Commercial Assistant

If you love beauty, you're in the right place.

As the ultimate curator of over 100 of the most in-demand, highly innovative and boundary-pushing beauty brands, we are the go-to destination for worldwide beauty discovery.

Together through our neighbourhood stores, online presence and loyalty scheme, Space NK has built a flourishing community in which to discover beauty. The customer is at the heart of everything we do, and we will always endeavour to offer everything they need to help them explore, experiment, and enjoy our brands.

Commercial Assistant

Reports to: Commercial Analyst

Location: Space NK, Capper Street, London

Working Location: Hybrid working with a minimum of 2-3 days in the office

Role Overview

As a newly created role within Space NK, the objective of the Commercial Assistant will be to provide essential support to the commercial team, helping drive accurate reporting, coordinate cross-functional activity, and contribute to the success of the trading & promotional initiatives of the business.

Key Responsibilities:

Trading & Promotional Activity

• Assist in preparing weekly and monthly commercial reports including sales, margin and customer performance.
• Support the Commercial Analyst in preparing promotional performance summaries
• Coordinate timelines and deliverables across departments for promotional and trading initiatives.
• Support Commercial Analyst in compiling market insights from external partners such as Circana & Similarweb.

Marketing Income & Rate Card

• Maintain marketing income tracker & align cross functionally to ensure timely execution of activity
• Set up and own critical path and rate card tracking documents for all new stores
• Work cross functionally with Categories, Inventory & Marketing to ensure seamless execution rate card activities

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Support the Commercial Analyst on any projects or new initiatives they are leading
• Coordinate & communicate clearly with junior and senior stakeholders, ensuring visibility of progress and blockers of any planned activity.
  

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience:

• Strong organisational skills & attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• A proactive mindset with curiosity in understanding retail trading & trends
• Experience in retail or consumer goods is desirable but not essential
• Proficiency in Excel. Familiarity with data tools (Power BI, Qliksense) is a plus.

All applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.

How We Will Use Your Information

We will use the information you provide to us with your job application to help us process your application for the specific job you have applied for. If you apply speculatively, we will process your application for the job/relevant business area that you detail within your email.

Please note that our current system does not use an automated filtering system.

All applications made via the website, through a third-party website or in-store will be kept on file for a period of 12 months.

This information will be retained and used to assess your suitability to similar positions that may arise in the future, or if the initial vacancy becomes live again during the 12-month period. If you would prefer us to not hold your information on file/ you wish to be 'forgotten' if you are not offered a position with Space NK, please email your 'right to be forgotten' to our recruitment email address with RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN as the title of the email. We will always inform you when we have deleted your application details, otherwise we will treat your application as consent to us holding this information.