Company: Tesco
Position: Site Research Analysis & Development Graduate (Sept 2010 intake)
Location: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Salary: 25k
Benefits: Excellent Training and Benefits

COMPANY:
Careers at Tesco come in many different forms, which is just what you'd expect from a successful and varied business like theirs. And with over 350,000 employees in 14 countries and almost 2,000 stores in the UK alone, they can offer the kind of diversity of opportunity that you're unlikely to find anywhere else.

Their Site Research team gives them us a deep insight into what their customers need. It’s about understanding and anticipating customer requirements, analysing their business and how stores meet those needs and researching sites to develop new stores.

ROLE:
In the Analysis & Development team you could be analysing data and influencing company decisions at the highest levels. Analysing store performance and creating models and systems, you will help Site Research to decide where to build stores, or how to invest in their expansion.

In the Development team you will be responsible for building and maintaining the core systems and data used by the Site Research teams.

The systems enable the teams to better understand stores and their customers ensuring the right investment advice is given to the business. In short, you will use your skills to influence real world business situations. The challenge is to use your judgement and knowledge to inform the way their business progresses.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
a) At least a 2:1 degree in a highly numerate/analytical discipline eg Maths, Operational Research, Economics or Statistics.
b) Strong numerical and analytical skills.
c) The ability to communicate complex information.
d) Confidence in your own decisions.
e) A creative and innovative approach.
f) A full driving licence.

DESIRABLE SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
a) An MSc, ideally in Maths, Operational Research or Statistics.
b) Experience with SQL, SAS, GIS, and VBA or other programming languages is an advantage

You may have experience in the following roles: Graduate Analyst Trainee, Graduate Research Analyst, Research Analyst Graduate Scheme, Maths Graduate, Mathematics Graduate, Operational Research Graduate, Economics Graduate, Applied Statistics, Mathematical Statistics, Statistics Science, etc.

This vacancy is being advertised by EasyWebRecruitment, the UK’s leading Flat Fee Recruitment Agency. The services advertised by EasyWebRecruitment are those of an employment agency. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, and we confirm that we will gladly accept applications from persons of any age for this role. Ref: EWR 38833