ESG Strategy and Data AnalystData and Data Science

"Everything about Asda”

We are a values-led organisation. As such we, encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively, valuing everyone's input.

Our collaborative culture, the size of our business and our belief in the empowerment of the individual means opportunities at Asda are abundant.

We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week. Our website handles over 2 million transactions a month. We have more than 145,000 dedicated Asda colleagues ensuring that our customers are at the heart of everything we do.

“Everything you'll love.”

• Hybrid and flexible working – everyone is looking for that work/life balance and Asda have it on point. Flexible working meaning you work where it works to meet both your needs and the business needs.
• Discretionary bonus – Rewarding you for your hard work and efforts.
• Company Pension Scheme matched to a limit – Looking forward to the future.
• Minimum 24 days annual leave per year plus 8 bank holidays – Making sure you take time for yourself and switch off.
• 4 weekly pay – which means you get an extra payday a year.
• Digital GP and Wellbeing sessions – Asda genuinely cares so we create a culture where our people can perform at their best, the physical health and mental wellbeing of all our people is very important to us.
• Discount off your shopping at Asda and George - with extra discounts running throughout the year – really makes a difference, saving the colleagues an average of £700 a year.
• Career development and apprenticeship and graduate schemes - we want our colleagues to excel and grow with our business.
• Free onsite parking – you can also use it outside working hours.

Plus, much more!

Our Hybrid way of working will require you to be in Asda House 3 days per week.

“Find your role”

Asda’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) programme is a key part of our growth strategy, aiming to offer accessible and affordable solutions for the growing number of customers who want to shop in a healthier and more sustainable way, and developing a more efficient and resilient value chain.

As part of our strategy, Asda is dedicated to reducing packaging and waste, meeting customer needs for healthy and sustainable choices, and minimizing our carbon footprint. To support this mission, we are seeking a passionate ESG Data Analyst to join our team. This individual will play a crucial role in driving positive change by building, maintaining, and analyzing data that is essential for achieving business targets, enhancing our ESG strategy, improving processes, and ensuring accurate reporting.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Developing, maintaining, and continuously improving ESG data systems on health & nutrition, packaging, waste management, and carbon.
• Supporting the development and delivery of Asda’s healthy and sustainable choices strategy by building relevant datasets, analysing key trends, and surfacing insights to inform the ESG strategy.
• Making evidence-based recommendations from complex analyses to identify market opportunities, support proposition development, and build business cases.
• Delivering compelling communication and data visualization to engage stakeholders across the business at all levels.
• Updating all internal ESG KPIs and supporting engagement with business units.
• Managing data collection, analysis, and report preparation for external reporting requirements on carbon, packaging, nutrition, and waste management.
• Engaging with colleagues and key stakeholders to embed sustainability into Asda’s business processes and culture.
• Supporting business readiness for compliance with various ESG legislation.
• Supporting the evolution of health and ESG data systems in the context of Asda’s data transformation.

“Let's find out about you.”

• Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree in a numerate discipline, with a passion for complex numerical challenges
• Proven experience in data and analysis; preferably as a data analyst/ strategy analyst/ market analyst/ commercial analyst; Academicians are welcome to apply
• Proficiency in SQL and Excel; Experience with data tools such as Databricks, Tableau, Power BI, or similar
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
• Problem-solving skills and experience of working on multifaceted, ambiguous challenges
• Able to work collaboratively with other team members/stakeholders in the business.
• Self-starter who works well independently, as well as across stakeholder groups of all levels across the organisation
• Project management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Desirable:

• Experience of working with health/ ESG data, and/or on development of ESG strategy
• Data visualisation
• Awareness on health and sustainability fundamentals (such as Nutrient Profiling Model, carbon accounting, packaging and waste management)

“Find your everything at Asda” - bringing brighter living within everyone's reach.

We are passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, representative of the communities we serve, and are creating ways to inspire diverse talent to join Asda.

Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices.Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Wagestream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves