Buying Analyst

at  Move Dance

Are you a detail-oriented professional with some experience in merchandising and an understanding of a buying function?
Do you have a sharp eye for pricing and a passion for data-driven decision-making?
Are you looking to combine the above two attributes or get into a pricing role in an ambitious medium sized business where you work makes a huge difference?
We’re looking for someone to join our team who is keen to leverage either their merchandising/buying experience or pricing knowledge combined with Excel expertise to make an impact to the pricing of products in an ecommerce environment.

KEY SKILLS AND EXPERTISE:

• Merchandising Experience: You may have worked for 1 - 2 years in a merchandising team
• Buying Knowledge: You may be familiar with the buying function within a clothing/shoe retailer
• Advanced Excel Skills: You’re comfortable working with large datasets, creating pivot tables, performing VLOOKUPs, and generating insightful reports.
• Data Analysis: You have the ability to analyse data to inform decisions.
• Attention to Detail: Accuracy is your strength, whether it’s reconciling data, managing pricing updates, or creating forecasting models.
• Communication: You can present data-driven insights clearly and persuasively to key stakeholders.
  You will be responsible for the setting of prices across our different categories, territories and customer groups. You will choose, design and build the tools and algorithms which facilitate this. You will have several years experience in a data led, analytical or programming role. You will have strong mathematical/statistical ability and a degree in a numerate discipline.

You will:

• Manage software tools to scrape competitor sites
• Compile and benchmark data to give us relevant comparisons of competitors
• Collate clean and manipulate data for use in the pricing models
• Create the underlying algorithms which sit behind pricing models
• Implement and manage tools to automate price setting using the data and algorithms
• Consult with Commercial Director and Buyers to influence price setting strategy
• Work with the trading functions of the business to understand how prices are affecting performance

Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £28,000.00-£33,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Merchandising: 2 years (required)
• Pricing: 1 year (required)
• Microsoft Excel: 1 year (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Woodhouse Park M90 5A

Please refer the Job description for details