Sustainability Data Insights 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

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