Lead Analytics Manager

Tesco UK; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Inclusive recruitment process

Job summary

Tesco UK in Welwyn Garden City is seeking a senior analytics leader to head a team of programmers and analysts. You will analyse problem statements, develop solutions and own the code that helps the business understand workload in our channels.

You will drive productivity models, collaborate with product and finance, manage multiple projects, and shape end-to-end operating models. You’ll champion automation and stakeholder engagement to deliver measurable business benefits.

Qualifications

• Strong SQL and data querying skills.
• Experience with mainframe environments.
• Ability to manage multiple projects.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Sprint ways of working and team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of programmers and analysts to improve the customer shopping journey.
• Analyse problem statements, develop solutions, and own code for workload insight.
• Maintain productivity models and schedules; collaborate with Tesco to deliver productivity changes.
• Manage relationships with product and finance to simplify for stores.
• Partner with project managers to understand changes to models.
• Provide data to build new productivity models.
• Prioritise resources to maximise business benefit.
• Drive automation to reduce BAU activity.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and Product Owners through life cycle to implementation.
• Budgeting and flexing processes with finance; influence cross-functionally.
• Coach the team to improve technical ability; build testing capability.

Job description

• Lead a team of programmers and analysts to improve the shopping trip for customers.
• I analyse problem statements, develop solutions and have the accountability for code to enable the business to understand workload in channels.
• I maintain the regular running of productivity models and schedules. I work collaboratively with my colleagues across Tesco to deliver the productivity change programme.
• I actively manage relationships with product and finance to ensure we simplify for store.

• Partner with project managers to understand changes to models.
• Provide Data to build new Productivity Models
• Managing resource allocation and prioritisation to ensure that business benefit is maximised
• Driving sustainable solutions that ensure we maintain improve the health of our models
• Working collaboratively to develop full solutions and operating models, and trialling these as necessary
• Responding in a timely manner to changing priorities; adapting and adjusting plans as required
• Driving automation to ensure that the team reduce the amount of BAU activity they support
• Collaborating with stakeholders and Product Owners to bring their requirements through the life cycle to implementation phase.
• Partnering with finance to ensure that budgeting and flexing process are refined
• Managing and influencing stakeholders cross-functionally, at all levels, at the right time
• Building testing capability and coach the team to improve their technical ability
• Being an expert within my area, having awareness of the wider market, and sharing knowledge with the wider team
• Contributing to make my team a great place to work (e.g. supporting activities like team days or team meetings)

• SQL, Hadoop
• Mainframe
• Ability to manage multiple projects
• Communication skills
• Influencing & relationship building skills
• MS Office - Including Excel, Access, VBA, Alteryx, Allation
• Tableaux
• Able to write SQL queries
• Proficient in mainframe environment
• Advanced Excel user including VBA
• Advanced Access user including VBA
• Retail/Distribution/Fulfilment knowledge
• Stakeholder engagement & influencing
• Developing and working to a plan
• Line management experience
• Sprint ways of working

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.

When you join us in this role, you'll be employed by Tesco Stores Limited, the Tesco legal entity responsible for your employment.