Greggs

About the Company

Greggs is a leading food-on-the-go retailer with over 2,400 shops nationwide and serving over six million customers a week.

We stand for great tasting, freshly prepared food that our customers can trust, at affordable prices and aim to become the customers’ favourite for food-on-the-go.

With ambitions to grow to over 3,0000 shops nationwide and ownership of our supply chain, we are in a unique position to make quality, freshly prepared food accessible to anyone, anywhere.

Our supply network... is being reshaped to support growth and compete more effectively in the food-on-the-go market. We're investing in a major programme to support shop expansion substantially beyond 3,000 outlets in the UK.

Our shops... are being refurbished and relocated in locations away from high streets such as retail and industrial parks, motorway service stations and travel hubs, to meet the demands of busy food-on-the-go customers. Our franchise model continues to offer opportunities for further growth in non-high street locations.

Our product offer... is differentiated by the way we freshly prepare food in our shops each day and offer customers outstanding value for good quality, great tasting food-on-the-go, at any time of day.

For more on how to join us at Greggs please visit careers.greggs.co.uk

Listed Jobs

Company Name

Greggs

Job Title

Data Scientist

Job Description

**Job Title:** Data Scientist **Role Summary:** Leverage advanced analytics and machine learning to address business challenges, optimise operations, and enhance customer experiences within a fast‑growing retail environment. **Expectations:** - Deploy and maintain end‑to‑end data science solutions. - Collaborate cross‑functionally to prioritize projects aligned with product, marketing, and engineering objectives. - Drive continuous improvement of model performance, maintainability, and ethical standards. **Key Responsibilities:** - Design, build, validate, and deploy machine‑learning models for segmentation, recommendation, anomaly detection, and supply‑chain optimisation. - Conduct exploratory data analysis, create visualizations, and present insights to stakeholders. - Develop data pipelines for model monitoring, retraining, and performance governance. - Evaluate and implement emerging AI technologies (e.g., Generative AI, LLMs) and tools (Python, R, SQL, Spark, Vertex, Azure, Databricks). - Ensure compliance with data privacy, security, and ethical AI practices. **Required Skills:** - Master’s or PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, or a highly numerate discipline. - Proven experience deploying production‑grade machine‑learning models that deliver tangible business value. - Strong expertise in statistical modelling, machine‑learning algorithms, and data analytics. - Proficiency in Python or R, with solid programming and version‑control practices. - Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and big‑data frameworks (Spark). - Familiarity with data‑visualisation tools (Tableau, Power BI). - Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management abilities. **Required Education & Certifications:** - Master’s or PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field. - Relevant certifications in data science or cloud platforms (optional but preferred).

Newcastle upon tyne, United kingdom

On site

12-11-2025