Sustainability Data Analyst

Sainsbury’s Group; Coventry; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Pensions & life cover

Bonus up to 10%

Holiday allowance

Season ticket loans

Employee assistance programme

Parental leave benefits

Job summary

Argos, part of Sainsbury’s Group, is seeking a data analytics professional focused on sustainability data. You will collect, consolidate and maintain data from internal systems and suppliers to ensure completeness, consistency and traceability, and validate quality to support governance and reporting.

You will develop dashboards and recurring reports, translate datasets into actionable insights for operations and senior stakeholders, and support carbon accounting, forecasting and regulatory

Qualifications

• Degree, professional qualification or equivalent experience in data analytics, sustainability, environmental science, statistics, business, geography or a related discipline.
• Experience collecting, cleaning, validating and analysing large or complex datasets with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Advanced spreadsheet skills and experience using data visualisation or BI tools to create clear dashboards and reports.
• Ability to identify trends, anomalies, risks and opportunities and turn analysis into actionable insight for different audiences.
• Understanding of sustainability metrics, including carbon emissions, supplier and product data, and broader environmental indicators.
• Strong organisational skills to manage recurring reporting cycles and multiple data requests.
• Experience documenting data definitions, calculation methodologies, assumptions and controls for audit trails.
• Clear communication and stakeholder management skills; able to explain technical findings to non-technical colleagues.
• Desirable: experience with Power BI, Tableau or comparable visualisation platform; SQL, data modelling, automation tools.
• Desirable: experience with product, supplier, procurement or retail datasets, data assurance, regulatory reporting, sustainability targets or forecasts.

Responsibilities

• Collect, consolidate and maintain sustainability data from internal systems, suppliers and external sources, ensuring it is complete, consistent and traceable.
• Validate data quality, investigate anomalies and work with data owners to resolve gaps, improve controls and strengthen reporting confidence.
• Analyse sustainability performance across operations, products and supply chains, including GHG's, carbon emissions, responsible sourcing, packaging, waste, circularity and other relevant environmental measures.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, scorecards and recurring reports that track performance against targets and highlight trends, risks and opportunities.
• Translate complex datasets into concise insight, commentary and recommendations for operational teams, governance forums and senior stakeholders.
• Support carbon accounting, forecasting, scenario analysis and target tracking using agreed methodologies and clear, auditable assumptions.
• Partner with commercial, technical, sourcing, finance, data and supplier teams to define data requirements and embed effective sustainability data processes.
• Maintain clear data definitions, methodologies and documentation to support assurance, regulatory disclosures and internal governance.
• Provide accurate, complete and traceable data, calculations, evidence and audit support for year-end sustainability, climate and energy reporting (TCFD, SECR, ESOS).
• Identify opportunities to automate, simplify and improve data collection, analysis and reporting, increasing efficiency and insight quality.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Stakeholder management

Data storytelling

Education

Degree in data analytics / sustainability / environmental science / statistics / business / geography

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Data modelling

Automation tools

Job description

At Argos, we're a digital-led UK retailer that keeps pushing boundaries to meet every generation with what they want, how and when they want it. As a market leader in general merchandise, serving millions of customers through our website, app, same-day delivery and Click & Collect services, we offer real opportunities to learn, grow and shape your career. With roles spanning Commercial, Buying, Merchandising, Design and Supply Chain, through to Digital, Operations, Customer Experience, Marketing, and People and Transformation, you will work with brilliant colleagues and directly shape how we serve our customers every day. From enabling inspiring choice across our owned brands, including Habitat, Chad Valley and Bush, alongside the world's biggest brands like Apple, Lego, Xbox and Samsung, to making shopping effortlessly convenient, championing trusted value and accelerating our strategy - Argos is an exciting place to build your future.

What I am accountable for

• Collect, consolidate and maintain sustainability data from internal systems, suppliers and external sources, ensuring it is complete, consistent and traceable
• Validate data quality, investigate anomalies and work with data owners to resolve gaps, improve controls and strengthen reporting confidence
• Analyse sustainability performance across operations, products and supply chains, including GHG's, carbon emissions, responsible sourcing, packaging, waste, circularity and other relevant environmental measures
• Develop and maintain dashboards, scorecards and recurring reports that track performance against targets and highlight trends, risks and opportunities
• Translate complex datasets into concise insight, commentary and recommendations for operational teams, governance forums and senior stakeholders
• Support carbon accounting, forecasting, scenario analysis and target tracking using agreed methodologies and clear, auditable assumptions
• Partner with commercial, technical, sourcing, finance, data and supplier teams to define data requirements and embed effective sustainability data processes
• Maintain clear data definitions, methodologies and documentation to support assurance, regulatory disclosures and internal governance
• Provide accurate, complete and traceable data, calculations, evidence and audit support for year-end sustainability, climate and energy reporting, including but not limited to TCFD, SECR and ESOS
• Identify opportunities to automate, simplify and improve data collection, analysis and reporting, increasing efficiency and insight quality
• Degree, professional qualification or equivalent experience in data analytics, sustainability, environmental science, statistics, business, geography or a related discipline
• Experience collecting, cleaning, validating and analysing large or complex datasets, with strong attention to accuracy and detail
• Advanced spreadsheet skills and experience using data visualisation or business intelligence tools to create clear dashboards and reports
• Ability to identify trends, anomalies, risks and opportunities and turn analysis into clear, actionable insight for different audiences
• Understanding of sustainability metrics, including carbon emissions, supplier and product data, and broader environmental indicators
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage recurring reporting cycles, multiple data requests and competing priorities
• Experience documenting data definitions, calculation methodologies, assumptions and controls to provide transparency and an effective audit trail
• Clear communication and stakeholder management skills, with confidence explaining technical findings to non-technical colleagues and working collaboratively with data owners
• Desirable: experience with Power BI, Tableau or a comparable visualisation platform, plus structured data from multiple systems
• Desirable: working knowledge of SQL, data modelling, automation tools, carbon accounting, the GHG Protocol, lifecycle assessment or sustainability disclosure frameworks
• Desirable: experience with product, supplier, procurement or retail datasets, data assurance, regulatory reporting, sustainability targets or forecasts
• We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you'll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there's always the chance to try something new - whether that's as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we'll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

Benefits

• Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year.
• We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover.
• You will also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on how we perform.
• Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday.
• We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers.
• And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.
• Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks' pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks' pay for paternity leave.