Overview
Nectar360 is Sainsbury's loyalty, data and marketing services business, built around the power of Nectar first‑party data to unlock a deeper understanding of customers across Sainsbury's brands and our FMCG and GM supplier partners. Within Nectar360, the Commercial team brings data and media together to create relevant, digital‑first solutions that help clients and the business grow in a fast‑moving market where customer understanding is a true differentiator.
Role Summary
As a Data Strategist, you will sit within one of the fastest‑growing and most dynamic areas of the business, helping to drive profit growth through Nectar360's data‑driven media and digital offering – in and around store, onsite (Sainsbury's), and off‑site, including our Digital Trading Platform (DTP). The role is hybrid, based between the JJ Mack store support centre and home, and reports to a Client Planning Director.
Responsibilities
- Lead client account brand planning aligned to Sainsbury's corporate, marketing and category objectives; translate insight into clear recommendations.
- Partner closely with analytics to deliver evaluations that tell an effective story of performance and the value of first‑party data.
- Act as a category expert for selected categories and key FMCG client accounts.
- Play a leading role in major cross‑business events involving Nectar360, Marketing and Trading; manage stakeholders across varying seniority and agendas to deliver campaigns that drive trade and meet broader objectives.
- Build and communicate data‑driven proposals, including data selection, segmentation and profiling approaches, and compliant processes in line with customer data guidelines.
- Present and influence clients and senior stakeholders using structured materials (e.g., PowerPoint) and sound numerical reasoning (e.g., Excel‑based analysis).
- Mentor colleagues, share best practice, and strengthen data planning techniques, client partnership skills and commercial thinking across Nectar360.
Qualifications
- Demonstrable experience leading insight‑led brand or campaign planning that aligns to wider business, marketing and category objectives with clear outcomes and measures of success.
- Evidence of creating data‑driven proposals including data selection, segmentation/profiling approach and compliant processes in line with customer data guidelines.
- Proven ability to partner with analytics to deliver evaluation and effectiveness storytelling, communicating the impact of first‑party data in a clear narrative for stakeholders.
- Track record of presenting to and influencing clients and senior stakeholders using structured materials and sound numerical reasoning.
- Experience working with loyalty or CRM data to plan and optimise targeted communications, using segmentation and profiling techniques for direct marketing/loyalty campaigns.
Benefits
- Colleague discount: 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks, increasing to 15% off at Sainsbury's every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day.
- Participation in pensions scheme and life cover.
- Performance‑related target bonus of up to 10% of salary (may vary for Nectar360).
- Annual holiday allowance with option to buy additional holiday.
- Season ticket loans, cycle‑to‑work scheme, health cash plans and pay advance.
- Access to a wide range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers.
- Employee assistance programme.
- Up to 26 weeks' pay for maternity or adoption leave; up to 4 weeks' pay for paternity leave.
Equal Opportunity
We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you'll be welcomed whatever you are and wherever you work.
