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Anderson Knight is looking for a commercially minded Retail Analyst who loves uncovering insights, solving problems and helping businesses perform at their best.
In this role, you'll play a key part in supporting the growth and success of a dynamic retail operation, transforming complex data into clear, actionable recommendations that drive sales, profitability and operational performance.
Working alongside teams across Retail Operations, Finance, Marketing, Commercial, Property, Supply Chain and Data & Insights, you'll help answer critical business questions, identify opportunities for improvement and influence real commercial decisions.
This isn't just a reporting role. We're looking for someone who wants to understand the story behind the numbers, challenge assumptions and help shape strategy through meaningful analysis. Our client is based in Newbridge however the role is fully remote.
Retail Performance Analysis
• Analyse store performance across sales, margin, footfall, transactions, basket spend, profitability and key retail KPIs.
• Track trends and identify opportunities to improve trading performance.
• Produce insightful dashboards and reports for operational and senior leadership teams.
• Benchmark stores, regions and formats to understand what drives success.
• Investigate underperforming locations and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support the evaluation of new store openings, relocations, refurbishments and closures.
Commercial & Category Insight
• Analyse sales, margin, pricing, promotional activity and supplier performance.
• Evaluate the commercial impact of pricing and promotional strategies.
• Support category reviews and range development projects.
• Identify opportunities to improve sales, margin and overall profitability.
• Provide valuable insight to support commercial planning and supplier discussions.
Promotional & Marketing Effectiveness
• Measure the success of promotions and marketing campaigns.
• Analyse customer behaviour, sales uplift and profitability impact.
• Assess campaign ROI and identify opportunities to optimise future activity.
• Produce post-campaign reviews and recommendations for key stakeholders.
Financial Planning & Forecasting
• Partner closely with Finance teams to understand business performance.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning processes.
• Monitor performance versus budget, forecast and previous year.
• Develop scenario planning and sensitivity analysis to support decision making.
• Understand how operational performance impacts commercial outcomes.
Data, Reporting & Automation
• Create and maintain engaging dashboards and management reports.
• Improve the quality, accessibility and consistency of retail data.
• Help automate reporting processes and reduce manual workloads.
• Investigate data issues and ensure information remains accurate and reliable.
• Build tools that enable stakeholders to easily access and understand performance metrics.
Advanced Analytics
• Support the development of predictive and data-driven retail models.
• Analyse factors influencing store performance and growth potential.
• Work with demographic, geographic and market data to uncover opportunities.
• Test and refine analytical models to continuously improve business insight.
You'll become a trusted partner across the business, working closely with stakeholders at every level.
You'll:
• Build strong relationships across multiple departments.
• Present complex information in a clear and engaging way.
• Challenge thinking through evidence-based recommendations.
• Understand the commercial objectives behind analytical requests.
• Proactively identify opportunities rather than simply reporting results.
• Help senior leaders make informed, data-driven decisions.
About You
You'll be analytical, curious and commercially aware, with a genuine passion for using data to drive business performance.
Essential Experience
• Experience within Retail, Commercial Analysis, Finance, Business Analysis or Data Analytics.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Excel capability.
• Experience working with large and complex data sets.
• Ability to identify trends and turn data into practical business recommendations.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of business performance drivers.
Desirable Skills
• Experience within convenience, grocery or multi-site retail environments.
• Power BI experience.
• SQL or equivalent data querying tools.
• Experience working with Microsoft Fabric or data warehouse platforms.
• Financial modelling and forecasting experience.
• Customer insight and behavioural analysis.
• Experience using demographic, location or competitor data.
• Understanding of pricing, promotions, category management and retail planning.
Technical Skills
Excel
• Advanced formulas and analysis
• Pivot Tables
• Power Query
• Financial Modelling
• Scenario Planning
Power BI
• Dashboard Creation
• Data Visualisation
• KPI Development
• Data Modelling
• DAX (desirable)
Analytics
• Data Cleansing & Validation
• Trend & Variance Analysis
• Forecasting & Scenario Modelling
• Profitability Analysis
• Multiple Data Source Integration
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