Online Trading Manager

☞ The Entertainer

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Update day: 07-05-2024

Location: Amersham South East

Category: Finance / Bank / Stock Sales

Industry: Apparel & Fashion Consumer Goods Retail

Position: Associate

Job type: Full-time

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It’s hard to imagine that the first Entertainer store only opened back in 1981. Today The Entertainer is the U.K.’s Largest Independent Toy Retailer. In the UK we operate over 170 UK stores stretched across England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the islands! As a business, we also own the Early Learning Centre and Totally Toys brands, both of which are represented through the UK and international partnerships including Matalan. Outside of the UK we also manage a chain of toy stores in both Spain and Malta plus a growing number of Entertainer and Early Learning Centre franchise partnerships across the globe. We also own a brand toy supplier Addo Play – which supplies our stores and other retailers across the globe.

The Group Head Office is based in Buckinghamshire

Toy retailing is demanding and fast-paced but also fun and every day brings new challenges and opportunities. We are also a family-run company that truly cares about our people, our customers and the communities in which we trade.

Your rewards include Profit Related Bonus, Homeworking, flexible start times,20% Toy Discount, Life Cover, Payroll Giving, Pension, High Street & Leisure Discounts and Cycle to Work schemes.

As the Online Trading Manager, you will be responsible for the commercial performance of our UK web channels ToyShop.com and ELC.co.uk. Your primary focus is to implement the online trading strategy and deliver the growth ambitions of the business.

You will be a great leader with the ability to influence at all levels across the business

This is a highly commercial role; it is vital you are fiercely analytical and comfortable working with financial data and digital insight.

Responsibilities
  • Deliver the online trading strategy and budget for UK online channels.
  • Develop and lead a high performing online trading team.
  • Work with the wider online management team and commercial buying team to drive performance.
  • Represent the online team to wider business stakeholders.
  • Manage the budgeting, forecasting and reporting of UK online channels.
  • Manage our external retail partner relationships.
  • Analyse and report on weekly/monthly performance, drawing insight and making trade recommendations that drive growth.
  • Develop and manage the online trade calendar and brand campaigns.
Skills & Experience
  • Strong trading and commercial acumen with at least 3 years’ experience in a retail/ecom buying/trading role.
  • Detailed understanding of ecommerce, with hands-on experience of merchandising, customer journeys, online marketing and web analytics.
  • Great influencing skills and comfortable communicating at a senior level.
  • Strong manager with a track record of coaching and developing individuals.
  • Demonstrable ability of using Google Analytics 360.
  • SAP Hybris experience desired (not essential).
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Deadline: 21-06-2024

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