Junior Analyst - Data Analyst / SQL

Why join us

Joining Sainsbury's as an Associate Analyst in Digital Operations means being part of a dynamic and innovative organisation that serves millions of customers daily, utilising one of the most exciting data sets in the country. With a focus on driving efficiencies within online operations and enhancing the online customer experience, you will have the opportunity to apply your analytical skills to make a real impact on the business. In a collaborative and agile environment, you will have the space to explore, experiment, and tackle real-world challenges, all while delivering high-quality insights and recommendations that shape the future of digital operations for millions of customers across the UK.

What you'll do

As an Associate Analyst within the Sainsbury's Digital Operations Analytics team, you will play a pivotal role in analysing and interpreting data to drive efficiencies within our groceries online operations and enhance our online customer proposition. By leveraging your analytical skills and developing a deep understanding of our online operations processes and systems, you will generate actionable insights and recommendations to support strategic decision-making. Your ability to communicate complex information clearly, collaborate effectively with stakeholders, and deliver high-quality, data-driven storytelling will be essential in contributing to the success of our data-driven initiatives and creating impactful change within the business.

Who you are

As an Associate Analyst in the Digital Operations team at Sainsbury's, you are a highly numerate professional with a strong analytical background and a passion for deriving actionable insights from complex data sets. Your proficiency in SQL, coupled with your brilliant communication skills and inquisitive mindset, enables you to translate data into compelling stories and deliver valuable recommendations to drive business efficiencies and enhance the online customer experience. With your keen attention to detail, proactive approach to career development, and collaborative spirit, you thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment where you continuously seek opportunities for growth and contribute to the success of the analytics community.

• Demonstrable experience or education in numerate disciplines such as mathematics, statistics, or a related analytical field.
• Proven ability to write and use SQL for data extraction and analysis.
• Evidence of delivering actionable insights that have led to measurable business change through analytics.
• Ability to communicate complex data clearly, with examples of translating analytical findings into simple, compelling narratives.
• Track record of logical problem-solving and attention to detail, supported by examples from academic, professional, or project work.

Please note that this job advert may close earlier than the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of applications.

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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:

Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to 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. 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 5% 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 up to an additional week's 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, salary 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).

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. We’re one of the biggest supermarkets in the UK with one of the largest websites. So marketing here really happens at scale. We move a lot faster than you’d think too, across Brand Planning, Brand Comms and Creative, Digital Marketing, CRM and Loyalty, Nectar 360, Insights, and Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability. More people shopping with us each week means more interactions. And thanks to data insight, we understand customers in a way that almost nobody else does. We work alongside incredible brand partners and the best agencies around. So if you have a passion to learn, grow and experience new teams, come and explore it all with us.