Category Analyst – Pricing & Promotions NEW

Greggs PLC

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Pricing & Promotions Analyst to join our growing Category & Grocery team at Greggs.

Working closely with the Pricing & Promotions Manager, you’ll play a key role in planning, analysing and evaluating promotional activity across our channels, helping to optimise performance, strengthen our value proposition and deliver key business objectives.

You’ll work collaboratively with teams across Category Planning, Marketing, Procurement and Finance to support the development, delivery and tracking of promotional activity. This includes identifying opportunities to unlock promotional investment through suppliers and partners, monitoring promotional spend, and helping to drive profitable growth and trading margin.

As the lead for promotional reporting and insight, you’ll transform complex commercial data into clear, actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders. Whether your experience comes from Pricing & Promotions, Data Analytics, Procurement, Category Management, Commercial Finance or Trade Planning, if you’re passionate about using data to influence decision-making and deliver commercial results, we’d love to hear from you.

We can offer you:

• Management Bonus Scheme which is worth up to 10% of your salary
• Pension scheme with matching employer contributions up to 7%
• Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products
• Profit share – We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our colleagues who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year
• 25 days (5 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service (in addition to bank holidays), plus 1 additional floating day
• The opportunity to purchase additional annual leave twice a year
• Colleague share plans, giving you the opportunity to save and invest in Greggs, with the chance to buy Greggs shares at a discounted rate
• Private Medical Insurance which is free for you and subsidised for your dependants
• Income Protection should you become unable to work due to long-term sickness
• Death in service benefit which provides a lump-sum payment equal to 4 times your year’s salary
• Virtual GP, Physiotherapy and Lifestyle Consultations – we provide access to a fantastic total wellbeing app for you and your family
• Employee Assistance Programme – we provide all colleagues with access to an EAP helpline providing mental health support as well as financial and legal support
• Savings and discounts, including digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers
• Career progression and learning and development opportunities
• 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 Greggs House

What you’ll do

• Carry out analysis of promotional campaigns and always-on offers, evaluating performance across channels using business, customer and market data
• Manage and coordinate the promotional calendar, ensuring campaigns are effectively communicated, planned and delivered across the business
• Develop and maintain efficient promotional planning processes that align with wider business objectives and operational requirements
• Track and manage promotional spend through delivery partners, ensuring contractual commitments and business targets are achieved
• Support the development of business cases for promotional activity and provide insights to inform decision-making
• Produce regular performance reporting and actionable insights for stakeholders, including weekly updates for senior leadership
• Own analysis and reporting of pricing and promotional trials, measuring outcomes against agreed success criteria
• Act as the subject matter expert for BI platforms, Power BI and analytical tools, leveraging data to drive commercial decisions
• Use SQL and reporting tools to extract, analyse and visualise data, while supporting and training colleagues in best practice analytics
• Maintain promotional hierarchy and data accuracy, working closely with Power BI, Master Data and cross-functional teams to ensure robust reporting
• Monitor competitor promotional activity and pricing, providing market insights and maintaining a strong understanding of the UK food-to-go landscape

About you

You will fit right into this role if you:

Are highly numerate graduate with a strong analytical background. An A-Level in Maths would be desirable, though not essential

Are a confident individual with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, able to operate at all levels clearly and concisely with the proven ability to communicate complex data terminology so it is understood by the data owner and the business

Have strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience of analysing information and issues to identify current and potential problems and develop and implement workable solutions

Can demonstrate a proven ability to provide excellence in customer service

Have proven high levels of accuracy and attention to detail

Have experience of, and the ability to multi-task and work with multiple priorities calmly and at pace

Are results focused with strong planning, prioritising and organisation skills

Can multi-task and work with multiple priorities at pace, delivering results within tight timescales

Are self-motivated with the ability to work under pressure and using own initiative

Have advanced Excel skills to support with analysis and the ability to work with large data sets and proficient in SQL

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

Want to develop and are ready to work alongside some great people and have lots of fun on your Greggs journey!

About Greggs

Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes us so special is our culture – how we behave and support each other. Everyone’s welcome at Greggs. Whatever their background, preferences or beliefs we want all of our colleagues to feel welcome and able to be themselves at work. You can read more about us here: Greggs Careers About Greggs .

• Salary Up to £30,000 per annum, depending on experience
• Frequency Annual
• Job Reference greggs/TP/59599/61135
• Contract Type Permanent
• Contract Details Monday to Friday, however some flexibility may be required depending on business needs