Insight Manager, Analytics

John Lewis Partnership•New London, CT

5d•$59,000 - $75,000•Hybrid

About The Position

ABOUT THE ROLE The Analytics Team is spread right across the Partnership, using advanced analytics to help stakeholders solve problems and make better decisions. As an Insight Manager, Analytics, you will be allocated to a part of the business and be responsible for maximising value from your projects in the supply chain area (including those of your direct reports where applicable). You will accomplish that through the application of your technical expertise, appropriate analytical techniques, effective stakeholder management, clear storytelling, recommendations and timely delivery. This is a specialist, hands-on role and you will be expected to lead several significant analytical projects in your business area. We are looking for Partners who are motivated to solve business problems, with curious and pragmatic mindsets. In addition, we are looking for analysts who not only have extensive technical knowledge, but who also have the ability to apply those skills in a practical and time sensitive way with great communication. At a glance Hybrid working: This is a hybrid working role, therefore your time will primarily be split between working from home and the London/ Head Office. However, there will also be an expectation to visit other locations as the need arises. Our team currently works from the office once a week to connect and on a more ad-hoc basis to attend key meetings, but again the frequency is dependent on the business needs. Expected Salary - £59,000 - £75,000 (depending upon experience) Contract type - This position is a fixed term contract role for until August 2026

Requirements

Relevant qualification in a numerate discipline e.g. maths/stats/data science/science or similar
Significant experience with SQL
Significant experience with Python / R
Significant experience in an analytics team applying advanced techniques
Experience with visualisation software (Tableau / Power BI)
Experience working within Supply Chain analytics
Experience of driving business value from analytics.

Nice To Haves

Experience of managing analysts and building their capability
Experience of building strong relationships with senior stakeholders
Experience of influencing decision makers
Experience of working alongside other Insight teams.

Responsibilities

You will be proactive and work effectively with stakeholders to improve business decision making using analytical techniques.
You will be responsible for delivery of projects, managing stakeholders and team members as required.
Engage stakeholders to maximise value and improve decision making through your own and your team’s projects
Be responsible for the timely delivery, impact and quality of your team’s output
Proactively identify opportunities and champion the use of analytics in your stakeholder area
Lead multi-stream projects, managing stakeholders and delivering recommendations
Have a good understanding of your stakeholders’ commercial strategies and goals
Develop good relationships with stakeholders and become an extension of their team
Triangulate recommendations with other sources e.g. Research and Insight
Manipulate, analyse, build models and draw conclusions from large data sets to impact decision making
Support your team to define the right methodologies for projects
Ensure your own and your team’s output is clear and impactful e.g. visualisations, slides, presentations
Use visualisation tools to automate and increase efficiency
Promote a self-serve culture across your stakeholder area
Be an active contributor to the DI&A team and the analytics Profession
Understand and engage other parts of DI&A as necessary
Ensure that all work complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and adhere to all Partnership risk management and data privacy and security policies
Invest in your personal and professional development utilising the opportunities available to you
Demonstrate a flexible approach to working, joining projects as needed and/or supporting colleagues to secure the success of those projects
Actively share the responsibilities of ownership and support Partners and colleagues to have a voice in our business.