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Senior Data Analyst - Space & Range

Holland and Barrett
London
2 weeks ago
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What You'll Do 



  • Partner with Property, Commercial, and Space Planning teams to understand business problems and help them make better decisions through data. 
  • Lead the development of dashboards and tools in Metabase that track space performance, location profitability, and layout effectiveness. 
  • Write clean, efficient SQL to transform and analyse large datasets across sales, store attributes, formats, and product hierarchies. 
  • Translate business needs into clear analytical questions and deliver insights that guide senior stakeholder decisions. 
  • Take ownership of deliveryscoping, prioritising, and executing projects aligned to estate strategy and category impact. 
  • Ensure outputs are scalable, documented, and embedded into team workflows. 
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with BI Developers, Embedded Analysts, and Commercial teams to deliver end-to-end data products. 
  • Mentor mid-level analysts and contribute to capability-building across the Core Business Analytics team. 
  • Work with a modern data stack, including Redshift, BigQuery, Matillion, and Retool. 

Location:
This is a hybrid role, with 2 days per week expected in either our London or Nuneaton office.

The Person

Core Skills & Behaviours 



  • SQL expertise: Confident writing advanced queries to support spatial, location-based, or estate-level analysis. 
  • Commercial and spatial acumen: Understands planogram levers, store investment metrics, space efficiency, and format strategy. 
  • Stakeholder leadership: Experienced working with Heads of Property, Space & Range, and Commercial functions. 
  • Communication: Explains data clearly and credibly to non-technical audiences; adapts insight to business context. 
  • Delivery ownership: Independently leads high-impact projects from discovery through implementation. 
  • Visualisation skills: Designs clean, usable dashboards in Metabase (or experience with equivalent tools like Tableau, Looker, PowerBI). 
  • Team contribution: Mentors others, shares knowledge, and strengthens analytics delivery through collaboration. 
  • Education & Experience: You have a degree in a quantitative field such as Geography, Statistics, Engineering, or Economics, and 46 years of experience in analyticspreferably with exposure to property, space, or store planning. 
Benefits

Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits 



  • Health Cash Plan  
  • Life Assurance 
  • Incentive Scheme
  • Virtual GP 
  • Private Medical
  • FREE at-home blood test kit 
  • Holiday Purchase option 
  • Pension Contribution 
  • Access to Wellhub' with gyms, studios and wellbeing apps 

Discounts & Savings 



  • 25% Colleague Discount with FREE Next Day Delivery 
  • Exclusive Discounts from a wide range of partners 
  • £/50 Annual Product Allowance to spend in store 

Learning & Development 



  • Access to a variety of learning opportunities, including Level 2-5 Apprenticeships, Workshops and our Digital Learning Library 
  • AND MORE! 

We're passionate about helping every colleague thrive across all dimensions of wellbeing, and we're committed to having a diverse and inclusive workplace. In line with our EPIC values (Expertise, Pioneering, Inclusive, Caring), we embrace and actively celebrate all our colleagues' unique and varying experiences, backgrounds, identities and cultures - I am me, we are H&B. 


Holland & Barrett does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Please do not forward resumes to our job alias, employees, or any other company location. Holland & Barrett is not and will not be responsible for any fees if a candidate submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless otherwise agreed with respect to specific open position(s). 

Our Recruitment Process:

Our selection process is designed to be thorough, transparent, and aligned with the role. It includes:




  • A short Coderbyte assessment to evaluate core technical and analytical skills




  • Role-specific questions to understand your approach to relevant challenges




  • An interview with the Hiring Manager to explore your experience and motivations




  • A case study to demonstrate problem-solving and strategic thinking




  • A follow-up review to delve deeper into your insights and approach




  • Short conversations with team members to assess team fit and working style




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