eCommerce Assistant – Dropship - 12M FTC

The Boots Company PLC; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Boots UK is seeking an eCommerce Trading Assistant to join the Dropship team in Nottingham. You will support day-to-day trading activities that drive performance across the eCommerce function, ensuring products go live correctly and promotions are set up on time.

The role involves working with internal teams and external suppliers to meet critical deadlines, contribute to product launches, and help optimise the Boots.com site. A proactive, detail-oriented approach is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in eCommerce/dropship trading is preferred.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation abilities.
• Comfortable working with peers and third-party suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of the dropship plan and liaise with existing and new suppliers.
• Coordinate product launches, promotions and key events.
• Assist with reporting and tracking supplier KPIs and site performance.

Skills

Dropship experience

Stakeholder management

Organisational skills

Job description

Role: eCommerce Assistant, Dropship

Contract: 12M FTC

Shift Pattern: Full Time

Location: Nottingham

Welcome to the Boots.com team - an exciting part of Boots UK at the heart of our growth plans. We're looking for an eCommerce Trading Assistant to join the Boots.com Dropship team and support the day-to-day trading activity that helps drive performance across the Commerce team.

This role plays an important part in delivering the dropship plan, supporting product launches, promotional activity, reporting, and website optimisation. You'll work closely with internal ecommerce teams and external suppliers to help ensure products go live correctly, offers are set up on time, and trading activity is delivered against critical deadlines.

What you'll be doing

• Supporting the delivery of the dropship plan and helping communicate with existing and new suppliers
• Collating product information for launches and nominations for key events
• Working to critical path deadlines and managing stakeholder interdependencies
• Conducting competitive research and keeping an eye on the market
• Supporting new product setup, including processing new line information in the PIM system and working with the Boots.com product setup team to get NPD live
• Supporting promotional setup in the PMR system and helping ensure offers go live correctly and on time
• Using financial calculations and supporting month-end processes
• Working with other ecommerce teams to secure space on site
• Supporting reporting to track dropship sales and supplier KPIs
• Helping with website optimisation and regularly checking the site
• Managing the change request form process

What we're looking for

We'd love to hear from you if you have digital experience in an eCommerce role, or if you can demonstrate a strong active interest in commerce. You'll need to be confident working with peers and third parties such as product suppliers, and comfortable balancing multiple priorities.

Key strengths for this role include:

• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Excellent organisation and time management
• Adaptability and flexibility in a changing environment
• Self-motivation and drive
• A keen eye for detail
• This role may occasionally require availability outside normal office hours.

Why join us?

You'll be joining a team that sits close to Boots.com growth priorities, with the opportunity to support trading activity that has a direct impact on performance. If you enjoy working across product, promotions, reporting, and website operations, this could be a great fit.