Associate Analyst
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Marketing
Closing date: 28 October 2025
Requisition ID: 400028296
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.
Business Area: Nectar Partnerships
We are seeking a highly motivated Associate Analyst to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for driving impact through analytics, deriving insightful findings, and contributing to potential recommendations. This role requires a foundational understanding of coding languages, data visualisation, and analytical methodologies.
What we are looking for
- Analytical Thinking - Identify relevant metrics, analyse trends, and provide contextual insights to support business decisions.
- Data Visualisation & Communication - Present findings using appropriate visualisations and confidently explain insights to stakeholders.
- Project Ownership & Prioritisation - Manage analytical requests independently, assess scope, and balance ad-hoc demands with existing commitments.
- Technical Proficiency - Apply foundational coding skills, understanding of relational databases, and perform quality checks on standardised code.
- Methodological Knowledge – Have experience or ability to explain common analytical methodologies with accuracy and clarity.
- Operational Awareness & Governance - Recognize data limitations, investigate anomalies, and adhere to data protection and security policies.
What we would like you to have:
- An innovative mind and a passion for solving problems
- Interest and enthusiasm to write and develop code (ideally SQL or Phyton)
- Knowledge of BI tools (eg. Tableau) would be advantageous
- Previous analytical experience showing application of insight to address business questions.
- Strong communication skills, a confident curiosity to explore and understand analytical problems, with evidence of how you share insights with colleagues to achieve actionable results.
About the Team:
The Nectar Customer Analytics team is a central hub for data driven decision making, supporting the Nectar programme and wider business initiatives through analytical expertise. We work on high-impact projects that directly influence customer experience, commercial performance, and operational efficiency.
Our key focus areas include:
Nectar Fraud Prevention
Identifying and mitigating fraudulent activity using advanced data techniques to protect the integrity of the loyalty programme.
Campaign Planning & Assessment
Partnering with commercial and marketing teams to design, evaluate, and optimise campaigns based on performance metrics and customer insights.
Nectar Programme Health Monitoring
Conducting deep dives into customer engagement, redemption behaviour, and overall programme effectiveness to ensure long-term success.
Improving Nectar App Engagement
Analysing user behaviour and app usage to uncover opportunities for enhancing digital engagement and customer satisfaction.
Advanced Reporting & Automation
Building scalable dashboards and automated workflows to streamline reporting and empower stakeholders with real-time insights.
Cross-functional Collaboration
Working closely with teams across the business to solve complex problems and deliver actionable recommendations.
We’re a collaborative, curious, and impact-driven team that thrives on turning data into meaningful outcomes. Joining us means working on real business challenges, using modern tools like Tableau, SQL, and Python, and helping shape the future of one of the UK’s most recognised loyalty programmes.
Essential Criteria
- Strong analytical thinking: Ability to identify relevant metrics, analyse trends, and deliver contextual insights to support business decisions.
- Effective data visualisation and communication: Confidently present findings using appropriate visual tools and explain insights clearly to stakeholders.
- Technical proficiency: Foundational coding skills – SQL , understanding of relational databases, and ability to perform quality checks on standardised code.
- Project ownership and prioritisation: Capable of managing analytical requests independently, assessing scope, and balancing ad-hoc demands with existing commitments
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).
