Ocado Retail Graduate Schemes 2026 (Finance, Insights, Data Engineering, Data Science, Buying & Commercial, Customer & Marketing). Contract type: Permanent Scheme Start Date: September 2026 Location: Hatfield (Blended working - 3 days in the office) Working hours per week: 40 hours Level: Entry Level - Graduate Application Opening Date: Monday 20th October 2025 Application Closing Date: Sunday 9th November 2025 About Us Our mission is to deliver joy in every shop, through unbeatable choice, unrivalled service, and reassuringly good value. Were Ocado Retail, a market-leading, joint venture between Ocado Group and M&S and the worlds largest dedicated online supermarket ocado.com. Not only is Ocado.com the only place to shop a full range of M&S food online, its also the home to the widest online supermarket range in the UK and champion of small, independent brands. Were also the brains behind Zoom by Ocado, our same-day grocery delivery service. What You Need To Apply CV & Cover Letter - Why Ocado Retail? Why this scheme? What do you hope to achieve/gain? The legal right to work in the United Kingdom upon scheme commencement and duration of the scheme Graduate from an accredited UK University (see individual schemes for additional information) Our Graduate Schemes Buying & Commercial Graduate Scheme 2026 - 2 years The buying team is responsible for putting the customer at the heart of everything we do, truly living and breathing what our customers want to see when they shop with us! Our team of buyers curates their ranges to deliver the unique customer experience gleaned from the largest range in the industry. They analyse consumer buying patterns, predict future trends, and work alongside our suppliers to maximize our offering to our customers. All of this is coupled with regularly reviewing performance indicators and profitability to manage the performance of their categories. No day is the same as our buyers continually work to ensure we offer the right products, at the right time in the right place! The end goal is that you will be provided with the support and training to reach Level 2 Buyer at the end of your 24-month scheme within the Buying Function or wider business. Data Engineering Graduate Scheme 2026 - 2 years Any online business generates an enormous quantity of raw data, and were no different. The difference is made in what you do with it. Intelligent use of data and information is at the heart of how Ocado Retail does what it does. Every significant decision is backed up with data-driven evidence. Every change is trailed and analysed to understand how we can be even better. The Data Team is the engine room behind it all. We make sure that data flows seamlessly from where its made to where it needs to get to for a decision to be made, and we ensure that its delivered in the way that is easiest for the decision-makers to use and understand. You will receive the support, training and experience needed to apply for an Engineer level, or equivalent, position in one of our Data or IT teams at the end of the scheme. Data Science Graduate Scheme 2026 - 2 years This scheme is about learning how we apply data science in Ocado Retail. The majority of your time will be spent in the Data Science team, owning projects from start to finish with responsibility for managing stakeholders and delivery of data science solutions with support from the wider team. This will allow you to continue to develop your Python and SQL skills to answer business questions. There will be opportunities to rotate into other areas of the business and explore analytics, insight and data engineering with Ocado Retail. You will be given support and guidance from the Data Science team in scoping out data science projects, developing novel solutions and delivering these to key stakeholders. A typical project involves researching a business question within the context of scientific literature, identifying relevant data sources, developing models that provide an answer to the question, and delivering this to our internal stakeholders. Throughout this process there is clear communication of progress of the project to the wider team, alongside our stakeholders. You will be taught our coding standards, and will be producing production-ready code by the end of the programme. At the end of the programme you will have a rounded knowledge base of how data is used in the organisation, and how to apply statistical approaches to improve our service for customers and suppliers. Insights Graduate Scheme 2026 - 2 years The Insight team is at the heart of the Ocado retail from advising the buying team on promotions to run and products to range, to understanding how our customers buy their weekly shopping, through to building models for new loyalty schemes and personalised marketing campaigns data and insight are critical to everything we do. Our analysts become experts in the business function they support and develop the skills to produce great insight. You will have the support and training needed to reach analyst level at the end of your 24-month graduate scheme within the Data & Insights Team. Finance Graduate Scheme 2026 - 3 years The Finance team at Ocado Retail is embedded as key partners to teams across the business - from Buying to Marketing to Operations - adding value and delivering on both immediate and long-term strategy. Our commercial mindset, analytical eye, and control focus enable the business to deliver long-term, sustainable growth. You will have the support and training to roll off the scheme after 3 years into a Senior position within the Finance team based on personal preference, performance during the scheme and ability level. Customer & Marketing Graduate Scheme 2026 - 2 years As part of Ocados Customer & Marketing team, youll join a dynamic, innovative group dedicated to understanding and enhancing every aspect of the customer journey. Within Ocado Retails Customer & Marketing department, we have Brand Marketing (this is the team thats responsible for our TV ads and our Life Delivered brand platform, and our CRM team who lead our daily customer comms with trade-driving emails, SMS and push notifications. Theres our Trade Marketing team who help deliver our customer comms calendar and then our Digital Marketing team who go fishing every day in the digital pools for new customers. Team Content and Social Media is delivering daily joy to our customers in the form of a monthly magazine, daily mouth-watering recipes, and mesmerising TikToks. The Ecommerce team ensure that customer experience of our site is seamless, that our onsite merchandising of campaigns and content delivers sales, and that were growing profitably by optimising our operation. And of course, our PR & Comms team who spend their time shouting about all the reasons that make Ocado both a great place to work and a great place to shop. And, not forgetting, we lastly have our Eat Creative in-house agency which makes the creative magic happen! The end goal is that you will be provided with the support and training to reach an executive level at the end of your two-year graduate scheme within the Marketing department or wider business. When will you hear from us? We love that we get loads of amazing applications for our graduate schemes. To recognise that, we aim to keep you informed throughout the process. To start with, well take a look through each application and whether successful or not, well let you know. Applications will close on Sunday 9th November 2025. Our aim to be in touch with anyone whos applied within 2 weeks of that date. After that, well keep you informed between each stage. Given how many great applications we get, it can take some time, so please bear with us in between updates. We treat all applications respectfully and fairly so unfortunately, if you miss the closing date we won't be able to make exceptions to extend stages. This wouldn't be fair to those candidates who have completed them! How will we contact you? Email, so make sure youve added us to your safe senders. Whats in it for you By joining Ocado Retail youll have the chance to experience life at the worlds largest online retailer, work with an amazing bunch of people who challenge whats possible each day, and grow your skills and career in online retail. If thats not enough to tempt you, youll also get access to loads of great benefits to sweeten the deal. Heres a taste of what we offer: Health & Wellbeing: Private medical insurance with the option to add your family, Digital GP appointments, market-leading family policies, mental health support, discounted gym memberships, dental insurance, and more. Spend & Save: Annual bonus scheme split between personal and business objectives, recognition with reward platform, up to 7% matched pension contributions, 15% Ocado discount, 20% M&S discount, free breakfast every day in the office, electric vehicle leasing scheme and free shuttle bus from Hatfield station to the office. Never miss the moments that matter: Blended/Hybrid working, 26 days holiday plus 8 flexible bank holidays, options to buy an extra holiday, 2 weeks work from anywhere, and lifestyle break opportunities. Everyones welcome Were an equal opportunities employer. That means that we make sure all potential colleagues are treated fairly and equally. If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know on the application form.