Marketplace Manager

Simple Lighting Ltd; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading lighting brand based in the UK is seeking an experienced Marketplace Manager to launch and manage their presence across major online marketplaces. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience and a strong analytical background, focusing on driving profitable growth. This role offers a competitive salary of £37,500 to £45,000, profit-based bonuses, and the chance to build a new division within an ambitious company.

Benefits

Career progression opportunities

Supportive leadership team

Performance bonuses

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience launching and managing marketplaces.
• Proven experience onboarding products and driving profitable growth.
• Strong analytical skills to work with margins and KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Launch and manage presence across online marketplaces.
• Create and execute the full marketplace launch strategy.
• Monitor day-to-day operations across all marketplace accounts.

Skills

Marketplace management

Amazon Seller Central

PPC management

Data analysis

Content optimization

SEO knowledge

Job description

Marketplace Manager

About Us

Simple Lighting is a well‑established UK lighting brand specialising in LED lighting for homes and businesses. Until now, our sales have been exclusively through our eCommerce website. As part of our 2026 growth strategy, we are expanding into the UK s biggest online marketplaces and we re looking for a highly skilled Marketplace Manager to lead this new division from the ground up.

This is a rare opportunity to build and own a brand-new revenue channel within a fast‑moving, ambitious business.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced and driven Marketplace Manager to launch, build, and manage our presence across major online marketplaces. You will be responsible for developing strategy, working with our team to build listings, ensuring compliance, optimising performance, managing ads, monitoring profitability, and scaling revenue across all platforms.

This role is ideal for someone who has successfully launched brands and managed teams on marketplaces before and not just managed existing channels.

Key Marketplaces to Launch (Phase 1 2)

You will lead the launch plan for the following channels, upon agreed priority:

• Amazon
• eBay
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• The Range
• Debenhams
• Wayfair
• OnBuy
• Additional marketplaces based on your research and performance insights

Key Responsibilities

Marketplace Launch & Setup

• Create and execute the full marketplace launch strategy across Amazon, eBay, (url removed), Wayfair, Debenhams, The Range, and OnBuy.
• Work with your team to build and manage all product listings, categories, variations, and storefront branding.
• Integrate marketplace feeds with our existing tech stack, with clear focus on synchronising stock feeds to prevent overselling.
• Ensure all listings meet marketplace compliance, content, imagery, and SEO standards.

Ongoing Marketplace Management

• Manage day‑to‑day operations across all marketplace accounts.
• Train and support your team for product content optimisation: titles, bullets, descriptions, imagery, A+ Content.
• Monitor pricing, fees, margin, returns, chargebacks, and listing health.
• Track inventory levels, stock forecasting, and slow‑moving SKUs.
• Oversee our teams management of customer messages, returns, and claims with excellent service.
• Ensure all marketplace rules and performance metrics are met.

Advertising & Performance Optimisation

• Manage Amazon PPC, eBay PPC, and marketplace promotions.
• Conduct keyword research, competitor analysis, and category research.
• Improve contribution margin by optimising ads, conversion rates, and product mix.
• Track KPIs such as ROAS, ACOS, CTR, conversions, and buy‑box performance.

Growth, Reporting & Strategy

• Develop quarterly growth strategies and present results to management.
• Build accurate marketplace forecasts and profitability models.
• Recommend new products, categories, and bundle opportunities.
• Identify and launch new marketplaces as the business scales.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years experience launching and managing marketplaces (Amazon, eBay essential).
• Proven experience onboarding products and driving profitable growth.
• Strong knowledge of Amazon Seller Central, marketplace SEO, feed management, and PPC.
• Ability to manage listings, data, content, compliance, and customer operations.
• Highly analytical able to work with margins, net profit models, and KPIs.
• Excellent written English for content optimisation.
• Experience in consumer products, home improvement, lighting, electricals, or similar is a bonus.

Bonus & Compensation Structure

Base Salary - £37,500 £45,000 depending on experience and capability.

Annual Profit‑Based Bonus.

A performance bonus of up to 15% of base salary based on the net profit generated from marketplace sales.

This structure rewards profitable growth, not just revenue.

What We Offer

• Chance to build an entire division from scratch
• Full support with product data, imagery, content and stock
• Career progression into Marketplace Head / eCommerce Lead as the division grows
• A supportive, ambitious leadership team
• Opportunity to shape the UK s leading LED lighting marketplace presence