Analytics Manager - Logistics

Overview

This role is a 12 month FTC

Why join us

Joining Sainsbury\’s as a Fulfilment Analytics Business Partner means becoming part of a dynamic and innovative environment where data plays a pivotal role in driving impactful solutions and shaping the future of our business. With access to one of the most exciting and diverse data sets in the country, you will lead a high-calibre team of analysts to deliver data-driven insights and drive strategic decisions that impact millions of customers across the UK. Embrace the opportunity to collaborate with stakeholders, leverage cutting-edge technologies, and make a difference through your analytical expertise and strategic thinking. Be part of our inclusive and agile culture that values continuous learning, growth, and a commitment to excellence in analytics, all while enjoying a supportive team, attractive benefits, and a flexible working environment that prioritises work-life balance.

What you\\\’ll do

In the role of Fulfilment Analytics Business Partner at Sainsbury\’s, you will lead the Argos Fulfilment Analytics team, driving data-led decisions for strategic change programmes by providing insights and informing business strategy through data interrogation. You will manage a high-calibre team of analysts, deliver data-led insights, identify root causes and performance improvements in fulfilment strategy, act as a subject matter expert in analytics, collaborate with stakeholders, communicate findings effectively, and uphold the values of the organisation to drive impactful solutions that support the company\\\’s Next Level strategy. You will business partner with key stakeholders across Supply Chain, Logistics, Strategy and Planning teams.

Who you are

As a Fulfilment Analytics Business Partner at Sainsbury\’s, you are an experienced leader with a strategic mindset and a passion for leveraging data insights to drive impactful solutions that align with the company\\\’s Next Level strategy. Your proficiency in leading high-performing analytics teams, coupled with your technical expertise in SQL, Python, and data storytelling, enables you to deliver actionable recommendations and influence business strategy through data-driven decision-making. Collaborative, analytical, and driven by a commitment to excellence, you excel in identifying root causes, driving performance improvements, and fostering strong stakeholder relationships to achieve business objectives effectively.

Essential Criteria

• Demonstrable experience leading analytics teams, including coaching, upskilling, and managing the full analytics lifecycle from scoping to delivery.
• Proven experience working in logistics, with a track record of applying analytics to fulfilment or supply chain environments.
• Technical proficiency in SQL and either R or Python, with a background in applying statistical methods to business problems.
• Evidence of effective cross-functional stakeholder collaboration, including requirements gathering, analysis development, and influencing business decisions.

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Qualifications

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 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 up to an additional week\\\’s holiday, and we provide private healthcare. 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, 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).

Responsibilities

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.