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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.
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 an Analyst in the Price & Promotion Analytics team at Sainsbury’s, you will deliver impactful, end to end analytical work that shapes pricing and promotion decisions across the business. You will partner closely with the Value Strategy team, Commercial stakeholders, Engineering, and Data Science to build insight that supports smarter and more strategic decision making. You will develop innovative analytical solutions, including ETL pipelines, statistical models, and dynamic dashboards, while exploring new data sources to uncover deeper insight. You will work at pace, ensuring your analysis is accurate, commercially relevant, and always grounded in understanding the purpose behind the work. Through clear and compelling storytelling, you will turn complex data into actionable narratives that influence key decisions across the organisation.
Who You Are
As an Analyst, you are commercially minded, confident working with ambiguity, and skilled at structuring complex problems into clear, actionable analytical approaches. You have strong SQL capability and growing Python proficiency, with a passion for exploring data and identifying opportunities to drive business improvement. You enjoy collaborating across functions, communicating with clarity, and crafting compelling data stories that influence stakeholders. You thrive in fast paced environments and balance multiple priorities effectively. You are committed to continuous development – both in your technical skills and in your understanding of the commercial levers that shape pricing and promotions.
Essential Criteria
- Strong numerate background (degree or equivalent experience).
- Solid SQL skills and working knowledge of Python; experience with ML modelling, Snowflake, R, 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.
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).
