eCommerce Trader

JR United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Reports To: Senior Head of Ecommerce & Digital

Position Overview:

At Lyle & Scott, we recognise that all success starts with people. We welcome creativity and value individuals who are passionate about delivering a strong performance.

We are a privately owned British brand with almost 150 years of history that has built a reputation for crafting high-quality clothing. We are a brand with true authenticity, heritage and expertise that is recognised throughout the world.

We are currently looking for an Ecommerce Trader to play a crucial role in our team. The role will be responsible for the onsite performance of a global, multi-million-pound generating website. The role requires you to have a comprehensive understanding of product, technical and onsite trading best practices. The position is responsible for helping to optimise Lyle & Scott’s product offering across all markets, influencing the end-to-end customer journey to increase conversion, drive sales and build the brand.

• Own the day-to-day onsite admin of Lyle & Scott’s global site, taking responsibility for product merchandising, visuals, commercial performance, as well as shared responsibility of AOV, UPT and onsite conversion.
• Working closely with merchandising and product development, manage the business unit’s seasonal range plan, ensuring all products are available, launched and accompanying information is present, relevant, and up to date.
• Create and manage the seasonal product file used to launch our seasonal products onsite, making sure all products are mapped and show correctly.
• Implement the online trading strategy across digital channels, come up with trading solutions & onsite opportunities to improve customer experience & increase profit/margin.
• Daily monitoring and analysis of KPIs, creating relevant reports to illustrate and support actions to optimise trade, such as proposing solutions to the wider team to boost poor sellers/optimise bestsellers to increase conversion rate.
• Execute the ecommerce trading calendar, ensuring alignment with the brand, customer experience and merchandising teams so the site is complimenting any activity.
• Make sure all on site content plans are aligned with the ecommerce marketing calendar, making sure customer pages (home and landing) strike a balance between creative and commercial - challenging and driving all opportunities to improve this balance.
• Responsible for submitting and leading the unit’s promotional plans, ensuring promotions and incentives are delivered and in line with wider business objectives where necessary.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Experience in the retail, fashion/lifestyle sectors is preferred.
• Knowledge of product performance, sell through and onsite merchandising practices.
• At least 3 years’ experience in a similar online merchandising or trading roles.
• Experience of Shopify+ or similar CMS systems is preferred, as you will need to be comfortable uploading products, exporting and building automated reports.
• An understanding of seasonal calendars and product launches.
• Demonstrable strong excel skills, with the ability to perform a variety of functions and lookups, is a must.
• Can adhere to tight timelines and ability to be adaptable considering changing commercial forces.
• Office-based, with occasional travel to industry events where needed.

About us...

• Enhanced parental leave.
• 1 week a year to work anywhere in the world… it can be Fiji or your sofa.
• “Thirsty Thursdays -– the bar opens at 5pm every Thursday for a drink or an alternative soft drink of choice.
• Flexible working, so you can fit in your spin class… or hit snooze on your alarm; we don’t judge!
• 1 week extra off work if you get married! (Not deducted from your annual leave).
• Employer pension contributions.
• Generous staff discount… Great sample sales throughout the year so you can stock up on Christmas Presents!
• Welcome to the Family Lyle & Scott Item!
• Training and learning development.
• Season Ticket Loan.
• Holiday loyalty scheme: the longer you’re with us, the more we will increase your allowance.
• Cycle2Work Scheme.
• Dog-friendly office.

Please apply with your CVs through LinkedIn.

Lyle & Scott is an Equal Opportunities Employer and treats all applications purely based on skills and experience.