<h3 class="theme-panel-header text-2xl pb-6 theme-vacancy-section-title">About the role</h3><p>As a Commercial Data Analyst in our retail analytics team, you will play a critical role in shaping strategic decision-making by transforming complex data into high impact commercial insights. Acting as a trusted partner to senior leadership, you will drive business performance and operational excellence, directly influencing key investment decisions, store development strategies and store acquisitions.&nbsp;</p><p>Our retail analytics team play a pivotal role in establishing reporting frameworks, delivering compelling insights and fostering a data led culture across the business. We are looking for a curious and confident self starter&nbsp; who can operate independently, question the status quo, and leverage emerging technologies, including AI driven analytics, to challenge existing business thinking and processes and drive continuous innovation.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>Strategic &amp; Financial Analysis&nbsp;</strong></p><ul><li>Investment &amp; Growth: evaluating store performance KPI’s trade metrics and customer behaviour to inform strategic investments, including refits, new opening and relocations.&nbsp;</li><li>Trial Evaluation: Support the design and conduct analysis of store trials, tracking against control groups to measure the long term ROI of strategic initiatives&nbsp;</li><li>Risk &amp; performance: Support risk management by identifying trends and anomalies that could impact financial performance and operational success&nbsp;</li></ul><p><strong>Operational Excellence &amp; Reporting&nbsp;</strong></p><ul><li>Cross functional analytics: Analyse data from multiple large datasets across retail, transport and our distribution centres to unlock efficiencies and maximise profitability&nbsp;</li><li>Best in class BI: Develop, scale and automate insightful reporting solutions using Power BI and SQL to standardise processes across the business&nbsp;</li><li>Data Governance: Collaborate with the wider data collective, to ensure data integrity, consistency and compliance.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><strong>Stakeholder Influence &amp; Leadership&nbsp;</strong></p><ul><li>Trusted communication: Translating complex data into compelling business recommendations and presentations to senior leaders to drive decision making.&nbsp;</li><li>Change Agency: An eye and desire to challenge and champion changes in existing processes to identify inefficiencies and propose data driven recommendations for continuous improvement and optimisation.&nbsp;</li><li>Mentorship and team development: Eager to guide and mentor junior analysts, attend and lead education sessions, fostering a collaborative and data drive culture across the organisation.&nbsp;</li></ul><div class="absolute bottom-2 right-2"><button onclick="scrollToTop()" class="theme-primary p-2 rounded-lg flex"> <i translate="no" class="material-symbols-outlined"> arrow_upward </i> </button></div>