Overview
GCG Connectivity & Power Solutions is seeking a Digital Store Director to lead the commercial performance and day-to-day evolution of our digital storefront / eCommerce platform!
This role will own the customer journey from product discovery through purchase / Request for Quote, using merchandising, pricing, platform functionality, and customer insights to turn digital traffic into revenue and qualified sales opportunities.
Overview
GCG Connectivity & Power Solutions is seeking a Digital Store Director to lead the commercial performance and day-to-day evolution of our digital storefront / eCommerce platform!
This role will own the customer journey from product discovery through purchase / Request for Quote, using merchandising, pricing, platform functionality, and customer insights to turn digital traffic into revenue and qualified sales opportunities.
What You’ll Do
- Own the commercial performance of GCG’s digital storefront, with accountability for online revenue, gross margin, conversion, qualified lead generation, customer adoption, retention, engagement, and site performance.
- Develop and execute strategies that grow digital revenue from new and existing customers through improvements to product assortment, merchandising, pricing, inventory visibility, and the overall buying experience.
- Optimize both “Buy Now” and Request for Quote pathways using funnel analysis, customer behavior data, A/B testing, and ongoing experimentation to remove friction and improve conversion.
- Strengthen digital lead generation by improving landing pages, forms, product inquiry experiences, and “Contact an Expert” pathways that connect qualified customers with the appropriate sales resources.
- Define, monitor, and communicate key performance indicators, including revenue, margin, conversion rate, average order value, lead volume, monthly active users, customer retention, catalog accuracy, search effectiveness, site uptime, and page speed.
- Manage public and customer-specific online pricing in partnership with commercial and functional teams, helping ensure accuracy, competitiveness, and alignment with established margin objectives.
- Partner with Sales to increase customer adoption of online ordering, account management, and Request for Quote tools, particularly among customers who have traditionally purchased through offline channels.
- Use customer behavior, cohort analysis, and purchasing patterns to develop onboarding, retention, re-engagement, reorder, loyalty, and account-based incentive strategies.
- Deliver personalized digital experiences, including contract pricing, account-specific product visibility, order history, reorder tools, and relevant product recommendations.
- Own the quality and commercial effectiveness of the digital product catalog, ensuring products include accurate technical attributes, application information, descriptions, imagery, pricing, inventory visibility, and downloadable documentation.
- Lead digital product launches from initial setup through content development, pricing coordination, category placement, search visibility, and launch readiness.
- Improve product discovery and basket size through effective taxonomy, navigation, filters, search optimization, product ranking, cross-sell, and upsell strategies.
- Oversee the performance, availability, and customer-facing functionality of the digital storefront, including account access, product discovery, checkout, Request for Quote, and related transactional workflows.
- Serve as a primary business administrator for the Optimizely B2B Commerce platform, coordinating configurations, updates, integrations, enhancements, and third-party tools.
- Lead the identification, prioritization, testing, and resolution of platform issues, balancing urgent customer-impacting concerns with longer-term enhancements and feature development.
- Partner with Information Technology, developers, vendors, and internal stakeholders to maintain platform stability, integration reliability, data quality, security, and appropriate safeguards against fraud or suspicious activity.
- Translate digital priorities into clear requirements, project plans, development tickets, testing plans, launch activities, and measurable business outcomes.
- Build strong partnerships across Sales, Marketing, Procurement, Operations, Finance, Customer Service, Information Technology, product teams, and external platform partners.
- Communicate digital-store performance, customer trends, commercial opportunities, platform risks, and recommended priorities to senior leaders and functional stakeholders.
- Lead, coach, and develop team members by setting clear expectations, providing regular feedback, supporting performance management, and fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, customer focus, and continuous improvement.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
What You’ll Bring
Required Qualifications
- At least five years of progressively responsible ecommerce, digital commerce, digital merchandising, or related experience, preferably involving direct accountability for a revenue-generating storefront.
- Demonstrated experience owning or materially influencing digital revenue, conversion rates, qualified lead generation, customer engagement, or ecommerce growth.
- Experience managing a digital storefront or ecommerce platform, including responsibility for areas such as product catalog management, pricing, merchandising, search, navigation, checkout, Request for Quote workflows, or user experience.
- Strong understanding of ecommerce performance metrics, including revenue, margin, conversion rate, average order value, customer adoption, retention, lead generation, engagement, bounce rate, and site performance.
- Experience translating digital and transactional data into practical recommendations that improve merchandising, functionality, customer experience, or commercial performance.
- Strong knowledge of product catalog structure, product attributes, taxonomy, onsite search, navigation, product-detail pages