Business Intelligence Analyst

Vacancy Information

We have a fantastic opportunity to join the team here at Greggs as a Business Intelligence Analyst. 

Greggs has enjoyed tremendous success in recent years and has ambitious plans for the future working towards becoming the customer’s favourite for food-on-the-go. In the next 5 years, the strategy is aiming to double sales and increase stores to over 3000.  

The strategy has stated 4 drivers for growth – to grow the Greggs estate; to extend trade into the evening; to develop digital channels to offer greater convenience for our customers; to broaden customer appeal and drive loyalty. Underpinning this is an intent to invest in the integrated supply chain and technology ready for a bigger business. 

We are a team of bright, creative, talented people who are looking for a Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst to join our team.  If you are analytically minded, aren’t afraid to challenge the status quo and love all things data then you could be who we are looking for.  The BI Analyst role is business-focussed so you will not only get to work on the cutting edge of technology in our Azure and Power BI stack but you will get to know and understand Greggs ‘under the covers’

We can offer you:

• 25 days (5 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service (in addition to bank holidays), plus 1 additional floating day

• Management Bonus Scheme which is worth up to 10% of your salary

• Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our employees who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year

• Private Medical Insurance which is free for you and subsidised for your dependants

• Permanent Health Insurance which is a replacement income scheme

• You will automatically join our Greggs pension scheme which is a fantastic way to save for your retirement and allows you to benefit from employer contributions and tax advantages

• Defined contribution management pension scheme

• Death in service benefit which provides a lump-sum payment equal to 4 times your year’s salary

• Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products

• Share save schemes that let you buy discounted Greggs shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits

• Career progression and learning and development

• Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing

• Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers

• Cycle to Work scheme

• A company who cares about our communities; the environment and being a better business! Click here to read about The Greggs Pledge

• Colleague Networks – internal groups where colleagues and their allies can share their own experiences, offer feedback on the way we do things at Greggs, and provide support to one another

About the role

• This is a full-time role, however flexibility in this will be considered
• We know that having a work-life balance is important, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role
• The base location for this role is Newcastle Upon Tyne NE12 8EW. Ideally, you’ll live within one hour travel of this area

What you'll do

What you'll do 

Reporting to the BI Manager the role will be responsible for delivering and supporting insights from the Power BI toolset, championing the BI strategy throughout Greggs and striving for a quality service delivery.  

• Working closely with the business, analysing the business insights needs, understand them and turn them into a powerful story told through engaging visuals in Power BI 

• Keeping abreast of insight trends in our market, future BI trends and technology changes (such as Power BI roadmaps) 

• Translating business requirements to technical designs including data modelling solutions, working closely with the Senior BI Analysts, data platform engineers, testers 

• Working with the testing team to manage the processes around System Integration testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and fixing any defects identified 

• Publishing reports via the Power BI service, managing them through distribution of apps and monitoring usage / data refreshes / security access 

About you

You are passionate about insights and data, have an inquisitive mind and want to be part of a high performing team. You understand the value of data to a business and the competitive advantage it can bring when used in the right way. You want to push the business forward to deliver best in class BI solutions.   

You will fit right into this role if you: 

• Can demonstrate excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail 

• Enjoy being part of a hard-working team, sharing the same end goal, and celebrating results together 

• Are supportive of an inclusive culture – recognising and valuing that difference is good 

Essential Skills: 

• Strong understanding of BI concepts and tools 

• Ability to take business customer requirements, understand them and turn them into a powerful story told through engaging visuals in Power BI 

• Skilled in Power BI and / or Fabric 

• Experience of designing conceptual and logical data models 

• SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring (SQL) 

• Confident communicating with stakeholders of all levels around the business 

• Experience of working in dynamic business environments, and managing delivery of multiple initiatives 

• The ability to self-start with a proactive approach to daily tasks, overcoming problems and maintaining momentum 

• Some basic experience of Azure Active Directory (Microsoft Entra) would be beneficial 

About Greggs

Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes Greggs so special is our culture – the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We're hard-working, but above all else we're family; and it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us! We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views.