As we continue to expand, we are looking for a Strategic Sales & Analytics (SS&A) Analyst to join our London SHARK team, based in our Battersea office. This role sits within the Strategic Sales & Analytics function and plays a key part in supporting commercial decision-making across our retail accounts.

Reporting to the SS&A SHARK Director, you’ll use data-driven insights to track performance, evaluate pricing and promotional effectiveness, and monitor market dynamics. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly analytical individual who thrives in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment and enjoys turning data into meaningful business impact.

What You’ll Do

Market & Category Strategy

• Monitor market trends, competitive activity, pricing, and promotions across SHARK categories
• Analyse category and brand performance to identify share gains, risks, and growth opportunities
• Deliver regular POS data analysis to inform tactical and strategic decisions
• Support the development of category insights to drive distribution, shelf optimisation, and in-store execution

Business Performance & Reporting

• Track performance versus forecast and prior year through detailed trend analysis
• Build and maintain dashboards and recurring reports to enhance visibility of key commercial and financial KPIs
• Deliver clear, concise performance summaries to cross-functional teams including sales, marketing, and operations
• Prepare analytical materials and insights for leadership reviews and business updates

Strategic Sales Analytics

• Produce daily, weekly, and monthly reporting across sales, distribution, pricing, and promotions
• Identify category gaps, promotional risks, and competitive threats through structured analysis
• Support pre- and post-promotion analysis, evaluating lift, ROI, and execution effectiveness
• Maintain and update key planning tools such as the Master Event Calendar to support retail initiatives
• Analyse core metrics including pricing elasticity, promotional efficiency, sell-out trends, and distribution changes

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with sales, marketing, finance, supply chain, and demand planning teams to support commercial initiatives
• Ensure decisions are grounded in data and aligned with category and business objectives
• Deliver ad-hoc analysis to address business questions and performance fluctuations

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Data Analytics, or a related field
• Experience in sales analytics, business analysis, category management, or commercial finance
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
• Advanced Excel skills and solid PowerPoint capabilities (experience with BI tools is a plus)
• Experience working with large datasets, ideally including POS data
• High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Clear and structured communication skills, able to present insights to non-technical stakeholders
• Proactive, curious mindset with a strong drive to understand business drivers and improve performance