Data Analyst – Tesco
Join our team as a Data Analyst and play a key role in delivering strategic initiatives across the business. You’ll provide actionable insights and analysis to shape pricing and promotion strategies, leveraging advanced analytical methods and modelling techniques to drive informed decision‑making.
About the Role
As a Data Analyst you will support the development of key data streams used in Price & Promotion Analytics, refactor and create data routines to meet business needs, build data pipelines for pricing, promotion and sales data, manage database storage and optimise efficiency of queries, work with third parties to ingest, process and transform data, identify and solve complex issues, perform thorough QA, document processes and upskill data users, proactively create data sources for end users, standardise, simplify and automate processes, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams such as Technology, Dunnhumby, Analytics, Trade Planning and Pricing to ensure our full commercial strategy is aligned.
Responsibilities
* Supporting the development of key data streams used in Price & Promotion Analytics.
* Refactoring and creating data routines to meet business needs.
* Building data pipelines for pricing, promotion and sales data.
* Managing database storage and optimise efficiency of queries.
* Working with third parties to ingest, process and transform data.
* Identifying and solving complex issues, performing thorough QA.
* Documenting processes and upskilling data users.
* Proactively creating data sources for end users within the business.
* Identifying processes that can be standardised, simplified, and automated.
* Working closely with relevant teams (Technology, Dunnhumby, Analytics, Trade Planning, Pricing) to ensure our full commercial strategy is aligned and executed efficiently.
Qualifications
* Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Mathematics, Economics, Applied Statistics, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, or a related field.
* Experience applying data in a practical and customer‑focused way, with a passion for creating tangible impact.
* Strong skills in handling large data volumes using modern data processing tools, particularly SQL (Teradata and Hadoop).
* Advanced Excel proficiency.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels.
* Experience with Python, VBA, and data visualization tools.
Benefits
* Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.
* Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).
* Private medical insurance.
* 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 year’s service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay; 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave.
* Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to experts to support your mental wellbeing.
About Us
You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award‑winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind – helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.
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Additional Information
Seniority level: Entry level.
Employment type: Full‑time.
Job function: Information Technology.
Industry: Retail.
Location: Welwyn Garden City, England, United Kingdom.
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