Senior Spatial Analyst

hackajob is collaborating with Sainsbury's DTD to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. For a FTSE business, we move incredibly fast. When we’re not handling projects, we’re helping all corners of the wider group with what they’re trying to achieve. And around here, you can see the results of your work as soon as you walk into a store, which gives you a real sense of purpose and responsibility. Better still, the team around you will listen to your ideas and opinions, and you’ll have every chance to try something new. The sheer scale and complexity of our set‑up means there’s always something else around the corner, and we’ll help and support you every step of the way. We’re trusted to get on with it. So get ready to make things happen here.

Joining the Location and Portfolio Planning team at Sainsbury's as a Senior Spatial Analyst means being at the forefront of driving spatial analytics and influencing property and investment strategies in a leading retail organisation. You will have the opportunity to leverage your analytical and spatial data skills to develop cutting‑edge insights, products, and tools that shape the future of Sainsbury's approach to spatial analytics, all while collaborating with teams across the business and staying abreast of the latest spatial research trends. This role offers a dynamic environment where you can make a real impact and contribute to the innovative growth of spatial analytics within a well‑respected brand.

What You’ll Do

• You will leverage your analytical and spatial data skills to generate new insights and develop data products, platforms, and tools.
• Your focus will be on creating best‑in‑class spatial analytics products and insights, such as demographic segmentations and drive‑time catchments, to inform Sainsbury's property and investment strategy.
• Collaborating with various teams, both internally and externally, you will contribute to driving the geospatial data and technology strategy.

Who You Are

• You’re an experienced professional with proven expertise in spatial analysis, analytics and GIS, ideally in a retail and/or property context.
• With a strong background in either SQL, Alteryx, ArcGIS, and/or Tableau.
• Your logical mindset, problem‑solving abilities, and self‑motivation drive you to continuously seek opportunities for improvement and innovation.

Essential Criteria

• Demonstrable experience applying spatial analytics and GIS techniques to generate insights that inform property, location or investment decision‑making.
• Proven ability to develop spatial data products, tools or platforms, such as demographic segmentations, catchment models or drive‑time analyses.
• Evidence of working with spatial and analytical technologies to manipulate and analyse geospatial data, including one of the following: SQL, Alteryx, ArcGIS, Tableau.
• Experience translating and communicating analytical outputs into clear, actionable insights.
• Enjoys working as part of a collaborative, cross‑functional, supportive team.

Benefits

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whatever 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 who 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 20% 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, interest‑free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) and access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers.
• There is also an Employee Assistance Programme, and you will be eligible for private healthcare too.
• 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.