Senior Commercial Data Analyst

Holland & Barrett

  • Nuneaton, Warwickshire
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 26 days ago
About Data at Holland & BarrettAt Holland & Barrett (H&B), we want to empower everyone to live healthier, happier lives. With over 150 years of experience, we're the largest health & wellness retailer in Europe and a globally trusted brand. Our ambition is to become the world's most trusted wellness partner, chosen by over 100 million people worldwide.Our Analytics organisation is structured into five verticals: four embedded analytics areas aligned to key business functions, and a central Business Intelligence team focused on cross-functional reporting and performance enablement. Together with our Data Engineering and Data Science colleagues, we make data a strategic lever to achieve H&B's goals.As a Senior Commercial Analyst in the Core Business Analytics team, you'll support one of our flagship categories: VHMS, Food & Sports, or Beauty. You'll act as a strategic analytics partner to stakeholders across Commercial, Trading, Category, and Digital, delivering insights that influence pricing, promotions, product performance, and customer value.The RoleKey Responsibilities
  • Lead analytics delivery for supplier performance, commercial contribution, and terms agreement tracking.
  • Partner with Supplier Terms, Category, and Commercial stakeholders to evaluate deal outcomes and supplier impact.
  • Build dashboards in Metabase to monitor supplier-level performance, agreement effectiveness, and compliance.
  • Create analytics which demonstrate commercial optimisation opportunities & targets.
  • Write clean, efficient SQL to analyse data across trading, rebate, promotional, and category-level metrics.
  • Deliver insights that support negotiations, supplier scorecards, and performance reviews.
  • Own analysis of agreement value, rebate accuracy, and deal profitability.
  • Contribute to development of tools that track supplier performance over time and model commercial scenarios.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with BI Developers, Embedded Analysts, and Supplier Performance teams to deliver end-to-end data products.
  • Mentor mid-level analysts and help strengthen capability across the Commercial Ops analytics team.
  • Work with a modern data stack, including Redshift, BigQuery, Matillion, and Retool.
Location: This is a hybrid role based in Nuneaton, with the requirement to be in the office at least two days per week.The PersonWhat We're Looking For
  • SQL expertise: Confident writing advanced queries, transforming complex data, and optimising performance.
  • Commercial acumen: Deep understanding of category and trading levers such as margin, pricing, and promotional ROI.
  • Stakeholder leadership: Comfortable working with Heads of and Directors in Commercial, Trading, and Category teams.
  • Communication: Explains complex findings clearly to non-technical audiences and adapts insight to the business context.
  • Delivery ownership: Independently leads high-impact projects from discovery through to 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 team delivery through feedback and collaboration.
  • Education & Experience: You have a degree in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or Engineering, and 4-6 years of experience in analytics-preferably with exposure to commercial, retail, or trading environments.
BenefitsWellbeing & 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 skillsRole-specific questions to understand your approach to relevant challengesAn interview with the Hiring Manager to explore your experience and motivationsA case study to demonstrate problem-solving and strategic thinkingA follow-up review to delve deeper into your insights and approachShort conversations with team members to assess team fit and working style#LI-Hybrid
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