Senior Analyst / Lead Analyst - Advanced SQL / Analytical Techniques

Sainsburys Tech - Senior Analyst / Lead Analyst - Advanced SQL / Advanced Analytical Techniques

• Advanced SQL knowledge is essential for the role
• Line management experience
• Advanced analytical skills and a proven history of delivering actionable insights and demonstrable business change through the application of analytics

We are a multi-channel, multi-brand business serving millions of customers a day, with the UK’s largest loyalty scheme and an ever-evolving set of digital platforms. This equals over 1.2 billion transactions a year, presenting a volume, depth, and complexity of data that few can match. We have one of the most exciting data sets in the country. From the insights gained, we build scalable, high-performance products using innovative technology that give our customers an amazing shopping experience - like our award-winning Smartshop app. In an inclusive, agile environment, you will have the space to be curious, to experiment, and to solve real-world challenges.

In the Retail Transformation Analytics team, you’ll stretch the imagination of what the power of data and insights can bring to how we do things. You’ll use your intense curiosity to find creative ways to land impactful analysis that directly supports the Sainsbury’s strategy of ‘First Choice For Food’ and ‘Save & Invest To Win’.

As a Senior Analyst / Lead Analyst you will:

• Sit within the Retail Transformation Analytics team, a high calibre team of 7 analysts, supported by an Analytics Manager in exploiting Sainsbury’s data assets to establish the realisation of Sainsbury’s strategy.
• As a lead in this team you will manage 1 direct report, supporting them in their professional development as well as role modelling best practise to the rest of the team.
• Be primarily focused on delivering analytical value for our retail division, ensuring Sainsbury’s continuing to develop a profound understanding of our operations.
• Have a great analytical foundation, and we want you to think about how you apply that in the context of Sainsbury’s – getting to know how we operate is key so you can propose and recommend the approach that should be taken to fulfil data analysis. 
• Work on projects requiring varying analytics approaches, from building predictive models to defining and creating metrics as well as measuring the impact of trials, all providing stakeholders with recommendations to inform their decisions.
• Develop & maintain relationships with your stakeholders, championing a collaborative approach to requirements gathering and the formation of compelling analysis. While remaining confident in questioning a proposed strategy or approach to analysis.
• Move at pace, whilst still delivering high quality, accurate, professional outputs that land the real truths that sit within the data. You will proactively ensure you are always in touch with the ‘Why’ behind every project – how your analysis will be used, and which decisions the business is looking to inform. 
• Take pride in your work, have brilliant attention to detail, and enjoy presenting findings with empathy towards an audience with a limited technical background. Possessing the ability to translate complex concepts into easily digestible stories with data, which inspire action.
• Embrace our values of owning it, making it better and being human.

What you need to know and show:

• A highly numerate background. You may have a degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics or another analytical subject, or analytical work experience.
• Advanced SQL knowledge is essential. Python or R experience is advantageous but not vital.
• Line management or experience within mentoring roles is required
• Evidence of advanced analytical and Data Science techniques such as predictive analysis (e.g. regression, random forest models, time series etc
• Advanced analytical skills and a proven history of delivering actionable insights and demonstrable business change through the application of analytics.
• A passion for high quality data storytelling. We love data and deriving value from it. The key to the value is in being able to build and tell compelling stories based on the data that’s been interrogated.
• An inquisitive mind, with the curiosity to be constantly on the lookout for opportunities and the ability to logically solve problems. 
• The ability to partner brilliantly with the business to understand their problems and deliver value, applying commercial acumen and communicating/connecting in a compelling way.
• Pro-active about driving your career development and progression.

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Think about the scale it takes for us to feed the nation. The level of data, transactions and variety it involves. Then you’ll realise that ours is a modern software engineering environment because it has to be. We’ve made serious investment into a Tech Academy and into setting standards and principles. We iterate, learn, experiment and push ways of working such as Agile, Scrum and XP. So you can look forward to awesome opportunities in everything from AI to reusable tech.

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:
 
 Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on how we perform.  
 
 Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.
 
 Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave. 
 
 Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).