E-Com Assistant Merch/Gifting /London

CVUK; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading ecommerce company in the UK is looking for a dynamic individual to manage their merchandise strategy and maximize online sales. The successful candidate will collaborate with various teams and leverage website analytics to drive performance. A Bachelor's degree in Business or Marketing is required, along with strong analytical and communication skills. Join this engaging team for a fulfilling career in ecommerce trading.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits package

Opportunity for career growth and development

Dynamic and engaging work environment

Chance to work with a talented and passionate team

Qualifications

• Proven experience in ecommerce trading or merchandising.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and populate reporting stream on sales, stock, profit key metrics and promotions.
• Continuously propose and oversee trade actions to optimize performance.
• Utilize website analytics to monitor KPIs and enrich product performance data.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Collaboration skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or related field

Tools

Website analytics tools

Job description

We are looking for a dynamic and engaging individual to join our team. The role involves executing the website merchandise strategy to deliver pre-defined KPI's that maximize product sales and profitability of the ecommerce channel. The ideal candidate will work with multiple data sources to aid the creation of reporting and have a strong interpretation of trading results to constantly formulate activities that the wider ecommerce team can readily action against.

Responsibilities

• Build and populate reporting stream on sales, stock, profit key metrics and promotions in daily, weekly and monthly trade meetings.
• Continuously propose, evaluate and oversee trade actions to the digital channel to optimize short- and longer-term improvements to performance.
• Utilize website analytics to monitor KPI's and enrich product performance data with relevant website behavior.
• Be a channel expert with detailed knowledge of product, trends, market and competitor tactics, with a focus throughout on customer.
• Work with B&M, content and marketing teams to ensure effective product campaign co‑ordination.
• Provide accurate DC forecasts and inform them about any areas that can impact fulfillment capacity.
• Maintain stock availability to agreed levels across all product areas by working with merchandising teams to optimize/release/build online stocks to maximize retail sales & profit.
• Maintain Weekly Stock Sales and Intake forecasts (WSSI).
• Regularly review sales, margin and KPI's to identify and understand the key drivers behind performance.
• Conduct detailed or deep dive ad‑hoc analysis when required on specific categories/product groups.
• Manage poor performing lines by working with teams on stock levels and promotional mechanisms.
• Understand returns rates and investigate the reasons behind them, focusing on ways to reduce returns rates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or related field.
• Proven experience in ecommerce trading or merchandising.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Proficiency in website analytics tools.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Day‑to‑Day

• Collaborating with ecommerce, buying, marketing and fulfillment teams.
• Analyzing sales, stock, profit key metrics and promotions.
• Monitoring website analytics and KPI's.
• Coordinating product campaigns with B&M, content and marketing teams.
• Providing accurate DC forecasts and maintaining stock availability.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity for career growth and development.
• Dynamic and engaging work environment.
• Chance to work with a talented and passionate team.

If you are passionate about ecommerce trading and merchandising, and possess the skills and experience required for this role, we would love to hear from you! Apply now and join our team.