Why join us 

Joining us at Sainsbury's means being part of a dynamic and innovative multi-channel, multi-brand business that serves millions of customers every day. With the largest loyalty scheme in the UK and cutting-edge digital platforms, we handle over 1.2 billion transactions annually, offering unparalleled volume, depth, and complexity of data.   

As part of our Chief Data and Analytics Office, you'll have the exciting opportunity to tap into this vast data set, leveraging advanced technology and analytics to build scalable and high-performance products that deliver an amazing shopping experience to millions of people across the UK. In an inclusive and agile environment, you'll have the freedom to foster curiosity, experiment, and tackle real-world challenges, helping us unlock the true value of our data and drive impactful analysis that supports our strategic goals. Join us and be part of a team that values ownership, continuous improvement, and a human touch in everything we do.  

 

What you’ll do 

As a Lead Analyst in the Price & Promotion Analytics team at Sainsbury’s, you will play a pivotal role in unlocking value from one of the UK’s most dynamic retail data sets. You will lead and deliver complex analytical projects end to end, ensuring clarity of purpose, rigour of approach, and excellence in output quality. You will coach and develop junior analysts, shaping their technical capability, analytical thinking, and career progression. You will build strong relationships across Commercial, Product, Engineering and Data Science, acting as a trusted partner who challenges assumptions, proposes innovative solutions, and brings data driven clarity to strategic discussions. You will design and implement advanced analytical solutions, including ETL pipelines, statistical models, dashboards and machine learning approaches, and translate the resulting insights into compelling narratives that support and influence senior stakeholders across the organisation. 

 

Who you are 

As a Lead Analyst, you are an experienced and commercially astute analytics professional with a proven track record of delivering high impact insights that drive business change. You combine exceptional SQL and Python capability with strong communication and storytelling skills, enabling you to influence stakeholders at all levels. You demonstrate sound judgement, high attention to detail, and a proactive mindset that continually seeks to improve tools, processes, and ways of working. You thrive in ambiguous, fastmoving environments and excel at guiding teams toward clear, evidence based recommendations. You are a natural coach who develops others, elevates analytical standards, and contributes meaningfully to the broader analytics community. 

 

Essential Criteria 

Strong numerate background (degree or equivalent analytical experience).   Excellent SQL and strong Python expertise; experience with ML modelling, Snowflake, R, GitHub, and Jira is advantageous but not required.   Proven experience leading or mentoring analysts, with a track record of developing capability.   Demonstrable impact through delivering actionable insights and driving business change.   Pricing experience (especially UK grocery) advantageous but not essential.   Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.   High attention to detail and strong commercial judgement.   Proactive approach to learning, development and team contribution. 

 

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