Distribution Data Analyst / Senior Data Analyst

What's in it for you

At Booker, along with being a great place to work and giving you an opportunity to get on in your career, we also offer the following fantastic package of benefits:

• A Booker colleague card with 10% off purchases at Booker and double discount events up to three times a year.
• After 3 months service, a Tesco colleague discount card with 10% increasing to 15% off most purchases at Tesco for a 4 day period after every four-weekly pay day, ie. thirteen times a year. In addition to 10% off at Tesco Cafe and 20% off all F&F purchases.
• 10% off pay monthly & SIM only deals with Tesco Mobile for yourself, along with further great deals through-out the year.
• Up to 30% off car, pet and home insurance at Tesco bank. Terms and conditions apply.
• Free eye test when you spend £50 or more. You can also save 30% when you spend £50 or more on glasses, prescription sunglasses and contact lenses.
• 50% off health checks at Tesco Pharmacy.
• Exclusive access to discounted RAC breakdown cover rates
• An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases including a cycle to work scheme.
• After 3 months service, you can join our annual Save As You Earn share scheme which allows you to buy Tesco shares in the future at a discount.
• Retirement savings plan (pension) - save up to 5% and Booker will match your contribution.
• Life Assurance - You are covered for death in service life cover of up to three times annual pay
• Health and Wellbeing support and resources including our 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family.
• A great holiday package

About the role

The Distribution Network and Customer team is responsible for shaping and building our future distribution network, ensuring we have the capacity and facilities to offer unbeatable service to our customers. 

The wider team includes the Customer Service Team –the single point of contact for all customer email and phone enquiries and the Facilities Team – responsible for cost-effective delivery of capital projects and day to day maintenance across Distribution.

Together these teams support the wider Distribution teams, operating from 9 Distribution Centres and serving over 200 Booker Cash and Carry branches and 5000 independent retail customers.  We make over 10,000 deliveries per week.

As an Analyst in the team there are lots of interesting problems to solve. You could be analysing which retail customer would be most efficiently served by which DC, or whether we have enough capacity to delivery everything we expect our customers to order this Summer.  You could helping our customer services team to analyse customer feedback or helping to review the success of a recent facilities project.

The nature of this role means that it is suitable to be filled by either an Analyst or a Senior Analyst. For consideration as a Senior Analyst you must have a minimum of two years’ experience in an Analytical role and meet the requirements outlined below.

You will be responsible for

• Developing a deep understanding of how the wholesale industry and our end to end distribution operations work and why.
• Using a combination of data and business understanding to turn data into insight, root causing issues, defining problems, designing creative solutions and implementing them in the business.
• Reporting data accurately and turning it into useful information which has context and supporting narrative.
• Supporting applications which simplify business processes for Customer Services, Facilities and the wider supply chain team.
• Supporting the day to day operation of the Customer Services, Facilities and the wider supply chain team.  Creating tools which simplify their processes.
• Measuring the costs & benefits associated with your work.
• Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence.

This role will have exposure to teams across the Booker business as well as interaction with the whole distribution network.  This is an excellent opportunity to develop cross-functional working and problem solving skills.

You will need

To be a keen problem-solver who can demonstrate:

• Strong business acumen and the drive to make changes to the way the company operates
• Strong analytical and numerical skills with exceptional attention to detail
• The ability to simplify complex issues and implement practical solutions
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to engage and collaborate with other teams to deliver to objectives
• The ability to innovate new and pragmatic solutions using your own ideas
• Experience of spreadsheet tools and data visualisation software (Tableau or Microsoft Power BI).  An understanding of VBA is desirable but not essential.
• Distribution experience is desirable but not essential
• The aptitude to learn new technical skills quickly

As a Senior Analyst you will also need to demonstrate the ability to:

• Line manage another analyst
• Own a project, identifying the right tasks and working with others to tackle them
• Proactively communicate progress and concerns to ensure the delivery of the project to the agreed timelines
• Be a role model of what a great analyst looks like, supporting your peers in their development

About The Company

Booker is the UK's leading food & drink wholesaler. We are privileged to serve independent retailers, caterers and small businesses, from locations across the country.  We operate over 190 cash and carry branches, eight distribution centres, five Best Food Logistics sites, as well as six support centre locations across the UK.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Booker and Best where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. Our workplace is one where differences are valued, and all colleagues are given the same opportunities.  We not only celebrate and embrace diversity and build inclusion but recognise the value and opportunities this brings.  Our inclusive culture makes our company stronger and is fundamental to our core purpose: serving customers, communities and the planet a little better every day.  Everyone’s welcome at Booker.

How we support disabled colleagues and candidates is key to our inclusive culture; we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support you can expect, please contact recruitment@bookergroup.com

Please note

We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm or involves working in areas such as the warehouse, beers, wines & spirits, and driving roles.

On the occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date in order for us to manage all of the applicants appropriately. We will only be able to offer individual feedback to those candidates who attend an interview.

*Booker Group is part of Tesco plc, however, is operated separately from the core Tesco business and as such the benefits offered will be different from those offered at Tesco*

For more information about us please visit www.bookergroupjobs.co.uk