Senior Data Analyst- Merchandising

BM Stores; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail chain in the UK is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to join their Merchandising team. This role involves consolidating and analyzing data to support commercial decisions, building dashboards, and collaborating with various teams. Candidates should have experience in FMCG or retail, strong Excel skills, and the ability to communicate complex data clearly. Join at a pivotal time and make an impact on customer experiences.

Benefits

Discount in stores

Colleague portal discounts

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior or Lead Data Analyst, ideally within FMCG, retail, or consumer goods.
• Experience working with various sales, margin, volume, and stock metrics.
• Be able to simplify complex data into clear insights.

Responsibilities

• Consolidate performance data across product categories and channels.
• Build and maintain financial and trading dashboards.
• Support performance reviews with accurate reporting.
• Collaborate with Finance and Data teams on definitions and structures.
• Drive process improvements and automation opportunities.

Skills

Strong commercial acumen

Advanced Excel skills

Experience using Power BI or Tableau

Excellent communication skills

Confidence with large datasets

Ability to work in a dynamic environment

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

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We're looking for a Senior Data Analyst to join our Merchandising team, supporting our three Heads of Merchandising and the Trading Director in delivering accurate, insightful, and timely analysis that drives commercial decisions across the business.

In this role, you'll consolidate trading and financial performance across categories, turning complex data into clear insight that helps drive sales, margin, and stock efficiency. Your analysis will ensure that the numbers roll up, helping translate complex data into actionable insights that guide strategy, forecasting, and trading decisions, giving leadership a reliable view of the financials across our merchandising function.

Responsibilities

• Partnering with the Heads of Merchandising and the Trading Director to consolidate performance data across product categories, channels, and markets.
• Building and maintaining robust financial and trading dashboards to clearly present KPIs, trends, and variances.
• Supporting weekly, monthly, and seasonal performance reviews with accurate, well-structured reporting.
• Ensuring all merchandising financials (sales, margin, stock, intake, markdowns, etc.) are correctly rolled up to provide a single, reliable view of performance.
• Collaborating with Finance and Data teams to align on definitions, structures, and forecasting methodologies.
• Identifying and communicating data-driven insights that help improve profitability, efficiency, and stock management.
• Driving process improvements and automation opportunities across reporting and data consolidation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior or Lead Data Analyst, ideally within FMCG, retail, or consumer goods.
• Strong commercial acumen and understanding of sales, margin, volume, and stock metrics.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience using Power BI, Tableau, or similar visualization tools.
• Confidence working with large datasets and complex hierarchies (product, customer, channel).
• Excellent communication skills and be able to simplify complex data into clear stories that drive decisions.
• Ability to work at pace in a dynamic, trading-led environment.

Why join us?

This is a unique opportunity to shape a new function and play a critical role in the evolution of our store estate. You'll be joining at a pivotal time, with the scope to make a tangible impact on how our customers experience B&M.

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/

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

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