Associate, Marketplace, Operations

Bloomingdale's; New York (NY); On-site; USD 91,000 - 153,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Operations Associate to drive the growth of a new digital marketplace. This role is pivotal in ensuring seamless operations, optimizing performance, and enhancing customer and vendor experiences. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in retail or e-commerce, excellent project management skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams. Join a dynamic environment that values creativity and innovation, where your contributions will directly influence the success of a new business model. This is a fantastic opportunity for those passionate about operational excellence and process improvement.

Benefits

401k

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

PTO Accruals

Holidays

Qualifications

• 4-6+ years of relevant experience in merchandising, retail, or e-commerce.
• Excellent project management skills and strong sense of urgency.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations of the marketplace and improve performance.
• Lead communication with luxury brands to troubleshoot issues.

Skills

Strategic Thinking

Solution Orientation

Collaboration

Change Management

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Work Experience

Tools

Salesforce

Microsoft Office Suite

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Base pay range

$91,440.00/yr - $152,400.00/yr

About

Bloomingdale’s makes fashion personal and fun, aspirational yet approachable. Our mission is to guide and inspire our customers to make style a source of creative energy in their lives. We will always strive to make Bloomingdale’s like no other store in the world. Across all brand touchpoints—from Bloomingdales.com to our newest small store concept, Bloomie’s—everyone plays a critical role bringing our mission to life. Our inclusive culture promotes diversity of background, thought and opinion. Regardless of position, we believe all colleagues have a voice and access to share their thoughts with every level of leadership. Our colleagues are passionate, driven, entrepreneurial and collaborative, while having a lot of fun along the way.

Job Overview

Bloomingdale’s launched a new channel of business – our digital marketplace – in 2023 and we are seeking an Operations ‘Associate’ to help build this business model and drive accelerated growth. The Operations ‘Associate’ will be responsible for leading the day to day operations of our marketplace to provide a seamless experience for our customers and vendors. This includes performance monitoring, resolving day-to-day issues (returns, store errors, vendor needs), identifying process improvements, and acting as the Marketplace Lead for various teams/projects (Stores, Salesforce, MCOM Operations, TCS Offshore management). This role requires someone with a deep understanding and passion for process optimization and performance improvement.

This is a highly cross functional and externally visible role, requiring effective communication, strong relationships (Luxury) and the ability to juggle multiple changing priorities

External / Cross FOB Partners

• Luxury brands
• MCCS + customer care
• Stores
• Macy’s Product
• MCOM Ops
• Fraud
• POS/Tech Team
  
  

Role And Responsibilities

• Monitor & Improve Performance SLA’s
• Manage all day to day operations of sellers
• Monitor SLA’s and collaborate with brands to improve (i.e. speed to deliver, refund processing, etc)
• Key Internal and External Partner: Vendor, Stores and Cross FOB (*Luxury go-to*)
• Lead weekly/biweekly calls with Luxury brands to troubleshoot issues and improve SLAs
• Project manage integration resolutions with key tech partner (Cymbio), Luxury Brands and Macy's Product team
• Liaise with MCCS on Customer Service issues and provide relevant coaching to brands
• Liaise with fraud team to improve protection standards
• Skills needed: strong external and internal relationships
• Manage and resolve issues relating to:
• Returns/refunds
• In store errors
• Vendor needs (outbound shipping, cancellations, etc)
• Skills needed: Skilled in identifying and resolving challenges quickly and effectively in fast-paced environments
• Process improvement:
• Determine short and long term process improvements to address the above
• Skills needed: Experience in analyzing workflows and creating/implementing process improvements
• Stores Lead:
• Lead communication and feedback loop to improve the 3P process for colleague and customer
• Manage store level inquiries
• MCOM Operations Lead:
• Partner with Dan Ashfeld's team to learn from Macy's model- lean on team as a support resource
• Glean and apply best practices from MCOM to BCOM (more mature biz model, at scale)
• Salesforce Lead:
• Oversee the design and configuration of Salesforce features to meet business needs
• Skills needed: experience with Salesforce a plus
• TCS Offshore Lead / Quality Management:
• Develop clear workflows for training, SOPs, and escalation paths
• Manage offshore colleagues
• Ability to convey expectations, goals, and feedback clearly
• Skills needed: experience managing others
  

Qualifications

• We encourage candidates with either a bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in a related field to apply
• 4-6+ years of relevant work experience in merchandising, retail and/or e-commerce, online marketplaces is a plus not a requirement.
• Excellent project management skills and strong sense of urgency to grow and manage a new emerging business.
• Customer-centric mindset and experience with cross-functional collaboration.
• Intellectually curious with strong analytical skills, drawing actionable insights and recommendations, and building strategies against the analysis
• Excellent stakeholder management with Merchandising, Product Management teams and the seller community.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to effectively share technical information, communicate technical issues and solutions to all levels of business.
• Ability to juggle multiple projects - can identify primary and secondary objectives, prioritize tasks, and communicate timeline to team members.
• Ability to think creatively, strategically, and technically.
• Maintains confidentiality and security of sensitive company information.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule based on department and Company needs.
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
  
  

Skills

• Strategic Thinking: Understanding of business issues and opportunities and ability to translate them into a vision, strategy, and action plan.
• Solution Orientation: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis and the ability to determine the root cause of problems and create alternative solutions that resolve the problems in the best interest of the business.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and use judgment to make sound decisions.
• Collaboration & Strong Relationship Orientation: Ability to build partnerships with key business stakeholders to identify opportunities to leverage smarter decision-making across our organization. Collaboration skills are critical.
• Change Management: Ability to align the organization’s people and culture with changes in business strategy, organizational structure, technology, and business processes. Act as a change agent to implement and manage significant change initiatives that have a material to the organization.
• Business Acumen: Awareness of the organization’s vision, structure, culture, philosophy, operating principles, and values. Knowledge, insight, and understanding of business concepts, tools, and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company’s business; ability to apply this appropriately to diverse situations.
• Functional Proficiency: Knowledge of major responsibilities, accountabilities, and organization of the enterprise.
  
  

This position may be eligible for performance-based incentives/bonuses. Benefits include 401k, medical/vision/dental/life/disability insurance options, PTO accruals, Holidays, and more. Eligibility requirements may apply based on location, job level, classification, and length of employment. Additional benefit details are available at bloomingdalesJOBS.com.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Retail Apparel and Fashion, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Retail

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