Analyst (HR)
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Marketing
Closing date: 21 August 2025
Requisition ID: 400013002
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. We’re one of the biggest supermarkets in the UK with one of the largest websites. So marketing here really happens at scale. We move a lot faster than you’d think too, across Brand Planning, Brand Comms and Creative, Digital Marketing, CRM and Loyalty, Nectar 360, Insights, and Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability. More people shopping with us each week means more interactions. And thanks to data insight, we understand customers in a way that almost nobody else does. We work alongside incredible brand partners and the best agencies around. So if you have a passion to learn, grow and experience new teams, come and explore it all with us.
Why join us
Joining the HR team at Sainsbury's as a Analyst (HR) presents a unique opportunity to delve into the intricate world of data analytics and insights within a multi-channel, multi-brand organisation serving millions of customers daily. By leveraging statistical and quantitative analytical techniques, you will play a pivotal role in shaping HR decisions and strategies, while collaborating with diverse stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions. With a focus on innovation, continuous improvement, and a customer-centric mindset, you will have the space to explore new technologies, drive efficiencies, and make a real difference in transforming data into actionable insights that drive business success at Sainsbury's.
What you'll do
As an Analyst (HR) at Sainsbury's, you will be responsible for providing HR management information, data analysis, and insights to internal and external stakeholders. Using statistical and quantitative analytical techniques such as SQL, Python, MicroStrategy, and Snowflake, you will extract, interrogate, and analyse data to address people-related business challenges. Collaborating with various teams, you will enhance the business and colleague data model, ensuring data integrity and hierarchy. Acting as a trusted advisor on people insight and reporting, you will coach and advise the HR team on accessing, analysing, and interpreting colleague data, while designing and building new data products based on customer specifications. Your role will also involve supporting ad-hoc analytics, promoting data protection principles, and continuously seeking opportunities for efficiencies and automation in data analysis and reporting processes.
Who you are
As an Analyst (HR) at Sainsbury's, you are a numerate and analytical professional with a passion for data analysis and a keen eye for detail. With a background in mathematics, statistics, or a related field, coupled with experience in manipulating and integrating large complex data sets, you possess the ability to extract valuable insights and present them in a clear, concise manner to a diverse range of stakeholders. Your proactive approach, inquisitive nature, and commitment to delivering high-quality work enable you to anticipate customer needs, provide innovative solutions, and continuously improve the impact of data analytics within the HR function of the organisation.
Essential Criteria
- Demonstrable experience using SQL and Python for data extraction and analysis — candidates must show practical application of these tools in a professional setting.
- Proven ability to work with large, complex data sets — including manipulation, integration, and analysis to produce actionable insights.
- Evidence of stakeholder engagement in a large organisation — including managing expectations and translating business requirements into analytical outputs.
- Ability to apply statistical or quantitative techniques to solve business problems — demonstrated through project work, reporting, or insight generation.
Please note, due to high volumes of applications, we may close this vacancy early—apply soon to avoid disappointment.
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We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them: Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 5% of salary, depending on how we perform. Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme. Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave. Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
