Senior Ecommerce Executive

Pentland Brands; Farringdon; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Product discounts

Flexible start and finish times

Discretionary bonus

Holiday allowance

Healthcare support

Gym and fitness discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Electric car scheme

Job summary

Pentland Brands is seeking a Senior Ecommerce Executive to own day-to-day trading of our ecommerce websites, manage product launches, update content, and ensure campaigns run on time. You'll partner with the Ecommerce Manager to spot opportunities and risks using data and market insights.

You’ll work across Marketing, Merchandising and Tech to optimise traffic, conversions and onsite merchandising, while staying aligned with our brands and growth plans.

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced digital environment.
• Ability to use data to inform commercial decisions.
• Strong communication skills within a matrix organisation.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills.
• Familiar with analytics/BI tools such as GA, Tableau, SAP BW.
• Experience using CMS platforms and learning new systems quickly.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day trading of the ecommerce websites, managing product launches, content updates, promotional activity, pricing changes and proposition updates to deliver a best-in-class customer experience.
• Partner with the Ecommerce Manager to identify commercial opportunities and risks, using data, customer insights and market trends to shape trading decisions and support the wider ecommerce strategy.
• Analyse website, category and product performance to optimise sell-through, improve conversion and drive continuous commercial growth.
• Plan, maintain and execute the ecommerce trading calendar, ensuring website content, landing pages and campaigns are delivered accurately and on time.
• Collaborate closely with Marketing, Merchandising, Creative and other key stakeholders to maximise traffic, optimise the customer journey and deliver integrated trading campaigns.
• Work with the Merchandising team to ensure trading plans are supported by appropriate stock availability, while optimising onsite merchandising and search to maximise visibility of seasonal, new and core product ranges.
• Drive continuous website optimisation by identifying opportunities to improve performance, enhance the customer experience and implement ecommerce best practices.
• Stay informed on industry trends, emerging technologies and competitor activity to identify new opportunities and keep the ecommerce experience ahead of the market.

Skills

Digital trading

Data-driven decisions

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Forecast management

CMS platforms

Tools

Google Analytics

Tableau

SAP BW

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

We’re Pentland Brands: a global family business behind some of the world’s most iconic active and lifestyle brands. We bring integrity, energy and ambition to our work, setting high standards and striving to deliver great outcomes without ego.

Shape the work behind some of the world’s most loved sport, outdoor and lifestyle brands.

At Pentland Brands, every role helps move our brands forward. Whether you’re supporting our people, improving our systems, growing our commercial performance, strengthening operations or shaping better ways of working, your impact reaches across a portfolio of iconic brands used by consumers around the world.

As a Senior Ecommerce Executive, you'll help develop and deliver ecommerce strategies that support our ambitious growth plans. You'll play a key role in maintaining our websites, ensuring products are launched accurately and on time, content is up to date, and all activity follows ecommerce and digital best practices.

What you’ll be doing:

• Own the day-to-day trading of the ecommerce websites, managing product launches, content updates, promotional activity, pricing changes and proposition updates to deliver a best-in-class customer experience.
• Partner with the Ecommerce Manager to identify commercial opportunities and risks, using data, customer insights and market trends to shape trading decisions and support the wider ecommerce strategy.
• Analyse website, category and product performance to optimise sell-through, improve conversion and drive continuous commercial growth.
• Plan, maintain and execute the ecommerce trading calendar, ensuring website content, landing pages and campaigns are delivered accurately and on time.
• Collaborate closely with Marketing, Merchandising, Creative and other key stakeholders to maximise traffic, optimise the customer journey and deliver integrated trading campaigns.
• Work with the Merchandising team to ensure trading plans are supported by appropriate stock availability, while optimising onsite merchandising and search to maximise visibility of seasonal, new and core product ranges.
• Drive continuous website optimisation by identifying opportunities to improve performance, enhance the customer experience and implement ecommerce best practices.
• Stay informed on industry trends, emerging technologies and competitor activity to identify new opportunities and keep the ecommerce experience ahead of the market.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience working in a fast-paced digital environment.
• An understanding of commercial drivers and an ability to utilise data to make informed decisions
• Strong communication skills and confidence working within a matrixed organisation.
• Good organizational and planning skills
• Use of Microsoft packages including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Familiar with analytical / software suites (Google Analytics, Tableau, SAP BW)
• A team player with the ability to influence and collaborate across several teams.
• Proactive and creative thinker who can bring new ideas to the table.
• You are achievement-oriented with the desire to learn and grow.
• You have forecast management experience.
• Experience of CMS platforms with the ability to learn and interpret new systems quickly

Why Pentland Brands?

Pentland Brands is the name behind some of the world’s best-known sport, outdoor and lifestyle brands, including Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury, Endura, Ellesse, Kickers and Mitre.

We are a global family business with a clear purpose: pioneering brands that make life better.

Across our teams, functions and locations, we work together to create products, experiences and partnerships that help people live more active, confident and positive lives.

Joining Pentland Brands means becoming part of a business where your work can have real reach, across multiple brands, markets, teams and disciplines. It is a place for people who want to contribute, collaborate, improve how things are done and help build the future of brands with heritage, ambition and global impact.

We offer a competitive salary, discretionary bonus, hybrid working, flexible start and finish times, generous holiday allowance, product discounts, sample sales, enhanced family-friendly policies, healthcare support, gym and fitness discounts, cycle to work scheme and electric car scheme.

You can find full details of our benefits and perks on our UK Benefits page.

The Interview Process

We want our interview process to feel clear, straightforward, and supportive. If your experience and expectations look like a strong match for the role, here’s what you can expect next:

• Talent Team Intro Call - A 30-minute video call with our Talent Team to get to know each other, talk through the role and your experience, and answer any questions you have.
• Experience Interview - A more in-depth interview (usually online) with the hiring manager to explore your skills, experience and approach, and how these align with the role, our principles, and our ways of working.
• Final Interview - A final in-person interview at our office, focused on deeper discussion and practical application, giving you the chance to meet more of the team and see Pentland Brands in action.