Digital Trading Manager

Ninjakitchen; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global product design company in London is seeking a Digital Trading Manager to oversee digital sales performance and develop trading plans. The ideal candidate should have strong trading knowledge, understand digital marketing, and excel in data analysis. This position plays a vital role in driving sales growth through optimized digital strategies.

Qualifications

• Experience in e-commerce or digital trading roles preferred.
• Proven ability to analyze data and present insights.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of trade plan and merchandising activities.
• Identify trading risks and opportunities.
• Reporting on category digital sales performance.
• Managing new product launches and promotional activities.
• Optimizing sales metrics and profitability.

Skills

Trading and merchandising knowledge

Understanding of digital marketing

Supply chain knowledge

Consumer shopping behavior understanding

Job description

SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people’s lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja , the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market, and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 3,600+ associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world .

Digital Trading Manager

SharkNinja are looking for a Digital Trading Manager to join the E-Commerce Team, based in our European head office in London. Reporting to the Senior E-Commerce Manager, you will be accountable for digital sales performance in your category through development of the trade plan & merchandising strategy, whilst managing gross margin and forecast attainment.

Sales through our digital channels are a key part of our continued growth strategy and you will have the opportunity to develop a career in this market leading space. This role will be an integral part in our fast growing and progressive D2C department. The ideal candidate will bring solid trading and merchandising knowledge as well as a deep understanding of digital marketing, supply chain and online consumer shopping behaviour.

Key Responsibilities

• Ownership of the trade plan and merchandising activities for the assigned category, supporting the Senior E-commerce Manager
• Identifying trading risks & opportunities and communicating them to the wider business
• Reporting on category digital sales performance, and taking action to deliver improvements
• Overseeing planning and implementation of new product launches, digital promotional activity and pricing
• Ensuring best in class digital content is presented across our D2C websites by liaising with the content team
• Monitoring day-to-day website activity, considering the consumer journey
• Managing the D2C forecasting process for new and existing product categories

What you will be doing

• Building relationships with stakeholders to develop effective trading plans for the D2C business and achieve key deliverables on focus initiatives
• Managing forecast accuracy and inventory levels to ensure product availability through D2C sites
• Reporting on sales performance, gross margin and forecast attainment in key product categories, analysing & presenting data and insights to stakeholders
• Reviewing online content before go-live to ensure it’s effective and managing detail-oriented optimisations to drive continuous improvements and maximise sales opportunities
• Driving value-add activity to optimise sales metrics, increasing profitability and average selling price across the brand
• Leading a cross functional virtual team, pulling together key stakeholders to build effective trading events

Your main KPIs

• Revenue and margin targets attainment for the assigned category
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