Event Trade Analyst

Job description

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:

·  An annual bonus scheme which you can achieve up to 3.5% of base salary.
·  Privilegecard (including a 2nd card for a family member) after 6 months service with 10% off most purchases at Tesco.
·  A retirement savings plan - 4%-7.5% contribution rate
·  Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
·  Buy As You Earn Scheme
·  Save As You Earn Scheme
·  Tesco Car Purchase Scheme (provided by Alphabet).
·  Deals & Discounts through Tesco including Tesco Mobile & Tesco Bank
·  Deals and Discounts through many other external businesses

About The Job

Tesco.com is the UK's leading online grocery retailer; as one of the world's largest retailers with 476,000 colleagues, we serve millions of customers every week in our stores and online. The Insight team uses data analysis and market research to help the business understand its customers, and identify opportunities to improve trading performance. We work in a fast-paced environment, with tight deadlines and an expectation of high standards. Nonetheless, the team is friendly and supportive, with a strong collaborative ethos and a focus on developing talent.

We are looking for an analyst who can support trade analysis by producing informative and engaging reports to report on sales and margin - understanding the current situation, quantifying the degree of change and forecasting future impact. You will assist on analytical projects, focusing on events and promotions performance for example, to make recommendations which will affect business decisions. This will necessitate an understanding of the relevant data sources, ensuring that these are accurate, consistent and available on time.

The successful candidate will be a logical and meticulous thinker with strong attention to detail and a passion for analysis, who is able to communicate clearly and work with others to deliver results.

Main Responsibilities

·  Performing weekly analysis of event and promotional performance (sales value, volume, contribution, margin and density) ensuring data is accurate and timely
·  Reviewing and interpreting results to make meaningful suggestions, undertaking or supporting ad hoc projects as required to provide greater understanding of specific issues
·  Turn analysis into insight that drives action across the business
·  Proposing and creating space cascades, based on seasonal calendar, customer trends and analysis
·  Work closely with Analysts, commercial Buying and Merchandising teams, Event Managers, Supply Chain and Retail Operation
·  Design visually engaging reports to highlight business trends and automate regular data processing jobs
·  Manage the extraction, transformation and loading of large datasets from multiple sources
·  Drive change by continuously measuring the factors influencing Tesco events and promotions and customer behaviour (whether they are trading, operational or competitor initiated)

Ideal Candidate

Essential Requirements:

·  Strong numerical & analytical skills, with a natural ability to communicate analytical findings in a simple way
·  Experience of working with data, preferably using SQL
·  Understanding of techniques for automated data processing
·  Good written and spoken communication skills
·  Ability to manage own workload to tight deadlines & to work on a variety of projects simultaneously
·  Strong attention to detail and critical thinking
·  A passion for learning

Desirable Requirements

·  Degree in a quantitative or retail subject
·  Prior work experience in retail, merchandising or analytics
·  Understanding of cascading and range mix management

About the Company

Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues. It is part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we're proud to have been accredited as one of Britain's Top Employers again this year.

We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.
But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, we have a vast variety of roles and we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business. We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers.

Desired profile

Ideal Candidate

Essential Requirements:

·  Strong numerical & analytical skills, with a natural ability to communicate analytical findings in a simple way
·  Experience of working with data, preferably using SQL
·  Understanding of techniques for automated data processing
·  Good written and spoken communication skills
·  Ability to manage own workload to tight deadlines & to work on a variety of projects simultaneously
·  Strong attention to detail and critical thinking
·  A passion for learning

Desirable Requirements

·  Degree in a quantitative or retail subject
·  Prior work experience in retail, merchandising or analytics
·  Understanding of cascading and range mix management