[Unilever] Retail Insights Analyst

Retail Insights Analyst

Full Time | Permanent

Up to £35,000 per annum + 5% Annual Bonus
South West London / Winnersh / Hybrid Working

Want to turn your retail experience into a career in insights?

We're looking for a commercially-minded Retail Insights Analyst to join our team at Smollan supporting one of the world's leading FMCG businesses.

This is a rare opportunity to work directly within our client's customer teams, helping turn retail data into actionable recommendations that improve sales performance, availability, promotional execution and retailer engagement.

You'll be based within our client's Head Office in south west London for a minimum of three days per week, giving you exposure and visibility that would normally take years to achieve in a traditional analyst role. Working alongside Customer Account Managers and senior stakeholders, you'll help shape decisions that impact some of the UK's biggest retailers.

Whether you're a graduate looking to start your career, or you're currently an Assistant Store Manager, Department Manager or retail professional who enjoys using data to drive performance, this could be the perfect next step.

What You'll Be Doing

As part of the analytics team, you'll

• Support the Account team in providing reports and insights to client teams

  • Translate EPOS, compliance, OSA and execution into clear, retailer-ready stories with a strong ‘so what / now what’

  • Embed insight-led ways of working within the customer team

  • Be the Smollan dashboard super-user and be the first point of call for reporting and metric reviews

• Build the briefs for the Field Team and Partners, and consolidate data

  • Support the Smollan Account Managers and CAMs, by owning the data consolidation

  • Build and maintain the promotional plan for the retailer

  • Convert consolidated retailer plans into reasons to believe and feed into the Field Team brief

  • Build the Field brief ensuring ease of understanding and execution, including visual aids

• Promotional Compliance & Execution

  • Own promotional compliance tracking and report into the CAMs with clear, actionable recommendations

  • Monitor performance in-flight and trigger course correction where needed

• Stock & Availability (OSA)

  • Be the central point of contact for stock and availability insights, using OSA data, EPOS trends and field feedback

  • Work with our client's supply chain and Smollan teams to anticipate issues, align messaging and equip CAMs with clear external narratives

• Reporting & Key Initiatives

  • Build and deliver monthly retailer performance packs, tailored to customer priorities and joint business plans

  • Work with Smollan account managers to report on execution of key initiatives, recommending course correction where needed

  • Provide concise, decision-ready reporting highlighting performance drivers, gaps to plan and recommended actions

What We're Looking For

You'll be naturally curious, analytical and commercially aware, with the confidence to turn data into meaningful business recommendations.

You'll ideally have

• Experience within a retail environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• The ability to identify trends and opportunities from data
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Highly proficient MS Office skills, particularly Excel
• Confidence working with data
• A proactive approach and genuine interest in retail performance

A degree is welcome but not essential. We're equally interested in candidates who have developed strong commercial and analytical skills through hands-on retail experience.

Why Join Us?

This is more than an analyst role. It's an opportunity to build your career within a global FMCG environment while working closely with major UK retailers and senior commercial stakeholders.

You'll gain valuable experience across insights, category management, account management and commercial analytics, opening doors to a wide range of future career opportunities.

What's In It For You?

• Direct exposure to one of the world's leading FMCG businesses as well as major UK retailers
• Ongoing development and career progression opportunities
• 24 days annual leave (increasing annually up to 29 days) + bank holidays
• Other benefits include: Medicash level 2, enhanced company pension, enhanced sick pay, life insurance, enhanced paternity leave, enhanced maternity leave, adoption leave, cycle to work scheme, gym discount scheme, referral programme + Perkbox and Taste Card

If you're passionate about retail, enjoy working with data and want to make a real commercial impact, we'd love to hear from you.