Associate Analyst

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 retail websites. So marketing here happens at scale. We move faster than you might expect too, across Brand Planning, Brand Comms and Creative, Digital Marketing, CRM and Loyalty, Nectar 360 and Insights. With more people shopping with us every week, there are more interactions, more moments to connect. And thanks to data and insight, we understand our customers in a way few others can. We work alongside incredible brand partners and some of the best agencies in the industry. So if you’re passionate about learning, growing and experiencing new teams, come and explore it all with us.

Job Title

Associate Analyst

Business Area

Customer and Loyalty Analytics

We are seeking a highly motivated Associate Analyst to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for driving impact through analytics, deriving insightful findings, and contributing to potential recommendations. This role requires a understanding of coding languages, data visualisation, and analytical methodologies.

What we are looking for

• Analytical Thinking - Identify relevant metrics, analyse trends, and provide contextual insights to support business decisions.
• Data Visualisation & Communication - Present findings using appropriate visualisations and confidently explain insights to stakeholders.
• End-to-End Project Ownership - Independently manage analytical projects using diverse datasets, ensuring clarity in briefs and delivering to a defined scope.
• Technical Proficiency - Apply SQL/Python skills, understanding of relational databases, and perform quality checks on standardised code.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication - Build strong relationships, set clear expectations, and present insights confidently to stakeholders.
• Operational Awareness & Governance - Recognize data limitations, investigate anomalies, and adhere to data protection and security policies.

What we would like you to have

• A proactive personality, looking to deliver additional analytical value to our stakeholders, such as improving process efficiencies and experimenting with innovative methods to enhance analytical outputs.
• Experienced user of SQL and ideally Python. Previous experience of BI tools (e.g. Tableau or Microstrategy) and/or AWS / Snowflake would be advantageous.
• Strong communication skills, a confident curiosity to explore and understand analytical problems, with evidence of how you share insights with colleagues to achieve actionable results

Essential Criteria

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Strong analytical thinking

Ability to identify relevant metrics, analyse trends, and deliver contextual insights to support business decisions.

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Effective data visualisation and communication

Confidently present findings using appropriate visual tools and explain insights clearly to stakeholders.

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Technical proficiency

Experienced SQL skills, understanding of relational databases, and ability to perform quality checks on standardised code.

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Project ownership and prioritisation

Capable of managing analytical requests independently, assessing scope, and balancing ad-hoc demands with existing commitments.

About the Team

The Nectar Customer Analytics team is a central hub for data driven decision making, supporting the Nectar programme and wider business initiatives through analytical expertise. We work on high-impact projects that directly influence customer experience, commercial performance, and operational efficiency.

Our key focus areas include

Nectar Campaign creation and management

• Lead the nectar campaigns (such as Collect for Christmas, Healthy Choices Challenge) from an analytics point of view. From initial forecasting and scoping of costs, to customer selection, comms, tracking and ultimately to review and recommendations as to how to improve the next iteration

Data playback and Year in Review

• Champion the idea of playing customers data back to them, including feeding back their nectar savings or healthy choice behaviour. Take the lead in the flagship ‘Year in Review’ campaign where we create a wealth of engaging stats to over 15m customers

Improving Nectar App Engagement

• Analysing user behaviour and app usage to uncover opportunities for enhancing digital engagement and customer satisfaction. Support new experimental activity such as new customer onboarding or tests on the display of the app

Advanced Reporting & Automation

• Building scalable dashboards and automated workflows to streamline reporting and empower stakeholders with real-time insights.

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Working closely with teams across the business to solve complex problems and deliver actionable recommendations
• We’re a collaborative, curious, and impact-driven team that thrives on turning data into meaningful outcomes. Joining us means working on real business challenges, using modern tools like Tableau, SQL, and Python, and helping shape the future of one of the UK’s most recognised loyalty programmes.

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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 5% 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).