CRM Campaign Analyst

John Lewis plc; Bracknell; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Waitrose & Partners, part of John Lewis Partnership, is hiring a CRM Campaign Analyst in Bracknell. The role supports activation of first‑party data, designs customer selections, and enhances targeting across channels. You’ll work with CRM managers and analytics teams to optimise campaigns and measures.

The position offers hybrid working with around 3 days in the office, and a salary range of £47,000–£73,500 depending on experience. Close collaboration with data and insights teams is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a campaign operations team within a transactional data intensive organisation (retail preferred).
• Strong CRM experience and understanding.
• Experience using ESPs, preferably Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
• Experience using campaign management tools to execute campaigns.
• Strong SQL and data manipulation skills.
• Strong analytical approach.
• Ability to balance customer and commercial priorities.
• Good understanding of CDP Data Cloud.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and create customer selections and output data for email, push, sms, direct marketing, social and digital audiences.
• Collaborate with CRM Managers to translate briefs into targeting and audience selections.
• Identify new opportunities to improve CRM campaigns and strategies.
• Support data strategies and ensure access to required data for communications.
• Enable automation across selections to streamline processes.

Skills

CRM experience

SQL

Data analysis

Campaign tools

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Verbal & written communication

Tools

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE

Waitrose & Partners prides itself on being different. Our intention is to combine the convenience of a supermarket with the expertise and service of a specialist food shop. Add this to our unswerving dedication to our customers and the highest respect for our suppliers (the provenance and traceability of our food is vital) and, of course, the environment and you can start to see we’re a bit more than ‘just’ a supermarket. We have an exciting opportunity to join our Waitrose Marketing team as a CRM Campaign Analyst, reporting into our Senior CRM Campaign Analyst. As we transform our approach to CRM we are looking for someone to support with the activation of first party data across our channels. The successful candidate will be analytically minded, co‑create campaign selections alongside our CRM managers to enhance our targeting and communication strategy as well as digging deep into the data to get insights that will drive improvements across our campaigns. This role will work closely with our data, insights and analytics teams to ensure gold standard measurement across our CRM activity and be able to bring their specialism to provide recommendations both to campaigns and to wider CRM strategy. This role will incorporate audience building for digital and social channels as well so an understanding of digital advertising is desirable. In addition to your contractual pay, any time worked between 22:00 - 06:00 will attract Night Premium at a rate of £5.25 per hour. This will also apply to existing Partners who have enrolled onto Enhanced Hours Premium arrangements.

Expected salary - Salary up to £60,000 depending on experience.

Contract type- This position is a Permanent contract.

Working pattern/flexible working - The Partnership has adopted a hybrid working approach, meaning you’ll be able to work a mixture between the office and home based upon your personal needs whilst balancing the needs of the business. The team aim for 3 days per week in the office to connect.

Location - Bracknell

Key responsibilities

• To design and create customer selections and output of customer data for email, push, sms, direct marketing, social and digital audiences.
• To work closely with the CRM Managers to understand Waitrose campaign targeting needs; translate campaign briefs into effective targeting and audience selection to meet commercial and business objectives and enable relevant communications for multiple audiences and segmentations.
• Identify and interpret new opportunities or improvements to meet goals and ambitions for our CRM communication programmes.
• Support and input into data strategies to ensure that CRM and broader Channels team have access to the required data to enhance our communications and deliver against our strategy.
• Support and enable automation across selections to streamline processes.

Essential skills/experience you’ll need

• Experience of working in a campaign operations team within a transactional data intensive organisation (preferably retail)
• Strong CRM experience and understanding
• Strong experience within ESP, preferably Salesforce Marketing Cloud
• Experience of using campaign management tools to execute campaigns
• Strong SQL and data manipulation skills
• Strong analytical approach
• Ability to balance customer and commercial priorities
• Good understanding of technical CDP, preferably Data Cloud
• Good verbal and written communication skills

Desirable skills/experience you may have

• Salesforce Suite understanding and qualifications
• Qualifications in marketing
• Retail experience
• Strong agency management experience

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Closing Date: September 9, 2026

Pay: £47,000.00 - £73,500.00

Annual Contract Type: Permanent

Hours of Work: 35 per week

Job Level: Partnership Level 7

Where You’ll Be Working: Bracknell Campus, Doncastle Road, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 8YA

ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us. We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food‑lovers in Waitrose. As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect. We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective. As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.

Important points to note

• It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third‑party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.
• We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.
• We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working.
• This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.

At the John Lewis Partnership we’re not just employees; we’re co‑owners, and that’s why we’re called Partners. Being a Partner means not only do we all collectively share the responsibilities of being the UK’s largest employee‑owned business, but we also share in its rewards and successes. It’s this ownership model that makes the Partnership a very unique place to work.