Analyst - Pricing & Promotions
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Data & Analytics
Closing date: 10 July 2026
Requisition ID: 400067107
At Sainsbury’s, data sits at the heart of how we operate, innovate and serve our customers. Our Data & Analytics team is building a technically advanced, commercially focused and impactful capability, powering our Next Level Strategy and helping to create a Sainsbury’s powered by industry leading AI algorithms. We use data, technology and advanced analytics to drive better decisions across the business, from forecasting and optimisation to experimentation, personalisation and machine learning. With one of the richest retail datasets I n the UK and a portfolio spanning Sainsbury’s, Argos, Habitat and Nectar, the opportunity to innovate is huge. Here, you’ll tackle complex challenges at scale, create measurable impact and grow quickly alongside brilliant colleagues. People who thrive with us combine business understanding, technical expertise and curiosity, with a natural instinct for problem-solving. Join us and help shape the future of retail through data and AI.
Why Join Us
As an Analyst in Sainsbury’s Commercial Analytics team, you’ll use data and advanced analytical techniques to shape our Commercial strategy across all categories and channels. Your work delivers real impact, influencing the products we range, the promotions we run and the prices experienced by millions of customers across the UK.
This role sits within our Pricing & Promotions team, where you’ll help advance our pricing capabilities. You’ll contribute to building and improving the analytics, algorithms and tools that underpin pricing decisions, optimise promotional performance and enable us to respond effectively to market movements.
Working closely with Commercial Trading, Value Strategy, Engineering and Data Science, you’ll deliver end-to-end analytical solutions that support better, more strategic decision-making. You’ll also develop innovative approaches to measurement and modelling, while exploring new data sources to strengthen our pricing strategy.
You’ll operate in a fast-paced environment, ensuring your work is accurate, commercially relevant and aligned to clear business objectives. Through clear and compelling storytelling, you’ll translate complex data into actionable insights that influence decisions across the organisation.
As part of our central Data & Analytics function, you’ll have access to modern tools, deep technical expertise and a strong peer network to support your development. We offer flexible working, competitive benefits and a culture where diverse perspectives are valued and growth is actively encouraged.
What you’ll do
- Deliver high-quality analysis that shapes our pricing and value strategy
- Quantify the impact of key initiatives through robust measurement frameworks and post-implementation reviews
- Build scalable analytical and automation solutions to accelerate the journey from data to insight
- Partner with Commercial stakeholders to ensure work is aligned to strategy and delivers clear business value
- Collaborate with Data Science and Engineering to influence roadmaps, improve data quality and deliver end-to-end solutions
- Stay commercially curious, bringing insight on market trends in pricing and promotions into your work
Essential Criteria
- Strong numerate background (degree or equivalent experience).
- Advanced SQL skills and working knowledge of Python; experience with ML modelling, Snowflake, GitHub, and Jira is advantageous but not required.
- Ability to deliver robust, high‑impact analysis that drives business outcomes.
- Skilled at simplifying complexity and structuring ambiguous problems.
- Strong communication and storytelling ability.
- Comfortable managing multiple priorities at speed.
- Growth mindset and proactive approach to development.
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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 eligibility criteria may apply).
