Ecommerce Trading Manager
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, County Durham
- Salary
- £32000 - £37000 per annum
- Closing date
- 30 Jul 2019
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Marketing
Job Details
My client are looking for a ecommerce Trading Manager to join their commercial team in County Durham. The ideal candidate will have experience in a ecommerce or marketing Management level position within an ecommerce / FMCG environment. You will be highly creative; able to bring new, fresh ideas but also highly analytical and commercially minded.
Client Details
The client are a business services organisation, based in County Durham.
Description
The Ecommerce Trading Manager are responsible for the following:
- Report and monitor sales, key metrics and promotions in weekly trade meetings.
- Work closely with the ecommerce manager and team on the long-term trading strategy.
- Providing both long- and short-term sales forecasts for all ecommerce channels that are driven by budgeted acquisition and strategies.
- Manage the planning and reporting of all key promotional activity, and work alongside the ecommerce team in the delivery and execution.
- Manage all promotional activity including but not limited to deal week, Black Friday and peak trading.
- Actively provide the Warehouse team with order and unit forecasts to ensure the correct allocation of resource during promotional periods.
- Work with the Merchandising team to drive stock efficiency across all channels by monitoring the ecommerce stock holding and availability.
- Together with the Buying and Merchandising teams create online opportunities and tailor packages to the different sites drawing upon trading and sales analysis.
- Analyse trading patterns and understand the sales curve, reporting findings and identifying opportunities to further maximise online sales and profitability.
- Work with the Ecommerce Manager to ensure that the product/range/trading strategies are supported by the digital strategy for all trafficked channels - including SEO, PPC, Affiliates, re-targeting and social advertising.
- Work with the Content team to optimise the website customer experience/ journey, feeding into decisions on content and layout across the site (e.g. homepage, navigation, PDP)
- Work closely with the Ecommerce Production team to ensure all product launch dates are achieved.
- Collaborate with CRM specialist, feeding into the CRM strategy, email planning, segmentation and personalisation from a stock and product perspective.
- Brief on-site merchandising recommendations to the Production team, driving cross-/up-sell to increase UPO and AOV, and review analysis of impact.
Profile
The successful Ecommerce Trading Manager will have the following demonstrable skills and experiences:
- Experience of a similar role ecommerce or marketing management role
- Being from a FMCG or ecommerce background would be advantageous
- Analytical and numerical with strong reporting skills
- Communication & influencing acumen
- Strong attention to detail
- Highly organised to ensure the smooth running of all daily operations.
- Highly commercial commercially
- Drive, enthusiasm and passion for the brand
- Able to bring new ideas to the table and not afraid to challenge the status quo
- Able to commute daily to County Durham
Job Offer
An excellent new role as a Ecommerce Trading Manager, salary up to £37k DOE
Company
Michael Page Sales UK is a leading professional recruitment consultancy covering permanent, interim and contract recruitment. We have UK wide coverage with ten offices located in London, Weybridge, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, St Albans, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The core markets we serve are Consumer, Business Services, Media, IT/Telco, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technical Sales, with a dedicated person or team in each location specialising in each of these sectors. The clients we work with are as diverse as the candidates we represent; from Blue Chips to SMEs, and Sales Execs to Sales Directors. Our Consultants are typically from relevant sales backgrounds giving first hand experience of the roles we recruit for. We pride ourselves on delivering unrivalled service levels to our candidates and our clients, our track record of success over the past 20 years means we stand out.
Within our Consumer Sales Division we have consultants within each of the 10 offices who dedicate themselves to this sector and no other. Our specialist capability is demonstrated further as we focus on sub sectors such as food, drink, household, foodservice, consumer electronics, apparel, health & beauty, consumer healthcare, pet and sports. Some of our key clients include Colgate, Beiersdorf, Dr Oetker, Johnson & Johnson, Matthew Clark, PZ Cussons, Kellogg’s, 2 Sisters, Samsung, Seven Seas, Twinings, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Warburtons, InBev, Kettle Chips, Hallmark, Luxottica, McCain, Britvic, General Mills, and Molson Coors to name but a few!
Michael Page Sales UK is part of Michael Page International with operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As well as looking for high quality candidates for our clients, we are also always looking for top talent to work for us
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