Associate Data Analyst - Advanced SQL
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Marketing
Closing date: 12 October 2025
Requisition ID: 400026488
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.
Associate Data Analyst - Advanced SQL is essential (experience with Python, Snowflake, R, GitHub desirable) - London/Hybrid
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 part of the Data & Analytics team, you will join the Commercial Analytics function, which plays a critical role in supporting the business across three key areas: Pricing & Promotion, Range, Cost Optimisation & Agriculture and Strategic Analytics.
As an Associate Analyst, you’ll play a key role in shaping data-driven decisions that impact millions of customers. In this role you will:
- Collaborate cross-functionally with stakeholders across Sainsbury’s Food, General Merchandise, and Clothing Commercial teams, fostering strong partnerships to drive aligned, data-informed decision-making.
- Work closely with other Analytics & Engineering teams to streamline data access, creatively overcoming challenges and unlocking new opportunities.
- Design and implement innovative solutions from ETL pipelines and statistical analyses to machine learning models and dynamic dashboards, that support strategic commercial decision making.
- Explore and harness new data sources, generating fresh insights and actionable recommendations to tackle our most complex commercial challenges.
- With a keen eye for detail and a passion for data storytelling, you will translate complex concepts into digestible narratives that inspire action.
- The ability to partner brilliantly with the business to understand their problems and deliver value, applying commercial acumen and communicating/connecting in a compelling way.
Who you are
As an Associate Analyst within Sainsbury's Commercial Analytics team, you are a highly numerate professional with a keen eye for detail and a passion for leveraging data to drive strategic decision-making. With your strong SQL knowledge and analytical background, you excel in designing and implementing innovative solutions, from ETL pipelines to machine learning models, that provide actionable insights to address complex commercial challenges. Your brilliant communication skills, combined with your inquisitive mindset and ability to collaborate cross-functionally, allow you to translate complex concepts into compelling narratives that inspire action and deliver value to the business.
Essential Criteria
- Demonstrable proficiency in SQL is essential for data analysis and manipulation (experience with Python, Snowflake, R, GitHub, and Jira is advantageous).
- Experience in delivering actionable insights that have led to measurable business change or impact.
- Ability to translate complex data into clear, compelling narratives, evidenced through data storytelling or presentation work.
- Educational degree or professional background in a numerate discipline, such as mathematics, statistics, or a related analytical field.
- Great communication skills, having the ability to explain complex information in simple terms.
Please note that this job advert may close earlier than the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of applications.
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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).
