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Beauty Stock Analyst

Job Posted: 12 days ago

Salary: £ 30,000 - 35,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Manchester, Greater Manchester

Expire in: 15 days

Job Description

Beauty Stock Analyst | Greater Manchester | Scaling Brand | £30,000 - £35,000

A highly ambitious, fast-growing beauty brand in the heart of Greater Manchester is scaling rapidly, with a strong focus on optimising stock, performance, and profitability.

With a turnover of £160m+, this business has built serious momentum and now they're looking for a commercially minded MAA, Assistant Merchandiser or Data Analyst to play a pivotal role as the link between stock, merchandising, and finance.

If you're in merchandising and feel ready to step away from the "same old" cycle, this is a unique opportunity to apply your analytical skillset in a more dynamic, insight-led environment while opening longer-term pathways into commercial focused careers.

The Opportunity:

This is a highly collaborative, commercially impactful role where you'll work closely with merchandising, trading, logistics, and finance teams to drive smarter decisions across the business.

You'll take ownership of stock insight across eCommerce, retail stores, and wholesale partnerships ensuring the business is trading as efficiently and profitably as possible.

What You'll Be Doing:

Build, maintain and enhance Excel models used across finance, merchandising and operations
Analyse large datasets to identify trends, risks, gaps, and commercial opportunities within the stock file
Take ownership of total business stock, highlighting where the business is under or overstocked and flagging this to the relevant teams across operations, merchandising, finance and product 
Support and develop reporting frameworks into and out of Power BI
Produce regular reporting to support operational and financial performance
Identify inefficiencies and cost-saving opportunities through detailed analysis
Clean, validate and structure data to ensure accuracy and usability
Use advanced Excel (Pivot Tables, Lookups, data manipulation) to interrogate data
Translate raw data into clear, actionable insightsAlongside this, you'll develop a deep understanding of:

Product splits, category mix, and sub-categories
Core trading KPIs including cover, commitment, margin, uplift, cash performance, and rate of sale
Daily, weekly, and monthly performance tracking to drive real-time decision-making

About You:

Strong Excel skills are essential 
Experience in a commercial data environment (Fashion, Beauty, FMCG)
Background in merchandising (MAA / Assistant Merchandiser) or data analysis
Confident working with large datasets and drawing meaningful conclusions
Strong attention to detail and data accuracy
Proactive, curious, and confident challenging or highlighting risks
Comfortable working onsite in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
Able to communicate insights clearly across multiple teamsBH35790

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