Insight & Analytics Portfolio Coordinator

Asda; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Asda is seeking an Insight & Analytics Portfolio Coordinator to enhance data-driven decision-making. In this role, you will manage portfolio documentation, coordinate meetings, and support financial management, all while fostering a collaborative culture in a dynamic team. This position offers significant opportunities for professional growth in a flexible hybrid work environment.

Benefits

15% Asda Colleague Discount

Free parking at Asda House, Leeds

7% Stakeholder Pension Plan

Free access to wellbeing services

Support for parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Proficiency in MS Office products (PowerPoint, Excel, Word).
• Self-starter who is able to respond to changing priorities.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain portfolio documentation and status updates.
• Facilitate meetings and manage portfolio finances.
• Conduct general team administration including onboarding.

Skills

Organisational skills

Time management

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration

Project Management

Analytics

Tools

MS Office

Project management software

Job description

Job Title

Insight & Analytics Portfolio Coordinator

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits.

Category

Project Support

Closing Date

16 June 2025

Asda is undergoing an exciting data transformation, placing insight and analytics at the heart of strategic decision-making. We are seeking a highly organised and detail-oriented Portfolio Coordinator to support the squads that deliver insight across our commercial, customer, supply chain, and digital functions.

What You'll Love

The successful candidate will play a crucial role in managing and coordinating the portfolio, helping to ensure our work is aligned with strategic objectives, as well as supporting a high performing team culture. This role requires a blend of project management skills, structured thinking, effective communication, and strong administrative capabilities. You'll learn from experienced programme and portfolio colleagues, as well as developing knowledge of the ways we are driving business performance through data.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the portfolio documentation, such as the squad roadmaps, ensuring consistency in detail and approach across the squads

• Create regular portfolio status updates for leadership, providing insights into squad progress, resource allocation, and risk management

• Facilitate portfolio meetings, including scheduling, agenda preparation, and note and action taking

• Support with the management of portfolio finances, including raising and receipting POs, managing invoicing queries and maintaining finance trackers

• Coordinate team meetings and events, such as our quarterly team days, fostering a culture of a great place to work

• Conduct general team administration - maintaining contact lists, managing the team calendar and room bookings, maintaining the SharePoint site, supporting the onboarding process for new team members

• Learn and develop in a high-performing team with opportunities to increase your influence and responsibility over time

What You'll Need

Essential:

• Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

• Proficiency in MS Office products (Powerpoint, Excel, Word, SharePoint) and basic understanding of portfolio management.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders.

• Self-starter who is able to respond to changing priorities with a sense of urgency and pace.

Desirable:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Analytics, or a related field

• Proficiency in project management software (e.g. MS Project, JIRA, PowerApps)

• Certification in project management (e.g. PRINCE2, APM, AgilePM)

Why Join Asda?

• We are a values-led organisation. As such, we encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively, valuing everyone's input.

• Our collaborative culture, the size of our business and our belief in the empowerment of the individual means opportunities at Asda are abundant.

• We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week. Our website handles over 2 million transactions a month. We have more than 145,000 dedicated Asda colleagues ensuring that our customers are at the heart of everything we do.

• We are passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, representative of the communities we serve, and are creating ways to inspire diverse talent to join Asda.

Why Join Insight and Analytics?

• You will support business-critical programmes with visible, high-level impact

• You will learn and develop in a forward-thinking team with clear opportunities to increase your influence and responsibility over time.

• We offer flexible hybrid working with a supportive, inclusive culture

• We offer an attractive benefits package:

  • Competitive salary, and performance related bonus

  • 7% Stakeholder Pension Plan

  • 15% Asda Colleague Discount

  • Free parking at Asda House, Leeds

  • Clear opportunities for career growth and professional development

Everything you'll love

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.

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 Wagestream, 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.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves