Digital Trading Manager - JD IE
5 days ago
Bury
Role overview: Working with the Head of Trading, this role will drive activities to ensure we achieve Revenue, Profit and EBIT targets for our Digital business. The role will work with Buying & Merchandising & Digital Marketing functions to appropriately plan & deliver the activity. Responsibilities: • Working with the Trade Lead & Commercial Finance Teams to Plan market targets & phasing., • Responsible for the digital trading calendar for the market., • Own & drive the key projects and enhancements for the market website & app channels., • Be aware of what competitors are doing, looking for new trends and developments., • Create the weekly trading summary and daily progress updates., • Review previous week’s performance and propose and agree actions for the week., • Review daily sales identifying areas of weakness, proposing and taking action to increase sales and ensuring optimal stock availability at all times., • Tracking, reporting and recommending solutions for slow sellers., • Suggesting markdown and promotional events in line with brand strategy and tracking performance and reporting on successes and missed opportunities., • Propose stories and sign off products selected by the Merchandisers to feature on mailers., • Propose features and sign off products selected by Merchandiser to promote on the site., • Review stores best sellers to promote the best of the stores lines., • Refine and optimise merchandising activity by analysing traffic and sales data to improve overall effectiveness across categories., • Build strong relationships with colleagues across Digital Marketing, Retail and Marketing teams., • Develop & train the trading exec and their weekly workload., • Manage the relationship with Operational teams to ensure local warehouse fulfilment is maximised., • Manage the relationship with Customer Care to improve the customer experience. Role objectives and KPI’s: • Assist the Digital Trading Head to deliver agreed sales targets, • Own the coordination of all channel and digital teams to effectively execute launches & Campaigns., • Build upon existing strong relationships with various digital teams, • Responsible for delivering the JD Digital P&L, • Strong Analytical skill set and confident working across a range of analytical platforms Skills and Experience: • Experience managing a business P&L., • Confident working with large datasets and reporting tools (eg Excel, Power Bi, Google Analytics, etc)., • Experience working with within a Trading function., • A good understanding of other areas of an ecommerce business including Merchandising, Content, performance marketing and Customer Logistics., • Able to develop and upskill more junior members of the team., • Commercial brand awareness., • Exceptional interpersonal skills and good team player., • Forecasting., • Reconciliation., • Trading Calendar., • Profit & loss Understanding., • Launch Management., • Sales Analysis., • Cross function coordination., • Managing a Team., • Marketing Channel Coordination., • Team Training and Roles., • Building Blocks., • Good Analysis Skills, • Good Digital Marketing Channel Knowledge, • Decision-making skills #J-18808-Ljbffr