Merchandising Analyst - Merchandising - Category Merchandising - Leeds – Asda House
- Employer
- Asda
- Location
- Leeds, West Yorkshire
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 13 Dec 2018
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- Sector
- Merchandising
- Job Type
- Full Time
Merchandising Analyst - Merchandising - Merchandiser - Category Merchandising - Modular Planning
Grocery
Based at Asda House in Leeds
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.
What you’ll be responsible for:
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 shop
* Provide a great range which gives customers a reason to shop with us across all store formats
* Presenting your range layouts and proposals to cross functional groups
* Organizing and facilitating live builds to deliver increased sales and profit
* Creating accurate store briefs
* Applying creative thinking to products of all shapes and sizes and pulling them together into a collective display
* Ensure new projects and initiatives land right first time, every time
* Address and input issues as or before they arise
* Provide accurate and relevant data to identify project requirements
* Input accurate and timely information and analysis
* Being able to analyse complex data to make ranging decisions
About you:
You’ll have -
* Considerable business acumen and commercial thinking
* Ability to influence and build strong working relationships
* Strong analytical and Excel skills
* Great attention to detail and clarity of thinking
* Strong planning, prioritising and organisational skills
* Ability to work at a fast pace and under pressure
* Ability to work with new computer software
* Ideally have a proven track record in a similar analytical/ modular planner/ merchandiser role
Your benefits:
You’ll receive an excellent benefits package which includes a colleague discount off your shopping, share save scheme & competitive pension. We also like to share our success; after all you made it happen, so every eligible colleague is also part of the Asda bonus scheme. The development opportunities are endless and we’ll support you every step of the way to help further your career.
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