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

ENGINEERINGUK; Welwyn Garden City; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits for a Trade Planning Senior Analyst to join a forward-thinking organization for a 9-12 month parental leave cover. This role involves leveraging advanced modeling techniques and data analysis to shape pricing and promotional strategies. The ideal candidate will possess substantial experience in handling large data sets, particularly using SQL and Tableau, and will play a crucial role in supporting strategic initiatives across product and channel teams. Join us to make impactful decisions and drive performance improvements in a dynamic retail environment!

Benefits

Annual bonus up to 20% of salary

25 days starting holiday entitlement

Private medical insurance

Maternity and adoption leave at full pay

Free 24/7 virtual GP service

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience managing large data volumes with SQL and modern processing tools.
• Strong skills in data visualization and stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Support strategic projects and deliver insights through analysis.
• Design analyses for pricing, promotional optimization, and forecasting.

Skills

SQL (Teradata and Hadoop)

Data Visualization (Tableau)

Excel

Python

VBA

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics

Bachelor’s degree in Economics

Bachelor’s degree in Statistics

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Bachelor’s degree in Physics

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Tableau

Teradata

Hadoop

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

View more categories | View less categories | Sector: Retail and Wholesale | Role: Senior Executive | Contract Type: Permanent | Hours: Full Time

About the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Trade Planning Senior Analyst to join Tesco on a 9-12 month Parental Leave Cover Contract. This role supports the rollout of strategic initiatives, helping to shape price and promotion strategies through insightful analysis and advanced modeling techniques.

The ideal candidate will have substantial experience managing large data volumes using modern processing tools, especially SQL (Teradata and Hadoop).

Responsibilities

1. Support delivery of strategic projects across product and channel teams, e.g., Price Index development, Promotional Optimization, Trade Plan delivery.
2. Design and perform analyses for projects like indexing & competitiveness, investment modeling, promotional optimization, price architecture, range and space optimization, regression analysis, and trade forecasting.
3. Identify and resolve complex data issues to ensure accurate analysis.
4. Support end-to-end processes from planning and forecasting to performance review and insights.
5. Create dashboards in Tableau.
6. Identify opportunities to standardize, simplify, and automate processes.
7. Collaborate with product division teams to align and execute commercial strategies.
8. Work with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities and develop solutions.
9. Conduct ad hoc research and analysis to diagnose performance issues.

Requirements

Operational Skills:

• Experience with large data handling and processing tools, especially SQL (Teradata and Hadoop).
• Strong Excel skills.
• Data visualization skills, particularly in Tableau.
• Excellent communication skills for stakeholder engagement.
• Experience with Python, VBA, or other visualization tools.

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, or related fields.
• Practical experience using data to make impactful decisions, with a focus on customer experience.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Annual bonus up to 20% of salary.
• Starting holiday entitlement of 25 days plus personal days and bank holidays.
• Private medical insurance.
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 year’s service) at full pay, plus 13 weeks statutory pay; 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave.
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service and Employee Assistance Programme for mental wellbeing.

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