Retail Sales Analyst

EZ Living Furniture was founded in 1998 and is Irelands largest Independent Furniture retailer employing almost 400 people. We wish to hire an expert retail analyst .The key tasks, duties, and responsibilities that make up the retail analyst job description are listed below:Responsible for organizing and analyzing data from available data sources to support retail reporting, projects and initiativesResponsible for managing deliverables, including new item, coverage, merchandising objectives, voids/chronic out of stocks.Responsible for creating analysis, recommendations, and presentations to support retail initiatives and projectsResponsible for the development of standard templates, scorecards, and benchmarking capability across our store network.Present retail analysis and actionable suggestions to appropriate stakeholders.Responsible for providing support and proposes recommendations for improvements to tools and information used within retail analyticsResponsible for reviewing POS information, generate sales reports and analysis, Responsible for performing data segmentation analysis to enable retail sales.Provide support for business unit by performing analysis of activities (on systems, products, processes, and/or procedures) to improve core functions, growth, and profitabilityPartner with key stakeholders to analyse, test, and launch new initiatives to increase product penetration.Analyse and report on competitor activity.Skills, abilities, and knowledge required.Education: A relevant degree and at least 3 years’ experience in a similar role.Knowledge: data gathering systems and their uses in creating reports, recommendations, and presentations may be requiredDemonstrated experience with analytical/reporting tools, and familiarity with other CRM/sales productivity solutionsPossess an understanding/ ability to perform statistical modelling and data extraction, and also provide insights and make strategic business recommendations through presentations, reports, and analysesComputer skills: They must be proficient with Excel, including use of pivot tables, financial functions, data analysis, auditing and additional functions; advanced formatting and analysis tools. They must also possess a working knowledge of Windows and related software applications, including word processing, graphics, e-mail, fax ability, and database managementCommunication skills: They must be able to communicate effectively both orally and in writing• Office 365 proficiency.  Organizational skills: They must be highly organized with the ability to handle several projects simultaneously, prioritize effectively, and exhibit goodWHY JOIN US: Look us up on Glassdoor- rated 4.6/5 read our reviews.BenefitsWe’re dynamic and expandingFun, fast paced & high energy work environmentCulture of developing and promoting from within the companyOur Generous staff discountsOur pension schemeOur Bonus SchemeOur Educational Support SchemeOur Discounted corporate rate health careOur free Employee Assistance ProgrammeOur wellbeing initiatives like our Bike to work schemeCareer Development OpportunitiesContinuous professional development with dedicated training resources