but experience in any coding language and an aptitude to learn technical skills quickly is essential. Experience with databricks also desirable.
- Strong Business Acumen: Understanding of supply chain and retail/wholesale operations, along with risk management, to drive business improvements.
Additional Skills/Responsibilities for Senior Analysts:
- Experience: A minimum of two years’ experience in an analytical role, preferably building forecasting or ordering algorithms
- Responsibility: Ability to correctly identify priorities, manage time efficiently, and work independently.
- Project management: Ability to structure a project plan, including; creating roadmaps, identifying critical paths, creating RACIs and identifying risks
- Proactive Communication: Communicate progress and concerns to key stakeholders, presenting options to resolve any issues.
- Role Model: Support peers in their development and be a role model of what a great analyst looks like.
- Initiative: Demonstrates strong initiative by proactively identifying potential issues and independently developing effective, practical solutions.
What's in it for you?
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!
- Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.
- Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).
- Private medical insurance.
- 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (12 months service required at the qualifying date) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave.
- Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
This information is a shortened summary, refer to our policies for full details.
About Us
A 50-50 joint venture between Tesco and VM02 that was established back in 2003, Tesco Mobile has gone from strength to strength as we’ve launched into new services and markets. With more than 5 million customers, we’re the largest mobile virtual network operator in the UK. We’re proud to have an inclusive culture that’s uniquely Tesco Mobile, with a strong sense of community, plus all the benefits of working for one of the shareholders.
We care for human connection and we keep our customers at the heart of everything we do, which is why we’ve embraced the Agile way of working. Agile is more than just a methodology - it’s a liberating journey that puts customers and purpose first. It empowers us to self-organise, collaborate, co-create and rapidly inspect and adapt everything we do - allowing us to respond at pace to our customers’ needs. It encourages variety of thought and enables us to thrive, both individually and collectively.
We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.
We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills