Job Description
About the Role
As a Merchandise Analyst you will be responsible for providing analytical support to the Head of Merchandise Planning and Merchandise Planner.
You will drive the day to day analysis of trade performance for ASOS product categories across all business units, producing data insight packs to support decision making, and will work collaboratively with the product teams to produce and maintain commitment and OTB monitors.
What You’ll Be Doing
1. Delivering against existing strategy by executing deliverables against key milestones:
2. Producing pre-season and in-season analysis packs at product category level across all business units
3. Monitoring category and business unit performance and surfacing opportunities as well as potential risk
4. Participating in trade meetings with Merchandise Planners and Head of Merchandise Planning
5. Delivering insights on width and depth requirements to meet satisfy customer demand
6. Creating 'theme' packs on pricing and price architecture to support product and channel teams
7. Overlaying performance analysis with additional customer data to support trade decision making
8. Challenging existing analytical approach and continually drive new approaches to data insights
9. Incorporating the requirements of channel teams into data packs to ensure product requirements to enable visibility of local demand
10. Making judgements based on previous practice and precedence using:
11. Pre-season & in-season performance packs
12. Commitment, OTB and intake maintenance
13. Width & Depth analysis and recommendations
14. Pricing analysis and recommendations
15. Providing Head of Merchandise Planning and Merchandise Planner with analytical support to enable strategic decision making
16. Using revenue and profitability as a key measure of success
17. Providing analysis and visibility of the end to end performance KPIs at product category level
Qualifications
We'd love to meet, someone with
18. Commercial approach to data insights
19. Strong numerical acumen
20. Proven experience in fashion merchandising and/or data insights
21. Experience in maintaining sales, stock, intake and OTB trackers/forecasts
22. Ability to make decisions in a fast-paced environment
23. Ability to work cross-functionally to drive the best results for
24. Strong organisational skills, able to use initiative and to work in a pressurised environment
25. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly, effectively, and appropriately with colleagues at all levels
26. Attention to detail
27. Able to use Excel to an intermediate level
Additional Information
What’s in it for you?
28. Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!)
29. ASOS Develops (personal development opportunities across the business)
30. Employee sample sales
31. Access to a huge range of LinkedIn learning materials
32. 25 days paid annual leave + an extra celebration day
33. Discretionary performance related bonus scheme
34. Private medical care scheme
35. Flexible benefits allowance - which you can choose to take as extra cash, or use towards other benefits