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Confidently discuss resulting limitations, caveats and timelines of potential approaches and factors these into final selection.\nProject Leadership & Delivery - Own complex analytical projects end-to-end, supporting junior team members and ensuring timely, high-quality delivery. Demonstrate clear understanding of analytical resource commitments to stakeholders/clients.\nInsight Generation & Actionability - Go beyond the data to uncover meaningful insights and translate them into clear, actionable recommendations for stakeholders.\nInnovation & Continuous Improvement - Drive analytical value by enhancing processes and experimenting with new data sources and methodologies.\nStakeholder Relationship Management - Build strong networks across teams and clients to maximize impact and ensure insights are aligned with business needs.\nEffective Communication & Storytelling - Present complex analytics in a clear, engaging way to non-technical audiences using documents and presentations to adhere to best-practice principles.\nWhat we would like you to have:\nAdvanced user of SQL and ideally R, experience using Snowflake would be advantageous\nPrevious experience of BI tools (e.g. Tableau)\nAt least 3 years of experience in working in the field of data analysis, preferably with a customer focus\nAdvanced user of advanced Excel and related capabilities\nPrior experience of building propensity models and/ or customer segmentations advantageous\nStrong interpersonal and team working skills\nGreat communication skills, with the ability to translate data into effective and influential insight\nEssential Criteria\nAdvanced SQL capability - strong proficiency in SQL, enabling effective manipulation and analysis of complex datasets.\nStrong analytical thinking - ability to define analytical approaches, work with stakeholders, and deliver robust analysis.\nInsight generation & communication - turning data into actionable recommendations and presenting them clearly to non-technical audiences. \nAt Sainsbury’s, data sits at the heart of how we operate, innovate and serve our customers. Our Data & Analytics team is building a technically advanced, commercially focused and impactful capability, powering our Next Level Strategy and helping to create a Sainsbury’s powered by industry leading AI algorithms. We use data, technology and advanced analytics to drive better decisions across the business, from forecasting and optimisation to experimentation, personalisation and machine learning. With one of the richest retail datasets I n the UK and a portfolio spanning Sainsbury’s, Argos, Habitat and Nectar, the opportunity to innovate is huge. Here, you’ll tackle complex challenges at scale, create measurable impact and grow quickly alongside brilliant colleagues. People who thrive with us combine business understanding, technical expertise and curiosity, with a natural instinct for problem-solving. Join us and help shape the future of retail through data and AI.We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so youll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. 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