To assist in the development and execution of The Body Shop business (standalone stores as well as The Body Shop in Clicks) and New Business Development in the Clicks business strategy in order to achieve and exceed financial targets and ensure sustainable performance.
Job Description
To provide value adding business analysis and recommendations of merchandise performance, sales & profit trends, CRM and E-Commerce performance and marketing performance/ effectiveness to ensure sustainable performance is achieved by growing existing business and growth through new opportunities.
To make recommendations on product pricing strategies in order to grow market share.
To optimise potential profit opportunities within the business.
To perform key analysis on promotional assortment management to identify products to promote or not to promote.
To analyse product and space performance in order to identify opportunities to become more profitable.
To analyse e-commerce and digital marketing performance to ensure sales performance and efficient marketing spend in collaboration with the marketing team.
To analyse and improve the effectiveness of the CRM communications and promotions in line with the business objectives in collaboration with the CRM team
To analyse New business development opportunities and determine feasibility thereof in collaboration with the finance team.
Minimum requirements
Job Knowledge:
Business strategies
Business objectives
Retail policies and procedures
Good understanding of retail environment
Understanding competitor behaviour and ability to analyse them
Job Related Skills:
Retail company systems
Micro-office suite
Excel advance level
Financial acumen
Change management skills
Data analysis
Reporting insights
Skilled in the use of business analysis tools and techniques, including the preparation of business cases, facilitation and interviewing, context diagramming, business process analysis, event-driven process modelling, data modelling, location analysis and organization analysis.
Ability to sort through the chaos and ambiguity of what is told and extract a concise description of the business issue and proposed solution.
Ability to research problems and recommend creative solutions.
Investigative mind and research new technology or best practice.
Job Experience:
3 to 5 years within a retail environment within a financial/analytical role