Performance Analyst

Overview

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Here, everything in our stores starts in Sainsbury’s Commercial. From product, proposition, packaging and price, to whether it meets our sustainability commitments or simply tastes great, our team is responsible for all food, non-food and Clothing items available in Sainsbury’s stores, online and on demand. It’s an incredibly fast-paced environment. People here are in it together and aren’t afraid to take risks. The knowledge and experience you gain here could set you up for career moves anywhere else in the business. So, if you’re passionate about your products and just as hungry to learn, you’ll fit in perfectly.

Role

Food Commercial – Performance Analyst

Responsibilities

• As a Performance Analyst within the Grocery & GM Business Unit, collaborate with a talented team to tackle challenging commercial problems and provide data-driven recommendations.
• Develop and maintain advanced tools and reports that provide deep insights into secondary space performance.
• Leverage diverse data sets, combine commercial insight and understanding of the business to provide recommendations and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Create new data sources and insights to solve complex commercial problems and drive tangible recommendations, including secondary space allocation strategy, deal effectiveness and event performance.
• Collaborate with other data and analytics teams to access and integrate data and conduct ad-hoc and deep-dive analyses, providing insights to cross-functional teams.
• Work at pace to meet deadlines and communicate effectively to contribute to the team’s success.

Qualifications and qualities

• As a Performance Analyst in the Grocery & GM Operations team, you are a skilled data professional with a passion for driving business success through strategic insights and advanced analytics.
• Ability to leverage comprehensive data sets to develop and maintain tools and reports that provide a deep understanding of key performance indicators.
• Strong commercial acumen, curiosity and understanding of the business to offer valuable recommendations and identify opportunities for improvement across secondary space.
• Expertise in statistical analysis and data visualization to develop innovative solutions and automate processes, contributing to the success of the commercial division.
• Strong collaboration and effective communication skills to work in cross-functional teams and present complex analysis to non-technical stakeholders.
• Focus on delivering accurate and timely reports and a commitment to continuous learning to enhance the robustness and usefulness of insights.

Our values and benefits

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. There’s always the chance to try something new within an evolving team or across the business, and we support development. We recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. We also offer an amazing range of benefits.

• Colleague discount: 10% off at Sainsbury’s, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day.
• Pensions and life cover, with potential for a performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on performance.
• Annual holiday allowance with the option to buy additional holiday.
• Other benefits to help money go further, such as season ticket loans, cycle to work, health cash plans, pay advance, and access to discounts from hundreds of retailers.
• Employee assistance programme for support when needed.
• 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).