Vacancy NameAnalyst - Price and PromotionsVacancy NoVN743Job TypePermanentLocationHatfieldJob Details
Analyst - Pricing & Promotions
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Hatfield
Working hours per week: 40 hours
Level: Mid-Level
Application closing date: 12th November
About us
Our mission is to deliver joy in every shop, through unbeatable choice, unrivaled service, and reassuringly good value.
We’re Ocado Retail, a market-leading, joint venture between Ocado Group and M&S and the world’s largest dedicated online supermarket. Not only is Ocado.com the only place to shop a full range of M&S food online, but it’s also the home to the widest online supermarket range in the UK and champion of small, independent brands. We’re also the brains behind, our same-day grocery delivery service.
About the team and the role
The Price & Promotions team sits as part of the Commercial Strategy team and is tasked with developing and executing the strategic pillars of Ocado Retail’s value proposition. From conception to delivery, the team ensures initiatives resonate with new and existing customers and are successfully maintained across the business.
As a Pricing & Promotions Analyst, you will play a key role in driving the analytics that shape the future of Ocado Retail's value strategy for customers. You will be responsible for analysing and reporting on pricing and promotional decisions and using commercial and market data to produce actionable insight. In addition, you will work closely with the broader Commercial team to deliver recommendations and embed new tools and ways of working.
You’ll support strategic projects to support our overall value roadmap, as well as ad-hoc analysis to support proactive and reactive price and promo decisions. You will develop tools and reports with a focus on automation to raise the speed and quality of decision-making. You’ll have great communication skills and the ability to translate technical concepts to a range of audiences, as well as the ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders.
What you’ll do
1. Undertake analysis using commercial and market data to develop an understanding of price and promotional performance and make recommendations
2. Develop tools and reports to be used by the broader business to further the understanding of price and promotion performance
3. Support ad-hoc projects involving customer and commercial analysis of strategic value initiatives
4. Support the roll out of new tools and ways of working to the broader Commercial team, partnering with individual Buyers to review and improve price and promotional performance
Who you are
Essential:
5. Previous experience in an analytical role, preferably for 1+ years, and comfortable working through analytical problems
6. Ability to drive projects forward with keen attention to detail
7. Experience in presenting analytics-driven output to wide-ranging audiences in a clear and logical way
8. Excellent Excel skills
9. Strong commercial mindset and enjoys problem-solving to uncover actionable insight
10. Proven stakeholder management experience
Preferred:
11. Experience of using SQL (Preferably BigQuery)
12. Experience in a retail, e-commerce, or FMCG business
13. Experience with data visualisation software such as Tableau
At Ocado Retail we’re passionate about building careers and skills by giving people access to new and diverse opportunities. If you don’t tick all the boxes above but have a curious mindset, a passion for learning and adaptable skills to bring to the role, we still want to hear from you!
What’s in it for you
By joining Ocado Retail you’ll have the chance to experience life at the world’s largest online retailer, work with an amazing bunch of people who challenge what’s possible each day, and grow your skills and career in online retail.
If that’s not enough to tempt you, you’ll also get access to loads of great benefits to sweeten the deal. Here’s 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.
Our Hiring Process
Lucky for us, we get loads of great applications and we really appreciate that so many people put the time and effort in to apply. To recognise that, we treat all applications respectfully and fairly. So, if yours stands out, you’ll follow our standard hiring process - one of our Talent Partners will talk you through this in an initial call.
Everyone’s welcome
We’re 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.