Digital Trading Manager - JD IE

JD Sports Fashion; Bury; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discount

Personal development opportunities

Job summary

JD Sports Fashion in the UK is seeking a Digital Trading Manager for JD IE to drive Revenue, Profit and EBIT by partnering with Buying, Merchandising and Digital Marketing to plan and deliver market activity.

You will own the digital trading calendar, lead key projects for the website and app, review weekly performance, and foster strong cross‑functional relationships with commercial finance, marketing and operations.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a business P&L.
• Confident working with large datasets and reporting tools (e.g. Excel, Power BI, Google Analytics).
• Experience working within a Trading function.
• Good understanding of ecommerce areas: Merchandising, Content, performance marketing, Customer Logistics.
• Able to develop and upskill junior team members.
• Commercial brand awareness.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and teamwork.
• Forecasting and reconciliation.
• Trading calendar management.
• Profit & loss understanding.
• Launch management.
• Sales analysis.
• Cross-functional coordination.
• Managing a team.
• Marketing channel coordination.
• Team training and roles.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Digital marketing channel knowledge.
• Decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan market targets and phasing with Trade Lead and Commercial Finance.
• Own the digital trading calendar for the market.
• Drive projects and enhancements for the market website and app.
• Monitor competitors for trends and developments.
• Create weekly trading summaries and daily progress updates.
• Review weekly performance and propose actions.
• Analyse daily sales to identify weaknesses and optimise stock.
• Track and report on slow sellers and opportunities.
• Suggest markdowns and promotions aligned with brand strategy.
• Sign off features/products for mailers and site with Merchandisers.

Skills

P&L ownership

Large data handling

Excel

Power BI

Google Analytics

Trading function experience

Commercial brand awareness

Interpersonal skills

Forecasting

Reconciliation

Launch management

Sales analysis

Cross-functional coordination

Team management

Marketing channel knowledge

Decision making

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Google Analytics

Job description

This is JD. Born in 1981. Built for Now. At JD, we don’t just sell sneakers and outdoor gear, we set trends, break boundaries, and build communities. Whether you're on the shop floor, behind the scenes, or driving innovation, every role here plays a part in shaping the future of our industry. We’re fast-paced, fearless, and unapologetically ambitious. We celebrate authenticity, thrive on collaboration, and never stop pushing forward, if you’re ready to bring your energy, ideas, and personality to a team that values them. This is your moment. This is JD. Are you in? Digital Trading Manager - JD IE

Role overview

Working with the Head of Trading, this role will drive activities to ensure we achieve Revenue, Profit and EBIT targets for our Digital business. The role will work with Buying & Merchandising & Digital Marketing functions to appropriately plan & deliver the activity.

Responsibilities

• Working with the Trade Lead & Commercial Finance Teams to Plan market targets & phasing.
• Responsible for the digital trading calendar for the market.
• Own & drive the key projects and enhancements for the market website & app channels.
• Be aware of what competitors are doing, looking for new trends and developments.
• Create the weekly trading summary and daily progress updates.
• Review previous week’s performance and propose and agree actions for the week.
• Review daily sales identifying areas of weakness, proposing and taking action to increase sales and ensuring optimal stock availability at all times.
• Tracking, reporting and recommending solutions for slow sellers.
• Suggesting markdown and promotional events in line with brand strategy and tracking performance and reporting on successes and missed opportunities.
• Propose stories and sign off products selected by the Merchandisers to feature on mailers.
• Propose features and sign off products selected by Merchandiser to promote on the site.
• Review stores best sellers to promote the best of the stores lines.
• Refine and optimise merchandising activity by analysing traffic and sales data to improve overall effectiveness across categories.
• Build strong relationships with colleagues across Digital Marketing, Retail and Marketing teams.
• Develop & train the trading exec and their weekly workload.
• Manage the relationship with Operational teams to ensure local warehouse fulfilment is maximised.
• Manage the relationship with Customer Care to improve the customer experience.

Role objectives and KPI’s

• Assist the Digital Trading Head to deliver agreed sales targets
• Own the coordination of all channel and digital teams to effectively execute launches & Campaigns.
• Build upon existing strong relationships with various digital teams
• Responsible for delivering the JD Digital P&L
• Strong Analytical skill set and confident working across a range of analytical platforms

Skills and Experience

• Experience managing a business P&L.
• Confident working with large datasets and reporting tools (eg Excel, Power Bi, Google Analytics, etc).
• Experience working with within a Trading function.
• A good understanding of other areas of an ecommerce business including Merchandising, Content, performance marketing and Customer Logistics.
• Able to develop and upskill more junior members of the team.
• Commercial brand awareness.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and good team player.
• Forecasting.
• Reconciliation.
• Trading Calendar.
• Profit & loss Understanding.
• Launch Management.
• Sales Analysis.
• Cross function coordination.
• Managing a Team.
• Marketing Channel Coordination.
• Team Training and Roles.
• Building Blocks.
• Good Analysis Skills
• Good Digital Marketing Channel Knowledge
• Decision-making skills We know our colleagues work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits including staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation and personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work. Thank you for your time #JD