Labour Analyst

at  Sainsburys

SALARY: COMPETITIVE PLUS BENEFITSLOCATION: COVENTRY STORE SUPPORT CENTRE - ANSTY PARK AND HOME, COVENTRY, CV7 9RDCONTRACT TYPE: SECONDMENTBUSINESS AREA: RETAILCLOSING DATE: 04 OCTOBER 2024REQUISITION ID: 259071

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. As the link between sellers and buyers, retail and head office, our retail operations team is the cog that keeps things running. With teams focused on store facing, labour, transformation, online, delivery and contact centre work, we touch almost every part of the business. It’s an incredibly fast-paced environment where you need to pivot not just daily, but often hourly. So while we plan all we can, it’s vital that we all think outside our job descriptions and look to optimise and improve how we do everything. There’s also a real team ethos. After all, it’s people like you who are going to truly transform this part of the business.
Retail - Labour Analyst
Why join us
Joining us as a Labour Analyst at Sainsbury’s means being part of a dynamic and collaborative team that is dedicated to enhancing customer and colleague experience through effective labour management. We offer an exciting opportunity to drive continuous improvement and contribute to shaping the way our labour works in our stores. You will be empowered to challenge the status quo, propose innovative improvements, and utilise data-driven insights to optimise our labour standards. With exposure to cross-functional teams, Kronos Workforce Management Systems, and data analysis tools, you will have the chance to develop your skills and knowledge in a fast-paced and ever-evolving retail environment. By joining us, you will be part of an organisation that values teamwork, customer service, and simplifying processes to achieve operational excellence and deliver outstanding results for our customers and colleagues.
What you’ll be doing
As a Labour Analyst, your role will primarily focus on supporting the maintenance, accuracy, and integrity of our Labour Model. You will play a crucial role in implementing changes and improvements aligned with our Labour Strategy, aiming to enhance customer and colleague experience. Your inquisitive mindset will come into play as you interrogate and challenge the effectiveness of our labour processes, proposing improvements based on insightful data analysis and experience. Your ability to answer queries promptly and courteously will support store understanding and engagement with labour management. Additionally, you will utilise ADAPT to model business cases, providing accurate data for decision-making on labour efficiencies and improvements. Collaboration will be key as you work with various stakeholders to produce timely period update data and ensure the upkeep and integrity of Store Labour setup. By identifying potential problems, risks, and dependencies, you will play a pivotal role in mitigating issues and escalating them as appropriate. Your strong understanding of store operations, cross-functional team collaboration, and knowledge of Kronos Workforce Management Systems and retail labour processes will contribute to your success in this role. Additionally, your proficiency in MS Excel, including the creation of Lookups and Pivot Tables, along with basic SQL knowledge, will enable you to work with and interpret data effectively. As a Labour Analyst, you should possess excellent communication skills, allowing you to clearly articulate required outcomes and present analytical work in a concise manner to colleagues at all levels. You will have the opportunity to identify opportunities for process improvement, simplifying the way we work and driving greater effectiveness. Overall, you will be a valued representative of the Labour team, promoting exceptional customer service and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation.
Who you are
As a Labour Analyst, you are a highly analytical and solution-oriented individual with a deep understanding of store operations and retail labour processes. With your inquisitive mind and ability to interrogate and challenge existing labour practices, you consistently seek opportunities for improvement based on insightful analysis, experience, and data. Your excellent communication and relationship-building skills allow you to effectively engage with stakeholders at all levels, answering queries, and providing accurate and timely information to support labour management. Proficient in Kronos Workforce Management Systems and MS Excel, you have the technical expertise to model business cases, produce data updates, and maintain the integrity of labour setup. Your ability to interpret and articulate data, coupled with your continuous drive for simplicity and effectiveness, makes you a valuable asset to the Labour team, representing it credibly both in-store and with Support Centre stakeholders.
We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:
Starting off with colleague discount, you’ll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury’s, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We’ve also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You’ll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on how we perform.
Your wellbeing is important to us too. You’ll receive an annual holiday allowance and you can buy up to an additional week’s holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.
Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.
Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibiity criteria may apply).

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