Data Analyst (Food & Drink)

WGSN; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consumer trend forecasting firm in London is seeking a Data Analyst to join their Data team. This office-based role focuses on delivering high-quality analysis for the Food & Drink category and requires a minimum of 2–3 years of experience in data analysis and strong communication skills. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in the food and drink industry, be able to identify trends from large datasets, and work effectively with global teams.

Benefits

25 days of holiday per year

Pension and life assurance

Flexible benefits platform

Employee assistance programme

Volunteering opportunities

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of experience in a data analyst role.
• Experience in the food & drink industry is essential.
• Ability to explain data clearly and tell a compelling story.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality analysis for WGSN’s content focused on Food & Drink.
• Offer insights on past and future trends to identify growth opportunities.
• Conduct research and deliver analysis with actionable recommendations.

Skills

Data analysis

Problem solving

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Trend identification

Tools

SQL

Python

Tableau

BigQuery

DataBricks

Job description

The role

We are looking to hire a Data Analyst (Food & Drink) to join our Data team in London.

This is an office-based role out of our London office.

Working at WGSN

WGSN is the global authority on consumer trend forecasting. Our services cover consumer insights, beauty, consumer tech, fashion, interiors, lifestyle, food and drink forecasting, data analytics and expert advisory.

Role overview

We are looking for a strategic, intelligent and commercial individual to provide world-class data analysis for the growing Food & Drink category. The Data Analyst must have an understanding of Food & Drink and data analysis, and use this to underpin the work that the Content team delivers. The role involves analysing data and aiding in the generation of breakthrough insight and trends for the different products we produce, working with both WGSN’s and IWSR’s, as well as third‑party data sets, to spot underlying signals.

The team

The foundation of WGSN is our passionate experts. WGSN seeks talent globally to work within a business that offers a unique blend of specialist problem solvers, data analysts and innovative thinkers.

Key accountabilities

• Provide high quality and accurate analysis for WGSN’s content, focused on Food & Drink, Sustainability, and Consumer insights, key trends and drivers.
• Offer editors insight on past and future trends, and identify growth opportunities.
• Extract business intelligence from large data sets and create compelling narratives.
• Conduct research and deliver analysis with actionable recommendations for clients.
• Proactively suggest and generate visualisations (charts/tables) for complex data.
• Collaborate with data teams across territories to ensure consistency of analysis between WGSN and IWSR.
• Foster collaboration and knowledge sharing between WGSN and IWSR.
• Contribute to the creation, sharing, and learning culture for the global Editorial team.
• Engage and collaborate with key business stakeholders and data teams.
• Be proactive in documenting processes, capturing tasks in Jira, and delivering reusable code and datasets.
• Be accountable for personal objectives and designated KPIs, meeting deadlines and editorial guidelines.
• Take an active and vocal role in team meetings, suggesting new ideas for data integration.
• Ensure projects are delivered in brief, insightful, commercially successful, and with data integrity.
• Work closely with the Sustainability Board, providing data analyses for regular bulletins.

This list is not exhaustive and there may be other activities you are required to deliver.

Skills, experience & qualifications required

• Ability to explain data clearly and concisely, telling a compelling story.
• Experience in the food & drink industry is essential.
• Experience in sustainability and working with beverage depletion/shipment data is a strong advantage.
• At least 2–3 years of prior experience in a data analyst role.
• Creative, commercial, resourceful, innovative & able to cope under pressure.
• Ability to analyse large amounts of data and pinpoint trends that will impact the market.
• Problem solver who gets things done.
• Analytical mind that can distinguish what is important and make the complex simple.
• Curious, flexible and a strategic thinker with gravitas.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, comfortable tackling work within a global team.

Technical experience with

• Data Warehouses (multiple): Snowflake, SQL, BigQuery, DataBricks, etc.
• Languages: SQL (must), Python (must), dbt (desirable), etc.
• Version control: git (GitHub).
• AI coding tools: Codex (ChatGPT), Co-pilot, Cursor, etc.
• Visualisation: Tableau, Looker, Power BI, etc.

Beneficial to have experience with

• Statistical modelling / forecasting (Regression, DOE, A/B Testing).
• Sprint Planning/Development using JIRA.
• Unit testing and data quality monitoring.

What we offer

• 25 days of holiday per year – option to buy/sell up to 5 days.
• Pension, Life Assurance and Income Protection.
• Flexible benefits platform with options including private medical, dental insurance & critical illness.
• Employee assistance programme, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme.
• Volunteering opportunities and charitable giving options.
• Great learning and development opportunities.

More about WGSN

WGSN is the global authority on consumer trend forecasting. We help brands around the world create the right products at the right time for tomorrow’s consumer.

Our values

We Are Everywhere – The future is everything, it happens everywhere. WGSN tracks and analyses consumer behaviours, product innovation, design and creativity, everywhere.

We Are Future Focused – We utilise global resources and intelligence to research, source and analyse quantitative and qualitative data to produce forecasts.

We Are Rigorous – We source, review and assess data to provide credible insights and design solutions.

Our culture

An inclusive culture is a key priority. We want our people to be themselves and thrive.

Inclusive workforce

Committed to supporting the environment and sustainability, including ensuring our pension plan defaults to sustainable options and striving to be net zero by 2030.

Recognising great performance

Our awards schemes recognise and reward the achievements of our people.

We offer a flexible working environment with a wide range of flexible, hybrid and agile arrangements. Conversations about flexible working are encouraged.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the interview process, please let us know.

A Note for Applicants

We use AI to help our team screen applications and identify candidates whose skills and experience match the role. This technology removes personal information to promote a fair and unbiased process.

A Note for Recruiters

Our internal Talent Acquisition team manages all recruitment efforts. When we need extra help, we partner with agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL). We are unable to respond to unsolicited contacts or CVs from outside our PSL.