apetito has been on an exciting journey to embed data at the heart of strategy and the data analytics team is leading the journey.

We have successfully built robust data infrastructure for our UK and North American markets, primarily on Azure cloud platform, which now serves as the foundation for our data-driven decision making.

We continue to enhance and evolve our data capabilities, leveraging modern cloud technologies to unlock the full potential of apetito's rich data assets and identifying new opportunities to deliver superior customer satisfaction and to grow the business.

You be a part of the Data and Analytics team, a fantastic, closely knit team that is working on strategic data infrastructure and data governance projects across our businesses in UK, Ireland, and North American across B2C and B2B businesses.

As a core member of the data analytics team you would work on building robust data pipelines, maintaining data quality standards, and implementing data governance frameworks that enable effective decision making within the organisation. You will also participate in the exploration into the rich data assets apetito has in each market to ensure data reliability, accessibility, and compliance across all business operations.

The role offers you an opportunity to have direct responsibility, from day one, to lead data engineering and governance projects that form the foundation for the business's data strategy. You will work on diverse data platforms across geographies (we support UK, Ireland, and North America) and across B2C and B2B businesses.

You will learn and work on exciting technologies and tools like SQL, Python, Azure Cloud, DataBricks, Azure Data Factory, Apache Spark, Microsoft Purview, PowerBI, and master data management platforms to name a few. You will also hone your skills by applying them to real-life situations, learn, test, and apply emergent technologies and tools and work in a fantastic, closely knit team that is bringing data-centricity to apetito.

apetito is the UK’s leading food supplier to the health and social care sectors serving more than 1,300 care homes, health care and education settings.

Our meals are expertly crafted by our dieticians and chefs, and then frozen to lock in the goodness.

Wiltshire Farm Foods, our sister company, is the UK’s largest ready meal supplier cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen ready meals across the UK.

This role is part of our 2 year graduate programme, during which you will have exposure to mentoring, leadership training and support to achieve your full potential.

You will present to the executive team on your work.

The aim of our programme is to train and develop graduates into future leadership roles.

• Designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes to ensure reliable data flows from various source systems to data warehouses and analytics platforms, supporting data quality and accessibility for business stakeholders.
• Work with Data Analytics, IT, Operations, Data Protection Officer and Business Intelligence colleagues, providing technical consultancy on data architecture and championing best practices in data governance, data quality, and metadata management.
• Work with large datasets both internal and external - developing data models, implementing data quality checks, and establishing data lineage documentation. This would involve developing a wide toolkit, including SQL, Python, Azure Data Factory, DataBricks, Spark, and data governance frameworks, and you would be expected to quickly learn and apply the latest tools that become available.
• Build your understanding of our data systems, data governance policies, regulatory requirements (such as GDPR), and to build strong relationships with the stakeholders across the business to understand their data needs and ensure compliance.
• Present your technical solutions to the senior management team

Essential:

• Working towards or recently gained a degree in Computer Science/ Data Engineering/ Information Systems/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Coding experience - SQL and Python or similar programming languages, with understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Strong attention to detail
• Problem solving skills and initiative
• Experience collaborating on projects or shared work goals
• Excellent communication skills and the confidence to engage senior managers from technical and non-technical background
• Keen focus on data quality and governance standards
• A can-do approach and sense of ownership of the work you deliver

Desirable:

• Relevant work experience (data engineering/ database management/ ETL development/ data governance)

• Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer
• 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase up to 5 additional days annual leave per year
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme
• Pension scheme - employer matched contributions up to 4%
• Life assurance scheme worth at least 1x annual salary
• Subsidised canteen
• Free parking
• Free turkey or voucher at Christmas
• apetito perks scheme including salary sacrifice options and retail discounts

As a family-owned business, we take great pride in being a company that makes a real difference and is dedicated to creating outstanding meals to be proud of.

We develop a range of products designed to enhance health and well-being for all our customers.

We are driven by a passion for service, and dedicated to feeding some of the UK’s most vulnerable people.

We proudly support British food and farming, focusing on using the best ethical and sustainable produce in alignment with our goal to reach Net Zero by 2040.

Our ethical standards are recognised by the ETI and we are an accredited Living Wage employer.
Learn more about apetito’s commitment to a more sustainable future.

We embrace inclusion, empowering individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Our commitment to making a real difference extends to customers, communities, and staff and we're on a mission to build an inclusive workplace where everyone reaches their full potential.