As you might expect from a company founded in 1869 and operating across thousands of stores, UK supermarket group Sainsbury’s has a lot of data – and Head of Performance, Planning and Profitability Harry Brunning wants to take advantage of it.

His isn’t an obvious tech role, but, as part of the retail finance division, Brunning tells The Stack his “remit is very much technology transformation”, with his team spanning analysts, software developers and AI/data engineers.

Sitting down to speak at an Alteryx Analytics Summit hosted at the McLaren Technology Centre, he explains their position: “Sainsbury’s is a big tanker of an organisation, with strategic programmes, data strategy, and a very robust and controlled data environment.

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