Data Analyst Apprentice

You will be part of the UK Corporate Data Analyst Team and will be aligned to one of the following business areas – Finance, Fashion, On-line stores, UK Retail, Technology. As you progress you will understand how data is used within your sector to enable insight and efficiency. You will develop strong Analysis skills that can be applied in multiple environments preparing you for success.

Where you start with Amazon doesn’t determine the course of your career, so many of our apprentices develop themselves beyond their wildest imaginations and we truly value early talent and your thoughts, ideas and contributions.  Within your role you’ll be encouraged to, and inspired to, make an impact developing skills for life throughout.

The apprenticeship combines working, earning a full-time salary, with fully funded part-time education.  This will give you the opportunity to gain a Level 6 Data Analyst apprenticeship standard with the advantage of gaining relevant work-life skills and the excitement of helping to develop lower prices, better selection, and more convenient services for our customers from delivering fresh produce to their doorstep to creating and distributing movies, music, and more whilst taking your first steps towards a rewarding career.

This 36-month programme teaches you a range of useful experiences and skills. Your role is to ascertain how data can be used in order to answer questions and solve problems. You will be responsible for requirement-gathering, inspecting, cleansing, transforming and modelling data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions and supporting decision-making.

Across the program you will gain and develop Data Analysis skills and be involved in the following:

• Implement the stages of the data analysis lifecycle Apply principles of data classification within data analysis activity Analyze data sets taking account of different data structures and database designs Assess the impact on user experience and domain context on data analysis activity Identify data sources and the risks and challenges to combination within data analysis activity Select and apply the most appropriate data tools to achieve the optimum outcome.

You will need to have strong communication skills as you will be liaising and sharing your work with different stakeholders. You will also need a good eye for details as you will be working with a lot of data and information that requires accuracy when handling the workload.

Alongside extensive development of your technical skills, you will also grow your abilities in crucial complementary areas like organization, prioritization, data and problem-solving techniques, teamwork, communication, presentation skills and document writing.

If you have a bias for action, the ambition to deliver results and collaborate and build trust, with an overarching passion to learn and be curious then you’re our kind of person.  To be a success, you will need to be committed to your own development and be prepared to make the most of the opportunities, practical experience and qualifications given to you.  In return we provide first class on the job coaching, specialist partner training and unparalleled experiences working within a diverse, innovative environment where you will be challenged to excel and positively contribute.

At Amazon we strive to be the Earth’s most customer-centric company, we put our customers first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide.  We have a passion for invention, drive a commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking.  Working here means being entrepreneurial, being customer obsessed, thinking big and challenging the status quo, whilst working collaboratively to make the impossible a reality.  Trust and empowerment are paramount to the way we work – it’s what allows us to do things differently as well as be bold and creative.

We’re passionate about our vision and values-lead culture which is governed by our leadership principles and we are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve.  Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all our colleagues have the chance to make a real difference.