Senior Online Merchandiser – eCommerce | Marks & Spencer | Dubai
About the role:
The Senior Online Merchandiser supports and assists the Digital Manager across trading and merchandising, product content and online promotional activities across multiple categories for the M&S Ecommerce platforms and 3rd Parties. They also have the responsibility for providing coaching and support for the team of Online Merchandisers and will also be deputising for the Digital Manager.
Key Responsibilities:
Drive Financial Targets
Co- Lead the Merchandising and Trading of the various e-Stores,
maximising cross & up selling, product positioning and stock availability
Responsible for daily/weekly management of products going live ensuring 100% accuracy of product content and assets.
Assist the Digital Manager to deliver the weekly, monthly reporting/analysis highlighting opportunities and risks
Assist the Digital Manager to execute the Marketing and Promotional
Plan. Emails and Homepage content
Weekly/monthly competitor/market analysis highlighting opportunities
and risks
Manage team of merchandisers and executives and 1-2-1
Building strong relationship with internal teams. Excellent communicator
within internal team to support correct timely execution
About the person:
Range/category experience or previous company experience at the same level
• Good planning, organizational and prioritization skills
• Can understand the customer journey of taxonomy, and discovery of products
• Strong analytical and numerical skills – someone who quickly grasps the key drivers of the department
At least 6 years’ experience in a Commercial role, preferably in retail
• 4 years’ experience in a Trading/Merchandising role within an eCommerce environment
Good working knowledge of MS Office
• Good working knowledge / experienced user of an eCommerce content management system
• Strong communication skills to attend meetings, interpret, input and deliver actions
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