AI Graduate Opportunity

• Identify opportunities to apply AI across stores, stock management, ecommerce, and customer insight and more
• Support the design and implementation of AI-driven tools or proof-of-concepts to improve efficiency and accuracy
• Analyse multi-channel data to highlight trends, opportunities, and insights
• Translate business challenges into practical AI solutions, working with technical and non-technical teams
• Embed AI thinking responsibly into everyday processes
• Keep up to date with emerging AI technologies and recommend applications for Pavers

Do you have experience in Data analysis skills?, * Recent graduate (or soon-to-graduate) in AI, Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

• On track for or holds a 2:1 degree in a related discipline
• Strong interest in applying AI in a commercial, real-world environment
• Curiosity, creativity, and problem-solving mindset
• Foundational knowledge of AI, automation, or data analysis
• Confidence to challenge existing ways of working and suggest new ideas
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Interest in retail, ecommerce, or customer-focused businesses is a plus
• Must hold valid Right to Work in the UK

Pulled from the full job description

• Employee discount, * £Competitive salary plus benefits, including a generous colleague discount policy, annual discretionary bonus scheme and more
• Work for a supportive, family-owned business where people genuinely matter
• Make a visible impact early in your career
• Gain exposure to a full omni-channel retail operation
• Receive mentoring and development through the Pavers Academy, our learning management platform
• Join a business with strong ethical and environmental credentials, including Carbon Neutral status

If you're excited to use AI to make a real difference in how a business operates and grow your career in a values-led organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

We're excited to offer an opportunity for an AI Graduate to join Pavers, a successful, family-owned omni-channel retailer with over 50 years of heritage and a strong focus on innovation, sustainability, and supporting our people. This role is ideal for someone at the start of their career who is eager to explore how AI can be thoughtfully applied across a retail business to improve productivity, efficiency, and decision-making across stores, ecommerce, and head office. Based at our York Head Office (YO26 6QU), you'll collaborate with teams across Retail, Ecommerce, Merchandising, Supply Chain, IT, Marketing, and People to identify opportunities for AI and automation, helping colleagues work smarter while maintaining the human, customer-first approach Pavers is known for., The Pavers story began in York in 1971 when Catherine Paver took out a £200 bank loan (for a sofa she told them) to fund her new business. She had big dreams of changing the world of footwear and a passion to provide comfortable and stylish shoes for all. Starting small, she sold shoes at village halls and homeware parties before opening the first Pavers shop in Scarborough in 1981, when Catherine's three sons joined the business. One of her sons, Stuart, ran the business as Managing Director for over 40 years, joined by his son Jason in 2016. As of September 2023, Jason Paver is now the Managing Director of Pavers Ltd, with Stuart Paver moving to Chairman, taking the company into the 3rd generation of family run leadership. From these modest beginnings, Pavers Shoes has grown to be a UK leader in today's footwear industry, with over 180 stores nationwide encompassing our more recently acquired brands including Jones Bootmaker, Herring Shoes, Padders & Van Dal. We remain acquisitive, highly profitable, and are an ever-growing, independent family-run business, employing over 1,900 people. We were delighted to receive recognition as a 3* Employer with 'World Class' levels of workplace engagement and the '2nd Best Retailer to Work For' by Best Companies in November 2024. At Pavers, we attribute the talents, passion, and dedication of our colleagues as the reasons for our success.