Analyst (Supply Chain Optimisation)
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Logistics
Closing date: 17 July 2025
Requisition ID: 400005552
What I need to do
• Sit within the Supply Chain Optimisation team, liaising closely with members of the Supply Chain operations team.
• Apply your analytical knowledge to business problems recommending and implementing the analytical approach.
• Lead projects, develop & maintain relationships with your stakeholders, championing a collaborative approach to requirements gathering and the formation of compelling analysis.
• Move at pace, whilst still delivering high quality, accurate, professional outputs that land the real truths that sit within the data. You will proactively ensure you are always in touch with the ‘Why’ behind every project – understanding the purpose of your analysis, and which decisions the business is looking to inform.
• Deliver insights and recommendations through high quality data storytelling. We love data and deriving value from it. The key to the value is in being able to build and tell compelling stories based on this data.
• Embrace our values of Owning It, Making it Better and Being Human.
How I will succeed
• Able to deliver effective insight using initiative, strong communication skills and ensuring the customer is always the priority across all activities.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders, at various levels, and their expectations, able to clearly articulate any delays or challenges and manage this accordingly so there are no surprises or issues.
• Strong communicator and storyteller, able to flex style based on the audience and convey complex outputs to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Inquisitive in nature and self-driven - able to ask the ‘what if’ and ‘why’ questions.
• Seek/generate regular feedback from stakeholders’ teams on how the analytical support material has supported them in meeting their objectives.
• Add value to stakeholders by understanding their business need and not just their insight request. Asking “Can I do this in a better way?”
• Work cross functionally to ensure stakeholders are aware of any challenges and engaged.
• Contributing to the conversation of the team sharing learnings and opportunities for us as individuals and as a team to push our performance forward.
What I need to know
Essential
• A highly numerate background. You will have a degree in Data Science, Mathematics, statistics or another analytical subject, or analytical work experience.
• SQL proficiency is essential.
• A proven history of delivering actionable insights and demonstrable business change through the application of analytics.
• Brilliant communication skills, having the ability to explain complex information in simple terms
• An inquisitive mind, with the curiosity to be constantly on the lookout for opportunities and the ability to logically solve problems.
• High attention to detail
• The ability to partner brilliantly with the business to understand their problems and deliver value, applying commercial acumen and communicating/connecting in a compelling way.
Desirable
• Experience working within the Food retail industry is helpful and within Supply Chain would be a big advantage.
• Experience using Python or R is helpful but not vital.
• Keen to learn and develop. Pro-active about driving your career development and progression.
• A high level of team contribution – looking for opportunities to provide input and support across the wider analytics community.
What I need to show
Our Valued Behaviours are our common DNA that every colleague should live by and provide the benchmark for how we deliver our goals/individual contribution, and how we relate to other colleagues in the organisation.
• Own it
o Deliver a wide range of tasks, and take ownership for solving problems that you identify
o Actively share your thoughts and are prepared to challenge others in a positive way
o Use business context and other information sources to make decisions
o Regularly review your goals with your line manager
• Make it better
o Open minded and try new ways of doing things, making things simpler where possible
o Adaptable and respond positively when circumstances change
o Show curiosity about the business beyond your immediate role
o Seek feedback from those you work with and understand your strengths and development areas
o Provide regular fair and accurate feedback to others
• Be human
o Ask questions to understand where others are coming from. Show care and respect for how others are feeling and provide support to those around you
o Listen and ask questions about the needs and motivations of others to build effective relationships
o Regularly gather customer feedback and use this insight to continuously improve the customer experience
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 10% 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 eligibiity criteria may apply).
