Express Coffee Analyst - Leeds

Asda Stores Ltd.; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Leeds seeks a candidate to collaborate with the Buying Manager on performance reviews and initiatives in the coffee category. This role emphasizes operational excellence and data-driven decision-making, requiring strong communication skills and a passion for customer experience. The position boasts a hybrid working model and offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Discretionary company bonus

Company pension up to 7% matched

15% colleague discount in store and online

Free access to wellbeing services

Excellent parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Ability to work cross-functionally with teams to translate plans into actions.
• Capable of driving strong sales and exceptional customer experience.
• Skills in data analysis to inform decision-making and optimize results.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Commercial teams to deliver strategic plans.
• Own post-launch reviews and lead promotional analysis.
• Drive continuous improvement and productivity through process reviews.

Skills

Collaboration

Analytical skills

Communication

Agility in fast-paced environments

Job description

In this role, you will collaborate closely with the Buying Manager to deliver and review performance across key categories, with a particular focus on coffee. You will lead initiatives to ensure best-in-class uptime across the Express estate, driving operational excellence and reliability. Through detailed analysis and actionable insights, you will support growth and profitability, helping to shape strategies that enhance customer experience and maximize commercial performance. You will:

Responsibilities

• Thrive in a collaborative environment, working cross-functionally with Commercial teams to translate strategic plans into actionable results.
• You ensure that all aspects of the Coffee and Food-to-Go strategy are fully supported and embedded across the business.
• Keep a sharp focus on driving strong sales, conversion, and delivering an exceptional customer experience
• You will take ownership of post-launch reviews, leading promotional analysis and event autopsies to identify opportunities and optimize future performance.
• Be passionate about continuous improvement, increasing productivity through consistent process reviews and enhancements.
• Spend time in stores with partners and champion best practice to support growth at every level.
• Analytical and data driven, skilled in using data to make informed decisions and optimise results.?
• Be a strong communicator with great personal skills to work with people at all levels - not just in our business, but also beyond it?
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to manage change and drive results.?
• You will be agile and an effective decision maker, willing to move, fail and learn fast?
• Be obsessed about our purpose and our customers?

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

Benefits

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks - helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.