Data Analyst - Retail

B&M Retail; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in the United Kingdom is searching for a Data Analyst to enhance reporting processes and provide insights for better decision-making. The successful candidate will manage data, produce reports, and engage with stakeholders effectively. Strong analytical skills and familiarity with SQL and Power BI are required for this office-based role. Benefits include store discounts and a colleague portal offering various retail discounts.

Benefits

Store discounts

Colleague portal with discounts

Various employee benefits

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills and experience in presenting insights.
• Confident use of SQL for data extraction and manipulation.
• Ability to create engaging visual dashboards in Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Collect and manage data for reports and visualisations.
• Recommend corrective actions based on data insights.
• Produce polished presentations and creative reports.

Skills

Analytical skills

SQL proficiency

Microsoft Power BI

Presentation skills

Attention to detail

Retail experience

Job description

B&M Retail are seeking a data-focused and detail-driven Data Analyst to join our Retail Operations Team. As a Data Analyst, you’ll play a proactive role in enhancing our reporting processes, driving consistency across documents, and delivering insights that help inform smarter decisions. You’ll support the delivery of accurate reporting, trend analysis, and well-formatted presentations which is instrumental in helping the business understand its current sales position and driving performance.

Responsibilities

• Collecting and managing data to produce regular reports, dashboards, and visualisations to highlight trends, risks, and opportunities
• Recommend corrective action, when necessary, based on acquired knowledge and observation
• Produce reports and presentations using complex data and display them in basic form
• Be proficient with presentation making in a creative way and be able to use your creative side to facilitate business essential reporting
• Helping shape and refine reporting tools and processes, driving accurate and timely information for leadership review

To Be Successful In This Role You Will

• Demonstrate strong analytical skills, with experience in producing insights and presenting findings to senior stakeholders
• Use SQL confidently to extract and manipulate data
• Apply your knowledge of Microsoft Power BI to build reports and create engaging visual dashboards
• Communicate effectively and build strong working relationships
• Create polished presentations and visuals using PowerPoint
• Maintain a highly organised approach, with excellent attention to detail
• Bring experience from the Retail sector, which will be considered an advantage

Benefits

We offer you a range of great benefits including discount in our stores, a colleague portal offering discount for numerous retailers, hospitality & much more! Check out our full benefits here - https://careers.bmstores.co.uk/our-bm-benefits/

If this role excites you and you think you’ve got what it takes, we want to hear from you!

Please note this role is office-based.

B&M Retail are an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment for all colleagues.