Graduate Strategy Analyst

Application Closing Date - Friday 10th July

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. ✨

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.

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.

• 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% 

How to apply

Please note that the talent acquisition team are managing this vacancy directly, and if successful in securing this role, you will be required to undertake a credit, CIFAS, Right to Work checks and if a specific requirement of your role a DBS (criminal records) check. Should your application progress we require you to let the team know if there is anything you need to disclose in relation to any of these checks prior to them being undertaken, including any unspent criminal convictions.

What happens next?

Following your application, our Talent Acquisition team will review your CV and be in touch if you’re selected to progress, so keep an eye on your emails.

You'll then be invited to complete a one-way video interview, where you'll record your responses to a series of values-based questions and submit them to our hiring team for review.

If you're successful at this stage, you'll be invited to attend a half-day Assessment Centre at our Head Office in Speke, Liverpool. During the session, you'll take part in a group exercise and complete a final behavioural interview, giving you the opportunity to showcase your skills, experience and potential.

The Assessment Centre is designed to help us gain a deeper understanding of your strengths, behaviours and future potential. It's also a chance for you to learn more about life at Very, our culture, and the customers and families we serve every day.

As an inclusive employer please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.

If you'd like to know more about our interviews, you can find out here.

Diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities

We’re building a culture of everyday inclusion, and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We don’t discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply, interview, or perform a role, let us know via [email protected]. We’ll be happy to support you.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer and have nine brilliant colleague networks - including DAWN (Disability Awareness at Very) and Think (Neurodiversity at Very) - that are helping us make Very an even more inclusive place to work.