Associate Merchandiser Analyst - Home & Clothing

The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in delivering comprehensive business analytics, while driving the simplification and enhancement of business processes, systems and capability across Home & Clothing.

Working within the Home & Clothing Central Team, they will collaborate closely with Commercial functions, including Merchandising, to understand business challenges, identify opportunities and ensure solutions are designed around user needs and deliver meaningful business value.

A key part of the role will be building strong stakeholder relationships and networks across Commercial teams, using effective communication and influencing skills to understand requirements, align priorities and manage differing stakeholder needs and expectations.

The candidate will be expected to demonstrate strong problem-solving capability, using data, insight and critical thinking to identify root causes, challenge existing ways of working and translate complex business problems into practical, sustainable solutions.

They will also play an important role in building capability across the wider business, enabling colleagues to make better use of data, tools and processes through knowledge sharing, self-service solutions and the adoption of simpler, more effective ways of working.

Using an Agile approach, they will work collaboratively to deliver value quickly while building capability and enabling greater self-service across the business.

• Support the gathering and documentation of reporting requirements, working closely with stakeholders across multiple business functions to understand and deliver business needs.
• Review and analyse existing reports, processes, and ways of working, identifying opportunities to simplify, standardise, and optimise reporting across Home & Clothing.
• Support the delivery of reporting and analytical solutions, ensuring the right balance between data detail, usability, and system performance.
• Create and maintain clear training materials and user guides to support both new and existing processes, helping colleagues get the most value from reporting tools and insights.
• Showcase enhancements, updates, and new features to business users, driving engagement, encouraging adoption, and ensuring colleagues feel confident using new capabilities.
• Continuously seek opportunities to improve reporting, insights, and ways of working, helping the business make more informed, data-driven decisions.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders, effectively managing expectations and influencing outcomes across a range of teams.
• Supporting the implementation, training, and adoption of new tools and processes, ensuring colleagues are engaged and confident in their use.
• Translating complex technical concepts into clear, concise language for business users, while effectively collaborating with technical specialists to deliver solutions.
• Applying strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills to identify opportunities, resolve issues, and drive continuous improvement.
• Demonstrating a solid commercial understanding of the retail industry and how data and technology can support business performance.
• Working with coding and query languages such as SQL and VBA to extract, manipulate, and analyse data.
• Using Business Intelligence tools, such as Tableau, to create meaningful insights, reporting, and visualisations.
• Leveraging Microsoft technologies, including Excel, Copilot, and Power Automate, to improve efficiency, automate processes, and support data-driven decision making.

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