From garden gnomes to Ideal Homes, this is an exciting opportunity to join our E-Commerce Team team, as our newest E-Commerce Trading Lead
Salary: £40,000 - £44,000 PLUS bonus earning potential
Contract: Full time (35 hours per week, 8am - 4pm OR 9am - 6pm, Monday - Friday)
Location: Milton Keynes/Hybrid - 2 days office-based, 3 days from home per week*.
*This may be more regularly during some of our busier, peak periods (up to 4 days per week on occasion) but you can expect to work from the office 1 to 2 days per week regularly.
About the Role
You'll have a background in digital trading, with a data-focused mind and you'll be looking to make an impact in a fast-paced digital environment. As an E-Commerce Lead, you'll bring your experience in optimising websites through trading, merchandising, site analytics & SEO to paint a clearer picture of sales and product performance to the Homebase website.
You will deliver the strategic digital intent in line with the Commercial range and trade plan, as well as focus on continuous development and optimisation across a key trading category. You will have experience of stakeholder management within a digital environment, understanding the different approaches needed across different trading categories, ensuring deadlines are met and a pro-active approach is a must.
It goes without saying that you'll live and breathe all things e-commerce and be excited by pushing boundaries to put the Homebase customer at the forefront of our digital strategy.
What will you be doing?
(Including but not limited to)
- End-to-end ownership of a digital category including, online merchandising, range launches, product lifecycle, pricing and promotion management, and digital category deep dives.
- Management of on-site merchandising and promotions for your category, reacting to performance signals and proposing new opportunities and solutions for the Commercial teams.
- Report on category digital sales, KPIs, and promotions in daily, weekly, and monthly trading meetings.
- Ownership of category optimisation in conjunction with the Digital Experience Team to increase conversion, basket size, and AOV
- Identify opportunities within the category to build on successes within our paid acquisition channels
- Work alongside our SEO agency and content teams to support both the overall and category-specific SEO strategy.
- Ensure easy and frictionless customer journeys across your category
What you need to be successful:
- Results focused with strong business acumen and a desire to deliver work of the highest quality
- Eye for detail – to be the product eyes of your category on the website
- Good interpersonal skills - you'll have the opportunity to influence the strategic direction of the business
- A self-starter, highly motivated, proactive, and positive attitude.
- Forward-thinker who can drive ideas forward
- Hands-on, comfortable with the ‘doing' – you'll be happy getting stuck-in to any task
What can we offer you?
- 20% team member discount for Homebase and Bathstore when shopping in-store and online, available from your very first day with us
- We'll give you the opportunity to enhance your pay through our fantastic, discretionary bonus plan
- Our Hapi To Be Home wellbeing portal helps you save money on everything from your weekly food shop to a fun night out with friends and family
- Holiday starting from 24 days plus bank holidays, rising with service
- We'll offer you learning and development opportunities to give you the tools to do your job and there is also the opportunity to earn recognised qualifications from City and Guilds and to gain apprenticeship qualifications to enhance/develop you in your role or career with us
PLUS MANY MORE! For more information on ALL of the fantastic rewards available to our team members visit our Benefits & Development page on Homebase.Careers
Interested? Great!
So what happens after you click apply?
Once you have completed your application we will do our best to inform you within 7 days if your application is being progressed, however sometimes due to the high volume of applications we receive this may take us a little longer.
At Homebase we are an equal opportunities employer and will always ensure our candidates and team members are treated fairly and equally, regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression, trade union membership or sexual orientation.