Insights Graduate Scheme

**Welcome to the Ocado Retail Graduate Scheme**

We’re Ocado Retail. We’re the people powering
- **Zoom by Ocado**, our almost-as-fast-growing, same-day grocery service.
- As the world’s biggest and best online-only grocer, we work tirelessly to bring more of what matters to our customers:

- **unbeatable range, fair value, and effortless convenience.**

Our business is a joint venture between Marks & Spencer Group and Ocado Group. It’s a successful combination of
- **award-winning customer service** and
- **unrivaled customer data; world-leading technology and logistics** from Ocado Group, and
- **unrivaled product development** from M&S. We’re the largest online-only grocery in the world, and we’ve got huge plans to grow even bigger in the next few years.
- We’re an exceptional and mighty bunch of colleagues who are inspired by our three awesome values:

- **Always be curious, Bring your best self, and Challenge what's possible**. We’re growing fast, and we’re looking for like-minded people to join us for the next step of this
- **incredible journey**.
- Our graduate scheme will give you a
- **broad understanding of the whole business** but is divided into four distinct streams covering our key functions in Buying, Marketing, Finance, and Insight to ensure you will finish the scheme with the skills needed to move into a full-time role.- Across all the streams we look to give you
- **responsibility from day one as we believe the best way to learn is by doing**, though we’ll be here to support you the whole way. So if you are looking for an exciting first step into retail at a fast-growing business, this is the scheme for you.**The Insights Graduate Scheme**

The Insight team is at the heart of the Ocado retail - from advising the buying team on promotions to run and products to the range, to understanding how our customers buy their weekly shopping through to building models for new loyalty schemes and personalised marketing campaigns - data and insight are critical to everything we do. Our analysts become experts in the business function they support and develop the skills to produce great insight.**What we are looking for**
- Analytical, and data-driven individual who can build relationships to deliver the best results to our clients and customers.
- An individual who is keen to learn new skills, build on their existing knowledge, and intellectually challenge the norm to help develop the business

**What you’ll be doing**
- The insight stream encompasses 4 x 6-month placements in analyst teams across the business; including Marketing, Operations, Forecasting, Customer Research, Web Merchandising and Trading (Range, Pricing and Promotions)
- Within each rotation, you’ll be an integral part of the team, delivering on key projects for the team and wider business
- After each rotation, we will discuss your preferences for your next placement and try to match your needs with those of the business

**What We Will Be Giving You**
- As part of your onboarding, you will meet your support team; this consists of your Department Coach/Mentor, Business Coach/Mentor and HR Business Partner - they will support with the facilitation of successful learning outcomes along with general day-to-day support and guidance
- We will be supporting your development and will be making sure during your placements you develop the key analyst competencies: Communication Skills, Technical Expertise, Project Management and Commercial thinking. You will become an expert in SQL, Tableau, and Excel and have the opportunity to learn Python. Every Wednesday afternoon you will join the rest of the analyst team to work on developing both your technical abilities and analyst competencies.
- A friendly and inclusive work environment at the U.K.’s fastest-growing online Grocer

**What You Need To Apply**
- A 2:1 degree or higher having studied an undergraduate degree in Mathematics, STEM, Data Science and Analytics or an undergraduate degree that includes analytical modules, such as Business Management
- Must graduate from an accredited UK University
- Legal right to work in the United Kingdom upon scheme commencement
- Commercial awareness and problem-solving ability
- Excellent Excel skills and experience with programming languages (such as SQL, R, Python, VBA, and JavaScript) would be advantageous

**What We Offer You**
- Exciting company benefits through Reward Gateway including discounts at Cinemas, Buyagift, Gyms, Prezzo, Vodafone, and many more
- Discount card for the Galleria - providing 10-20% at many of the stores and restaurants (found across the road from our Head Office)
- Private medical insurance
- Income Protection & Life Assurance
- Enhanced Pension Scheme (with 7% matching)
- 26 days holiday
- 15% Ocado discount and 20% Marks and Spencer discount
- Hybrid working
- Regular socials

**Where you’ll be working**
Our head office is in Hatfield, Hertfordshire where we expect all colleagues to be based fo