Graduate Strategy Analyst

Supports strategic business projects by analysing data, market trends, and growth opportunities to help drive business decisions.

About us.

We’re the team behind digital retailer Very. Our purpose, helping families get more out of life, powers everything we do. And we want our people to get more out of life too! If you’re high-performing, ambitious and make the most of every opportunity, we want to hear from you.

In return, you’ll enjoy heaps of flexibility, great perks and benefits, and the freedom to be yourself, keep learning and take your career wherever you want it to go.

If you love making a difference, you’ll love making it sparkle for millions of Very customers. ✨

About the role.

As a Graduate Strategy Analyst, you’ll join a team that helps shape some of the biggest choices facing the business. You’ll support projects that explore growth opportunities, evaluate market and customer trends, and help leaders make better strategic decisions.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone at the start of their career who is curious about how a business grows, enjoys solving problems and wants to develop strong commercial and analytical skills.

You’ll work with colleagues from across the business, build your understanding of retail and financial services, as well as technology, data, customer service, marketing, and logistics, and learn how to turn insight into action, including exploring opportunities in new markets and understanding how emerging technologies can create value.

You’ll form part of a core, experienced strategy team which drives impact across the business. That means plenty of variety, exposure to senior leaders and the opportunity to learn quickly from experienced colleagues while working on topics that matter.

You’ll be given supported development opportunities rotating through different business areas to learn new skills and, as your experience grows, to put these into action and own your own projects.

What you'll be doing:

• Work with Strategy Managers and colleagues across the business to support strategic initiatives, helping to shape projects from early thinking through to delivery.

• Gather, analyse and interpret information from a range of sources, including customer insight, business performance data, market research and competitor activity.

• Prepare presentations, summaries and updates that make complex issues easy to understand and support effective decision-making.

• Build stakeholder management skills by working with stakeholders at all levels in teams across the business, understanding priorities, asking the right questions and supporting collaboration.

• Work alongside members of the CEO Office to help respond to business issues and queries, providing research, analysis and structured problem-solving support.

• Bring curiosity, energy and fresh thinking to the team while building a strong understanding of our customers, business model and market.

About you.

You’re likely to be a recent graduate, or about to graduate, with an interest in strategy, business and how decisions create value. We’re less interested in what you studied, and more interested in how you think and approach problems.

Here are the key skills you will be assessed on:

• Critical Thinking – Structured problem solving and critical thinking skills to break down problems, spot patterns and form balanced judgement.

• Analytical Mindset – Strong numeracy skills and confidence working with data.

• Commercial Mindset - You’ll be commercially minded, interested in what drives sustainable growth, and able to connect analysis to real business outcomes.

• Organisational & Leadership skills - You’ll also have a positive, can-do attitude and be excited by working in a fast-paced environment. You’ll be proactive, organised and comfortable managing different pieces of work at once.

• Communication & Teamwork - Strong communication and teamwork skills will help you build relationships, share ideas clearly and collaborate effectively with a wide range of colleagues.

Some of our benefits.

• Flexible, hybrid working model

• £250 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs

• 27 days holiday + bank holidays

• LinkedIn Learning access

• Bonus potential (performance and business-related)

• Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk

• Matched pension up to 6%