Merchandising Analyst - Merchandising - Merchandiser - Category Merchandising - Modular Planning
Part Time - 3 days per week

Based at Asda House in Leeds

About the role:

Here at Asda, it’s not just costs we want to reduce for our customers; we want to drive innovation to deliver first to market solutions which exceed our customers' expectations and offer a real point of difference to our competitors. That’s why merchandising is such an important part of our business. We require a Merchandising Analyst to join our Food team and assist us with developing our world class product layout and ranges in our stores.

The ins and outs:

As a Merchandising Analyst you’ll find yourself working in a high-energy environment, analysing data to build merchandising range plans focusing on landing what is the right range by store for our customers whilst supporting the category strategies.

You will work closely with our buying, supply and development teams to build these strategies and land the merchandising briefs in store. Assisting us to maximise space and drive sales by applying learnings about seasonality, trends, and our customers and how they shop in our stores. You will also:
Ensure that space is maximised and drive sales by applying learnings about seasonality, trends, our customers and how they shopProvide a great range which gives customers a reason to shop with us across all store formatsPresenting your range layouts and proposals to cross functional groupsOrganizing and facilitating live builds to deliver increased sales and profitCreating accurate store briefsApplying creative thinking to products of all shapes and sizes and pulling them together into a collective displayEnsure new projects and initiatives land right first time, every timeAddress and input issues as or before they ariseProvide accurate and relevant data to identify project requirementsInput accurate and timely information and analysisBeing able to analyse complex data to make ranging decisions
What you’ll need:
Considerable business acumen and commercial thinkingAbility to influence and build strong working relationshipsStrong analytical and Excel skillsGreat attention to detail and clarity of thinkingStrong planning, prioritising and organisational skillsAbility to work at a fast pace and under pressureAbility to work with new computer software