Digital Trading Manager - Junior

SharkNinja are looking for a Junior Digital Trading Manager to join the eCommerce team, based in our European head office in London. Reporting to the Digital Trading Manager, you will help drive digital sales performance in the assigned category through development of the trade plan & merchandising strategy, whilst managing inventory, gross margin and forecast attainment.

Sales through our digital channels are a key part of our continued growth strategy and you will have the opportunity to develop a career in this market leading space. This role will be an integral part in our fast growing and progressive D2C department. The ideal candidate will bring good trading and merchandising knowledge as well as a general understanding of digital marketing, supply chain and online consumer shopping behaviour.

What you will do:

Support the Digital Trading Manager with:

• Building relationships with stakeholders to develop effective trading plans for the D2C business and achieve key deliverables on focus initiatives
• Managing forecast accuracy and inventory levels to ensure product availability through D2C sites
• Reporting on sales performance, gross margin and forecast attainment in key product categories, analysing & presenting data and insights to stakeholders
• Reviewing online content before go-live to ensure it is effective and managing detail-oriented optimisations to drive continuous improvements and maximise sales opportunities
• Driving value-add activity to optimise sales metrics, increasing profitability and average selling price across the brand
• Leading a cross functional virtual team, leading key stakeholders to build effective trading events

Your main KPIs:

• Revenue and margin targets attainment for the assigned category
• Revenue forecast accuracy
• Excess and obsolete inventory value

What you will have:

• Strong understanding of the online shopping landscape and commercial mindset
• 2+ years' experience in a similar Digital Sales & commercial trading role
• Understand the digital shopping funnel and the key digital trading metrics across traffic, conversion, revenue and gross margin
• Demonstrate initiative and ability to react to change in a fast-paced environment, working as part of a team
• Basic experience using E-Commerce platforms to set up and manage promotions
• Effective communicator with the ability to work with cross-functional teams, making active contributions to drive key category objectives
• Self-starter with good time management and organisation skills
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel) and interpretation of commercial sales data
• Some experience in analytics platforms & online performance tools (e.g. PowerBI, Google Analytics, ContentSquare etc.)

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