Analyst

Analyst | Hybrid | Hatfield

12 month FTC

Please note: Candidates must already have the right to work in the UK; this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Here at Ocado Logistics, our mission is simple: deliver an exceptional customer experience for our partners by combining cutting-edge technology, world-class operations, and innovative thinking. We’re expanding rapidly-opening new sites, developing ground-breaking automation, and building global partnerships that are transforming the way the world shops.

We’re the beating heart of Ocado Group’s UK operations. Our network of advanced warehouses and offices keeps products moving, customers happy, and our proprietary technology performing at its best. And for our people, we offer a career full of variety, impact, and possibilities.

About the Opportunity

Our Analytics function is growing, with several new Analyst roles available across multiple teams. Depending on the role, you could be working on projects that shape how we optimise delivery routes, plan future networks, and enhance the customer experience for our partners.

You may focus on:

- Route optimisation: improving how we design delivery routes, plan capacity, manage timings, and match resource to demand.

- Network planning & scenario modelling: identifying the most efficient operational setup for the next 3-18 months across people, vehicles, sites, and assets.

Labour planning transformation: supporting a rebuild of how we forecast, schedule, and resource labour to create a more flexible network and better work-life balance for our colleagues.

- Data, tooling, and reporting development: helping develop a best-in-class data and insight stack that powers decision-making across Logistics.

- Fulfilment Optimization: Analysing and optimizing the way we pick and distribute our products from our robotic warehouses to being loaded on the vans ready for delivery, including LGV movements between sites.

- Central Analytics: Providing the expertise to develop trusted data models, data products and applications/visualisations for users for users in all functions in our business (e.g. delivery operations, fulfilment operations, planning, finance, people, health & safety etc)

Across all roles, you’ll identify performance drivers and customer pain points, uncover root causes of inefficiency, and deliver insight that enables proactive, data-driven improvements across our global operations.

What you’ll do:

- Use analytical skills to extract, interpret, and visualise data to support operational and strategic decisions.

- Consolidate data from multiple sources, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and security best practice.

- Identify trends and carry out root-cause analysis to drive improvements in KPIs.

- Collaborate with teams across Logistics, Finance, Technology, and our commercial partners.

- Support a data-driven culture that improves processes and enhances overall business performance.

What we’re looking for:

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Technical proficiency (e.g SQL, VBA, or similar programming/scripting languages).

- Experience using or building BI tools to create insightful, impactful reporting.

- Excellent communication skills and confidence presenting findings to stakeholders.

- A collaborative mindset and the ability to work across multidisciplinary teams.

What you can expect to receive in return

At Ocado we believe in a workplace where everyone feels valued and supported, so you’ll find a safe and collaborative atmosphere that is as fresh as our produce as well as an award winning recognition programme and benefits package that includes includes a healthy work-life balance, extensive healthcare coverage,

competitive salaries, and exclusive employee discounts.

Flexible Work: Enjoy 30 days of 'work from anywhere' policy for a balanced life.

Wellbeing Support: Access dedicated apps and an Employee Assistance Programme for holistic well-being.

Generous Leave: Begin with 25 days, growing to 27 after 5 years, with an option to buy more.

Pension Plan: Secure your future with our pension scheme, featuring up to 7% employer contribution matching.

Private Medical Cover: Rest easy with comprehensive private medical insurance.

Family-Friendly: We support your family with maternity, adoption, shared parental leave, and paternity leave.

Financial Aid: Get interest-free train tickets and join our Cycle to Work Scheme.

Shuttle Services: Convenient free shuttle buses connect you to work.

Share Schemes: Join exciting share plans to participate in our success.

Shopping Perks: Enjoy a 15% discount on Ocado.com and savings at popular retailers and restaurants.

Financial Protection: We offer Income Protection and Life Insurance for financial security.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. We are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to support you through the recruitment process.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer, prioritising inclusivity and equal opportunities for all individuals, ensuring a supportive and accessible workplace for people with disabilities. So, whatever your background or story, you’ll find a home at Ocado Logistics.