Global Merchandise Category Analyst

ASOS; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A global fashion retail company located in Greater London seeks a Global Merchandise Category Analyst to contribute to its commercial engine by supporting data-driven intake plans and analyzing brand performance. This role requires keen analytical skills, experience in ecommerce planning, and collaboration with various teams. Ideal candidates should be proficient in Excel and have a strong numerical background. The company promotes a culture of diversity and inclusion while offering benefits such as employee discounts and generous annual leave.

Benefits

Employee discount

Employee sample sales

25 days paid annual leave

Private medical care scheme

Fixed Annual Payment

Qualifications

• Experience in planning, merchandising, or supply chain in ecommerce fashion retail.
• Proficiency in Excel, with strong formulas and data manipulation skills.
• Ability to interpret large datasets and communicate insights clearly.

Responsibilities

• Support planners and buying teams with datadriven intake plans.
• Analyse category and brand performance to meet customer demand.
• Provide reporting to surface category insights and performance commentary.

Skills

Analytical and numerical skills

Strong attention to detail

Collaboration and teamwork

Data manipulation in Excel

Ecommerce fashion retail knowledge

Tools

SQL

PowerBI

Job description

As part of our Global Merchandise Planning (GMP) team, youll sit at the heart of ASOSs commercial engine. GMP partners closely with Buying and Merch teams to define our assortment strategy and set purchase targets across divisions ensuring we hold the right stock, in the right place, for our global customers.

As a Global Merchandise Category Analyst, youll support planners and buying teams to build datadriven intake plans, track performance and help shape our category strategy. Youll play a key role in ensuring stock investment aligns with customer demand across fulfilment centres and markets.

The Details

• Work closely with Buying teams to understand product strategies and translate these into datadriven intake plans by fulfilment centre.
• Analyse category and brand performance to ensure stock meets customer demand, identifying risks, opportunities, and emerging trends.
• Ensure all intake plans roll back accurately to targets for each buying division at FC level.
• Support Product Group Planners with creating and forecasting WSSIs, sharing insights that drive commercial decisionmaking.
• Partner with FC Planners to deliver analysis that drives trade and optimises stock flow across key global markets.
• Provide weekly and adhoc reporting to surface category insights and performance commentary.
• Maintain accurate system inputs, forecasts, and planning documentation to support commercial alignment.
• Collaborate across Merch, Buying, Data, and Logistics to ensure a seamless endtoend trading process.
• Support our culture by championing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategies.

We believe being together in person helps us move faster, connect more deeply, and achieve more as a team. Thats why our approach to working together includes spending at least 3 days a week in the office.

We're ASOS. We blend our flair for fashion with our love of cutting- edge technology, but more importantly were interested in how we can bring the best out of you.

We exist to give people the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS, you're free to be your true self without judgment, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions.

Through our Fashion with Integrity strategy we are driving diversity, equity and inclusion across every aspect of ASOS and ensuring every ASOSer can be their authentic self at work. We want our people to be whoever they want to be, because we believe people who bring their best selves to work, do their best work.

About You

• Previous experience in planning, merchandising, or supply chain ideally within ecommerce fashion retail.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills, with the ability to interpret large datasets and communicate insights clearly.
• Highly proficient in Excel, with strong competency in formulas and data manipulation.
• Experience using SQL and/or PowerBI is ideal but not essential.
• A collaborative teamplayer who enjoys partnering crossfunctionally to solve commercial problems.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Curious, proactive, and comfortable working in a fastpaced environment.

BeneFITS

• Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!)
• Employee sample sales
• 25 days paid annual leave + an extra celebration day for a special moment
• Private medical care scheme
• Fixed Annual Payment in addition to your salary each year an extra thank you from us
• Opportunity for personalised learning and inthemoment development experiences
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