Analyst / Senior Analyst

At Booker, we are transforming our supply chain and are looking for talented, driven Analysts and Senior Analysts to join our Supply Chain Transformation team.

You will play a key role in evolving our supply chain systems for the future, ensuring that goods are forecasted and ordered in the most effective way. Your focus will be on maximising availability, improving end to end efficiency, and reducing food waste. As an Analyst or Senior Analyst, you will be instrumental in developing sales based forecasting and ordering algorithms that underpin these processes.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join Booker’s Supply Chain Transformation team at the beginning of a significant journey to build new systems from the ground up. There is a real opportunity to deliver meaningful, transformational change across one of the UK’s most dynamic supply chains.

You will be responsible for:

Design algorithms to generate sales forecasts across the wholesale business.
Develop process flows to support the collaborative management of promotional forecasts.
Identify and investigate issues within forecasting algorithms, highlighting key improvement opportunities and recommending solutions.
Build a strong understanding of Booker’s existing supply chain systems to inform design decisions and create comparison metrics for new models.
Develop proof of concept solutions and create simulation tools to model performance improvements before moving to production ready solutions.
Analyse and compare forecasting outputs, identifying differences between model versions and recommending which approaches should be implemented.
Evaluate the costs and benefits of changes throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring all outcomes deliver a clear return on investment.
Engage with the wider group, including Tesco Supply Chain Transformation and Technology teams, to learn from their approaches and experiences.
Collaborate closely with Booker Information Systems and third party engineering teams to deliver the designed solutions.
Deliver changes in line with the project roadmap, keeping stakeholders informed and managing any risks to timelines or delivery.
Develop practical and innovative solutions using your own ideas.

You will need:

Strong analytical and numerical skills, with the ability to interpret data and generate insights that drive business improvements.
Effective problem solving skills, able to identify root causes and deliver practical solutions.
Confident communicator, with the ability to clearly explain complex topics and collaborate across teams.
Technical capability in SQL and Python preferred, or experience in other coding languages with a willingness to learn quickly. Experience with Databricks is advantageous.
Good commercial awareness, with an understanding of supply chain and retail or wholesale operations.

Additional expectations for Senior Analysts:

Proven experience in an analytical role, ideally within forecasting or ordering.
Ability to prioritise effectively, manage time well, and work independently.
Strong project management skills, including planning, stakeholder management, and risk identification.
Proactive in communicating progress, challenges, and solutions to stakeholders.
Acts as a role model, supporting and developing others.
Takes initiative to identify opportunities and drive improvements independently.

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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 (12 months service required at the qualifying date) 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

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About us:

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day'. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We're a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.

NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.

We're proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we're committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please visit https://www.tesco-careers.com/accessibility