eCommerce Trading Lead, Cosmetics Boots UK

Closing Date: 11th August
Contract: 12 month fixed term contract
Recruitment Partner: Matthew Nelligan


Overview:

Boots Digital is an exciting team within Boots UK that is at the heart of our growth plans as more customers look to us for online help advice and shopping inspiration. As well as of course the best Boots products prices and offers. As customers are changing so are we: focusing on really understanding our customers needs and making the most of our great products and services to optimise the online shopping experience and drive growth.

As an eCommerce Trading Lead for the Self Selection Cosmetics category you will be part of the wider Beauty eCommerce trading team responsible for day-to-day trade of our exciting fast-paced Cosmetics category and how our incredible brands show up on to achieve stretching growth targets.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsible for the day-to-day trading and how the SSC category shows up across contributing to total revenue & profit growth and market share ambitions
Be seen as the digital expert in your category holding a clear understanding of the drivers for the category and the Cosmetics market with insight about how to drive conversion and increase customer acquisition
Delivery of new product launches salesplan online trade plan and owning the digital plan for your brands and category.
Managing multiple internal and external stakeholders to ensure the category is appropriately supported
Supporting development initiatives and process improvements ensuring that ecommerce trading and customer requirements are captured.
Responsible for legal and safe trade of own categories online and delivery of KPIs

What youll need to have:

Experience of working in a commercial role either within eCommerce or with strong retail trading/buying experience.
An understanding of online trading levers and performance marketing confident in using data & insight to drive performance and in building and delivering plans.
Able to use initiative and be willing to push boundaries and take calculated risks to gain a competitive advantage.
Excellent internal and external stakeholder management confident engaging influencing and holding to account teams peers senior stakeholders and third parties (e.g. product suppliers).
Adaptable and able to maintain excellent prioritisation and organisation skills within a fast-paced environment.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This role requires regular working outside normal offices hours. This typically involves working from 5am one or two times a month and occasional overnight working e.g. for major general you will be expected to be flexible with your working hours to meet business and customer needs.

Rewards designed for you:

Pension membership
Partial paid maternity leave
Discretionary annual bonus
Generous employee discounts
Flexible benefits scheme
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A bit about us:

At Boots were proud to be an equal opportunity employer creating a place where everyone feels welcome supported and free to be themselves. We believe that when our people feel valued and included they thrive so were committed to creating a brilliant Boots for our people so they can make a difference for our customers and colleagues every time.

Whats next:

If your application is successful our in-house recruitment team will be in touch to arrange any next steps and to answer any initial questions you have. If you have not been successful on this occasion youll be notified by email.

Where a role is advertised as full-time we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

We hope to hear from you soon.
Be brilliant with Boots.

Keywords
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Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1