Merchandising Analyst (Multiple Opportunities Available)
(Merchandising - Merchandiser - Category Merchandising - Modular Planning)

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 through compelling ranges that are deployed in the most cost effective way. 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 in our stores.

In return you will get to work on innovation projects for new modular kits, in an award winning teams. Work with the latest technology in Merchandising, whilst having access to work in our Merchandising Centre of Excellence.

Get to use your creative side by being part of the design layouts of our famous ASDA
Stores, whilst knowing you are part of the ASDA family, a retailer who is influencing change in the market and ensuring you help of customers to save money and live better!

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’ needs whilst supporting the business 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. Ensure new projects and initiatives land right first time, every timeProvide 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 profitApplying creative thinking to products of all shapes and sizes and pulling them together into a collective displayProvide accurate and relevant data to identify project requirementsInput accurate and timely information and analysis complex data to make ranging decisionsBeing able to analyse complex data to make ranging decisionsAbout you: Considerable business acumen and commercial thinkingAbility to influence and build strong working relationshipsNatural Ability to communicate insight data using a variety of presentation techniques Project lead experience with great attention to detail and clarity of thinkingStrong planning, prioritising, organisational and analytical skills
Your benefits:

You’ll receive an excellent benefits package which includes colleague discount off your shopping, share save scheme, free parking, competitive pension and discount off selected gyms. 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