Trade Planning Senior Analyst (9-12 month Parental Leave Cover Contract)

ENGINEERINGUK; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Trade Planning Senior Analyst for a 9-12 month parental leave cover. This role focuses on shaping pricing strategies and supports strategic initiatives, requiring expertise in data analysis, SQL, and strong communication skills. The opportunity offers competitive benefits and a hybrid working model, promoting a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary

Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day

Private medical insurance

26 weeks maternity leave at full pay

Free 24/7 virtual GP service

Qualifications

• Substantial experience with handling large data volumes.
• Strong Excel and data visualization skills.
• Ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Support key strategic projects and deliver analyses for pricing and promotions.
• Design and perform analyses for trade plans and forecasting.
• Convert analysis into Tableau dashboards.

Skills

SQL (Teradata and Hadoop)

Excel

Tableau

Python

VBA

Data Visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Economics, Applied Statistics, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering or related field

Job description

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Trade Planning Senior Analyst (9-12 month Parental Leave Cover Contract)

What's in it for you
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• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years' service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Trade Planning Senior Analyst to join the team here at Tesco on a 9-12 month Parental Leave Cover Contract.

This role supports the rollout of a wide range of strategic initiatives. The successful candidate will be responsible for helping to shape our price and promotion strategies with timely insight and analysis utilising advanced analytical and modelling techniques.

The ideal candidate will have substantial experience with handling large data volumes with modern data processing tools, especially SQL (Teradata and Hadoop).
You will be responsible for

• Supporting the delivery of key strategic projects across the product and channel teams e.g. Price Index development, Promotional Optimisation, and delivery of the Trade Plan
• Designing and performing timely and insightful analyses for strategic projects such as indexing & competitiveness, investment modelling, promotional optimisation, price architecture and range optimisation, space allocation, regression analysis and trade plan & promotion forecasting
• Identifying and solving complex and deep issues within the data to provide accurate analysis
• Supporting the end-to-end process from planning and forecasting through to performance review and insight
• Converting analysis into Tableau dashboards
• Proactively identifying processes where we can standardise, simplify, and automate
• Working closely with other teams in the Product division, such as Product Proposition, Promotions, Trade Planning, and Space, Range & Display (SRD) to ensure our full commercial strategy is aligned and executed efficiently
• Collaborating with teams across the wider business, including Category, Insight, and Channel specialists, to identify opportunities and develop the right solutions for our customers and our business
• Performing ad hoc research and analyses to diagnose recent performance and operational issues

You will need
Operational Skills:

• Substantial experience with handling large data volumes with modern data processing tools, especially SQL (Teradata and Hadoop).
• Strong Excel skills
• Good data visualisation skills, especially through Tableau
• Strong written and verbal communication, ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels
• Python, VBA, and other data visualisation tool experience

Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Mathematics, Economics, Applied Statistics, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering or related field
• Experience focusing on the practical & pragmatic use of data and a passion for connecting your work directly to the customer experience, making a real and tangible impact

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