Our buying teams - if it's possible - have to move even quicker than the rest of the business.
And they have to keep ahead of our customers too: second-guessing what they want and need before they do. As a Buying Analyst you will bring your experience of the grocery retail industry to deep dive into market data, and provide high level insight to senior management and the buying teams to deliver competitive advantage. Your recommendations and ideas will help shape department strategies to maintain our success.
We do things our own way at Aldi. But whatever we're doing, we must be getting it right. With a wave of impressive sales figures behind us, we're opening new stores at lightning speed. And to keep on top of that wave, our buying teams have to do something pretty special to keep our customers coming back for more.
The ALDI National Buying Business Insight Team is expanding. We are looking for a data-driven, commercial, and pro-active individual to join our growing team!
A role in the National Buying Business Insight Team is a great opportunity to play a key part in shaping the future of reporting in the Buying department. You will gain valuable experience working with Global and National reporting and data analytics teams, being at the forefront of developing future insight and reporting tools.
As data progressively becomes more important to our business, it is essential that we continue to investigate new insights and data availability to realise business benefit. The successful candidate will play a fundamental role in the team - collaborating with the department to create reports and dashboards that will ensure critical reporting requirements are delivered in a concise and efficient manner as we move towards the ‘future' world of reporting.
A key part of the role is working with the Buying Department to help aid decision making so it essential you are confident presenting to a range of stakeholders including Buying Directors and Managers, and that you can translate complex information into useful and meaningful insight.
If you're always striving to improve and want to join a really important part of the business, apply to join #TeamAldi today!
Your New Role
- Analysing internal data trends in relation to market trends and communicating clear and concise summaries
- Fulfilling requests for ad-hoc data dives and support where necessary with building detailed reports or answering questions that will have a clear impact on business decisions
- Utilising Tableau, Excel, and future reporting tools to deliver reports and data insight for the business
- Focusing on solutions, quickly identifying risk/opportunities in the data and recommending solutions and actions to implement
- Actively managing area of responsibility, driving innovation and automation to advance the level of control within the business
- Presenting data findings and new ideas to senior management
- Training and upskilling team members and new starters on new reports and processes
- Manipulating large scale, high-dimensional data to meet business needs and influence business decisions
- Leveraging advanced Excel skills to acquire and analyse data from various sources
- Providing technical or specialist subject matter support to the Buying Department
About You
- Previous analytical work experience and data driven
- Previous experience working with Microsoft Excel and reasonable knowledge of advanced formulas
- Understands the strategy and priorities of the business
- Ability to manipulate and query large-scale, high-dimensional data to meet business needs
- Ability to compile data from disparate data sources, creating and maintaining data models
- Ability to gather and organise data into meaningful insights to enable decision-making
- Ability to learn quickly - adapting to new systems and analytical tools
- Attention to detail
- Analysing and interpreting data
- Strategic and critical thinker
- Develops and maintains positive relationships with internal and external parties
- Effective time management and organization
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to adapt communication style for purpose and audience
- Positive attitude towards change and innovation
- Genuine interest in Data Analytics
What You'll Get In Return
- Salary starting £46,345 rising to £50,870
- Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm, with the opportunity of 2 days a week remote working
- 5 weeks' annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- In office flexi-time
- Full training provided
- Pension scheme
- Private employee medical insurance after 4 years
- Company sick pay scheme
- Company maternity and adoption pay after 1 year and paternity leave pay after 2 years
- Long service rewards
- Access to MyBenefits, where you can find a wide range of benefits, including our bike to work scheme, shopping and cinema discounts, health cash plan, a FREE will, travel and discounted gym memberships, as well as a host of benefits to support your financial and wellbeing needs
- Access to a free,24/7, confidential virtual GP service for all Aldi Colleagues and their children (under the age of 16)
- Please be advised candidates are required to live within 90 minutes of the main office location for this role
Aldi is an equal opportunities employer. We're committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce and are dedicated to promoting a culture of inclusion, providing an environment in which collaboration, respect and fairness are essential. We value diversity and are dedicated to treating all of our colleagues and prospective colleagues fairly and with respect.
If you're ready to join a forward thinking business with a focus on your development as well as the business', apply today!