Manager, eCommerce Analytics & Insights at Roots

Roots; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Accommodations available

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Roots in Toronto, ON, is seeking a Manager of eCommerce Analytics & Insights to turn data into strategic insights across Ecommerce, Marketing and Analytics. You will own reporting rhythms, build forecasts, and surface opportunities to drive online growth.

The role requires strong analytics, storytelling, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. This is a full-time, on-site opportunity in Canada, with accommodations available as needed.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in ecommerce analytics or digital analytics.
• Deep understanding of ecommerce drivers and outcomes.
• Strong experience with BI tools (Power BI).
• Proficiency with web analytics platforms (GA4).
• Experience building ecommerce forecasts and sales planning models.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• SQL or Python experience is a plus.
• Familiarity with paid media platforms and Snowflake.
• Background in omnichannel retail.

Responsibilities

• Act as analytics partner for Ecommerce and digital leadership, identifying trends and insights.
• Deliver weekly trading dashboards and monthly/quarterly recaps for leadership visibility.
• Define, track, and evolve the KPI framework for ecommerce including traffic, conversion, AOV, channel mix, and customer acquisition metrics.
• Develop and maintain ecommerce forecasts by channel, category, and key drivers.
• Own post-period variance analysis to sharpen forecasts and decisions.
• Analyze the full digital funnel to identify drop-offs and UX issues for action by Ecom and product teams.
• Collaborate with Paid Media, CRM, and Brand Marketing to evaluate campaign performance and optimize spend.
• Monitor on-site customer behavior to surface assortment and experience insights.
• Support A/B testing and experimentation with design and measurement rigor.
• Build and maintain Power BI dashboards for self-serve visibility.

Skills

Ecommerce analytics

BI dashboards

GA4 analytics

Power BI

Forecasting

Stakeholder comms

SQL or Python

Tools

Power BI

GA4

Snowflake

Job description

Manager, eCommerce Analytics & Insights at Roots in Toronto, ON, CA

This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth. Established in 1973, Roots is a proudly Canadian lifestyle brand that celebrates authenticity, quality, and community. Inspired by the great outdoors, we create timeless, sustainable apparel and leather goods designed for comfort and everyday adventure. At Roots, we believe in fostering a culture of inclusivity, creativity, and teamwork – where every team member plays a role in shaping our brand’s legacy. If you bring passion to everything you do, lead with integrity, and believe in the power of collaboration to drive growth, we’d love to have you on our journey!

Your Role at Roots

You’ll play a key analytical role behind Roots' digital business — turning ecommerce data into the insights that drive strategy, sharpen investment decisions, and support growth online. You’re not just tracking what happened; you’re helping the business understand why, and what to do next. Sitting at the intersection of Ecommerce, Marketing, and Analytics, you’ll own the reporting rhythms, build the forecasts, and surface the opportunities that keep Roots' digital channel moving forward. This is a high-visibility role for someone who is commercially sharp, deeply curious, and passionate about connecting data to real business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities How You’ll Make an Impact

• Act as a key analytics partner for the Ecommerce and digital leadership team — proactively identifying trends, flagging risks, and providing insights to support decision‑making.
• Deliver the ecommerce performance reporting rhythm — including weekly trading dashboards, channel health reporting, and monthly and quarterly recaps — to support leadership visibility into the digital business.
• Define, track, and evolve the KPI framework for ecommerce — including traffic, conversion, AOV, channel mix, and customer acquisition metrics — and translate performance into clear commercial narratives.
• Develop and maintain ecommerce forecasts to support planning cycles and investment discussions, including weekly, monthly, and seasonal demand forecasts by channel, category, and key business driver.
• Own the hindsighting process for ecommerce — conducting structured post‑period reviews that compare actuals to plan, identify what drove variance, and translate learnings into sharper forecasts and better commercial decisions going forward.
• Analyze the full digital funnel — from traffic source through to purchase — identifying drop‑off points, conversion opportunities, and UX issues that can be acted on by the Ecom and product teams.
• Partner with Paid Media, CRM, and Brand Marketing to evaluate campaign and channel effectiveness, connecting marketing spend to revenue outcomes and helping teams optimize where investment is deployed.
• Monitor and interpret customer behaviour on‑site — including search performance, product page engagement, wishlist trends, and mobile vs. desktop patterns — to surface assortment and experience insights.
• Support the A/B testing and experimentation program — helping teams design tests, measure results rigorously, and build a culture of evidence‑based iteration.
• Answer the hard business questions through ad‑hoc analysis — whether it's diagnosing a conversion drop, sizing a new market opportunity, or understanding the true ROI of a promotional event.
• Build and maintain Power BI dashboards that give the Ecom and Marketing teams self‑serve visibility into their most important KPIs — without needing to pull a report themselves.
• Leverage AI and analytics tools to improve the speed, accuracy, and depth of insight generation — and bring a forward‑looking perspective on where automation and machine learning can strengthen our ecommerce analytics capability.

Qualifications & Experience The Skills You Bring Required

• 6+ years of experience in ecommerce analytics, digital analytics, or a closely related field, ideally within retail or a consumer brand environment.
• Deep understanding of ecommerce performance drivers — traffic, conversion, AOV, channel mix, customer acquisition, and retention — and proven ability to connect metrics to commercial outcomes.
• Strong experience with BI tools (Power BI preferred) building dashboards and reports that stakeholders use consistently.
• Proficiency with web analytics platforms (GA4 preferred) and the ability to interpret customer journey data across the full digital funnel.
• Experience building and maintaining ecommerce forecasts and sales planning models, including seasonal and weekly demand forecasting.
• Comfort with hindsighting and post‑period analysis — able to close the loop between plan and actuals and turn variance analysis into forward‑looking recommendations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated experience presenting to commercial and executive audiences.
• Ability to synthesize complex data into clear, decision‑ready narratives for non‑technical stakeholders.
• Nice to Have SQL or Python experience for self‑serve data exploration and more complex analyses.
• Familiarity with paid media platforms (Meta, Google, TikTok) and experience evaluating their performance holistically — beyond platform‑reported metrics.
• Experience with Snowflake or similar cloud data platforms.
• Background in omnichannel retail — understanding how digital behaviour connects to in‑store and loyalty outcomes.

You Are A storyteller first — you know that a great insight is only as valuable as how well it's communicated. Proactive and commercially minded, always connecting data back to business outcomes and growth opportunities. Naturally curious and relentlessly diagnostic — you're never satisfied with "what happened" and always dig into the "why" to uncover the insight behind the number. Organized and delivery‑focused, able to manage a reporting cadence, a forecast cycle, and ad‑hoc requests at the same time without dropping the ball. Comfortable with ambiguity and skilled at prioritizing the questions that matter most in a fast‑moving retail environment.

At Roots we appreciate that skills and expertise are cultivated through a range of experiences. We are committed to reflecting Canada's diverse landscape in our products, team, and workplace culture. We value your unique perspective and encourage you to apply, even if you don't meet every listed requirement.

Accommodations are available for applicants throughout the recruitment process.

Please note: Roots uses technology-assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to support parts of the recruitment process. These tools may be used to help review applications, assess qualifications, and support interview documentation. All hiring decisions are reviewed and made by our Talent team and key leaders involved in the recruitment process.

The posted salary range is intended to reflect the competitive market value of this role and is provided to support transparency in our hiring process. Final compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to internal equity, relevant skills, demonstrated knowledge, experience, and overall fit for the position.