Labour Planning Data Analyst

Labour Planning Data Analyst 
£42,000 to £48,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 6A) 
Manchester city centre. In this role you’ll work in a hybrid way splitting your time between home and coming into the office once a week

We’re looking for a Labour Planning Data Analyst to join our Operations Support Centre team. At Co-op, we have around 2,500 food stores across the UK, and around 40,000 colleagues working hard to provide our customers and members with the great service they expect from us. We need to make sure that these colleagues have working schedules that work for them and for our stores, and that they’re paid correctly, and as a Labour Planning Data Analyst, you’ll be helping to make this happen. It’s a big job, and one that offers the opportunity for you to make a real impact of the working lives of thousands of our colleagues. 

What you’ll do

• Create and maintain a regular suite of reports using preferred business tools, such as Power BI and Excel 
• Provide timely and accurate Operating Model insight, so that field and store colleagues are able to identify improvement opportunities
• Develop and maintain collaboration across teams within the OSC, Field and Store teams
• Contribute to weekly meetings by providing insight to influence strategic decisions
• Actively seek feedback from end users in order to prioritise builds and enhancements to existing and new reports
• Respond, to ad-hoc requests from end users, providing the required information and analysis to support with business improvement
• Get involved in a range of ad-hoc projects

This role would suit people who have

• Proficiency in Power BI, Excel and other applications
• Demonstrable analytical and numerical skills with the ability to interpret data and make links to the business
• Able to produce high quality, accurate data in a variety of different formats
• Strong stakeholder management, including influencing upwards
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate the complex, simply
• Commercial acumen, you’re able to look at the bigger picture and spot risk and opportunity

Why Co-op?

At Co-op, we’re owned by our members. And because we’re owned by you, we can do right by you. So when you join us, you’re not just taking a job, you’re joining a movement. We’re an organisation that puts people and communities first, and we’re powered by purpose. We want this to be a place where you can thrive, so you’ll also receive:

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays 
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn

Building a diverse environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme at Disability Confident Scheme - Co-op Colleagues and more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion at Diversity and Inclusion

Please note that we may close applications for this role early.

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes up to 50 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.