Online Category Analyst 
£26,000 to £30,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 6B) 
Manchester City Centre, in this role you’ll work in a hybrid way splitting your time between home and coming into the office at least twice a week (find out more about our hybrid working policy at https://jobs.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy ).  
12 month fixed-term contract / secondment

We’re looking for an Online Category Analyst to join our Q-Commerce team. We’ll look to you to support Co-op’s understanding of our online shopper and help drive decision-making within the Q-Commerce team. You’ll support the Category Manager to extract and analyse data that will be presented to partners to support decisions for our Co-op. This is a great opportunity to work in a growing team, and you’ll work to support our ambition to become market leaders ultimately making sure we provide the best experience for our customers, colleagues and member-owners.

What you’ll do

•    Extract and manage large sets of data for internal partners 
•    Organise and co-ordinate agendas for strategic online supplier meetings, and support with actions being delegated to the appropriate people 
•    Provide reports to support ongoing Q-Commerce business performance 
•    Provide product-level sales reporting to our online suppliers 
•    Own the creation of category online ranging process 
•    Collaborate with external contacts in our supplier base to bring external insight and data into Co-op 

This role would suit people who have

•    Good analytical skills with the ability to interpret and present data in a meaningful way
•    Excellent time management skills with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment 
•    Great Microsoft Excel skills and confident in looking at large sets of data 
•    The ability to build and maintain strong relationships with colleagues and external partners

Why Co-op?

If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).

•    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.