Data Analyst
Leicester, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 3 weeks ago
Job Description
The Role
As a Retail Data Analyst at NEXT, you will be at the heart of our commercial evolution, bridging the gap between raw data sets and the actionable insights that shape our business decisions.
Based at our Head Office and working alongside our central Retail team, you will design and build scalable reporting solutions that transform how we monitor and interpret performance. This isn't a role about simply managing numbers; it’s about making a genuine operational impact by automating legacy processes and delivering deep-dive analytics to optimize our day-to-day operations.
From day one, NEXT will support you with tailored training and development opportunities to ensure you have the tools, technical environment, and backing to thrive and grow your career with us.
What You’ll Take On
Collaborate with business colleagues to translate complex commercial needs into clear, tangible analytical solutions and actionable insights.
Query and analyze large-scale data from our modern lakehouse environment, using SQL or Python within Databricks to extract and prepare data for reporting.
Create inspiring, accessible visualisations in various formats to clearly showcase the KPIs and commercial trends that shape our future.
Evolve your expertise by keeping pace with technical advancements, finding innovative ways to embed advanced analytics into standard business reporting.
Empower the wider retail team by acting as an analytics subject matter expert, delivering training that drives high-quality self-service data exploration.
What You’ll Bring
We’re looking for someone who is quietly confident in their analytical ability and ready to take responsibility for delivering the right results. You should have a talent for explaining complex data trends to non-technical audiences, focusing on the findings and recommendations that truly matter.
A confidence in your analytical abilities, alongside a natural willingness to take ownership and deliver reliable, accurate results.
A talent for communication, with a proven ability to explain complex data trends to non-technical audiences, focusing on the findings and recommendations that truly matter.
Demonstrated expertise in building interactive, high-impact business reports, particularly utilizing Power BI and DAX.
Proficiency in using SQL or Python for thorough data manipulation, exploration, and ad-hoc analysis.
A solid understanding of foundational data modeling concepts and experience interfacing with modern cloud platforms like Databricks.
The resilience and organizational skills to work at pace, comfortably balancing multiple analytical tasks and fast-turnaround requests in a dynamic, fast-moving retail environment.
A collaborative mindset, ready to partner across different technology domains to support a single version of the truth across NEXT.
About Us
You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 44,000 people across the Next group. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 450 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 80 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!
About The Team
We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email headoffice_careers@next.co.uk (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.
The Role
As a Retail Data Analyst at NEXT, you will be at the heart of our commercial evolution, bridging the gap between raw data sets and the actionable insights that shape our business decisions.
Based at our Head Office and working alongside our central Retail team, you will design and build scalable reporting solutions that transform how we monitor and interpret performance. This isn't a role about simply managing numbers; it’s about making a genuine operational impact by automating legacy processes and delivering deep-dive analytics to optimize our day-to-day operations.
From day one, NEXT will support you with tailored training and development opportunities to ensure you have the tools, technical environment, and backing to thrive and grow your career with us.
What You’ll Take On
Collaborate with business colleagues to translate complex commercial needs into clear, tangible analytical solutions and actionable insights.
Query and analyze large-scale data from our modern lakehouse environment, using SQL or Python within Databricks to extract and prepare data for reporting.
Create inspiring, accessible visualisations in various formats to clearly showcase the KPIs and commercial trends that shape our future.
Evolve your expertise by keeping pace with technical advancements, finding innovative ways to embed advanced analytics into standard business reporting.
Empower the wider retail team by acting as an analytics subject matter expert, delivering training that drives high-quality self-service data exploration.
What You’ll Bring
We’re looking for someone who is quietly confident in their analytical ability and ready to take responsibility for delivering the right results. You should have a talent for explaining complex data trends to non-technical audiences, focusing on the findings and recommendations that truly matter.
A confidence in your analytical abilities, alongside a natural willingness to take ownership and deliver reliable, accurate results.
A talent for communication, with a proven ability to explain complex data trends to non-technical audiences, focusing on the findings and recommendations that truly matter.
Demonstrated expertise in building interactive, high-impact business reports, particularly utilizing Power BI and DAX.
Proficiency in using SQL or Python for thorough data manipulation, exploration, and ad-hoc analysis.
A solid understanding of foundational data modeling concepts and experience interfacing with modern cloud platforms like Databricks.
The resilience and organizational skills to work at pace, comfortably balancing multiple analytical tasks and fast-turnaround requests in a dynamic, fast-moving retail environment.
A collaborative mindset, ready to partner across different technology domains to support a single version of the truth across NEXT.
About Us
You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 44,000 people across the Next group. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 450 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 80 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!
About The Team
- 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
- Company performance based bonus
- Sharesave scheme
- On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
- 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
- Early VIP access to sale stock
- Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
- Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
- Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
- Free on-site parking
- Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
- Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
- Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
- Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
- Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more
We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email headoffice_careers@next.co.uk (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.
