Commercial Retail Analyst

Commercial AnalystDEPARTMENT: CommercialLOCATION: LondonREPORTS TO: Commercial insight & Forecasting ManagerPURPOSETo turn business insights into actions which deliver increased retail growth in the UK and Ireland market. Job ResponsabilitiesMAIN RESPONSIBILITIESTo prepare daily, weekly and monthly retail sales reports for management ensuring accuracy and timely delivery. Be the commercial champion for Power BI - Work in partnership with the Business Application Manager and the Commercial Managers for all retailers, to ensure the successful implementation of Power BI for the UK sales team. Be the lead for PBI roll out including creating and training super users and successfully manage the rollout company wideUse Power BI to provide weekly data and insightsFind new ways to amalgamate current reports between retail and commercial oppsProvide commercial Insights: Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly insights into sales performance and the impact to company and stock. Work with circana data to check sales data and provide data v market. To create and analyse sales trackers for newness, Seasonal lines and key lines trackers, providing accurate sales data and analysis. To work with the Finance Brand Analyst/Controller daily to ensure consistency and accuracy of sales and financial data, and to track retail sales performance versus wholesale sales. To manage the process of setting and reviewing group retail sales targets with the Commercial Managers and the store targets. To provide retailer sales data for commercial managers on a monthly basis, providing sales and intake performance. To support with AD HoC reports for commercial teamProfilePERSON SPECIFICATIONKey Competencies Analytical: The desire to understand the underlying root causes of issuesProject Management: The ability to initiate, scope and manage complex cross functional projects. Confident at working on ad hoc projects which may have short deadlines. Commercial Awareness: An understanding the impact of actions upon the P&L and sensitive to the differing objectives of retailers and internal cross functional teamsProblem solving: A constant quest to improve the status quo and improve effectiveness, through identification of and recommending solutions to resolve issues and maximize opportunitiesPresentation Skills: Strong ability to articulate analysis into recommended action plans to senior management and retailersTechnical SkillsPower BI efficientMS Office, including MS MapPoint and Access DBAdvanced Excel and PowerpointDegree qualified with a high level of mathematical abilityProfileThe Commercial Analyst will be an inquisitive, self motivated, team player, who will create opportunities and be able to articulate them across the organisation. The Analyst may be Finance trained and wishing to develop their career in a more commercial role, whilst still working closely with Finance. Additional InformationContractPermanent JobExperienceMinimum 3 yearsTypeFull TimeFunctionOmnichannel & Data