eCommerce Trading Manager

The role

As an eCommerce Marketing Manager on a 12-month fixed-term maternity cover contract , you will be at the forefront of fuelling our UK growth within the eCommerce team. 

Working within the UK Trading team, you will make a pivotal difference by optimising online product sales on next.co.uk across Womenswear, Menswear, Childrenswear, and Home. You will collaborate closely with senior stakeholders to create marketing plans that deliver a truly inspirational customer experience while utilising commercial insights to drive year-on-year growth. Operating from our Leicestershire Head Office, you will be supported by brand marketing, design, and content teams to bring a creative edge to our online trading.

What you'll take on

Develop and execute weekly next.co.uk homepage refreshes and drive our Next Onsite Advertising (NextAds) strategy forward.

Optimise the homepage to drive customer engagement and revenue while maintaining brand integrity alongside brand marketing, design, and content teams.

Monitor sales, bestsellers, and key online metrics to react to performance trends, adapting marketing plans and presenting results to senior stakeholders with actionable competitor analysis.

Manage the end-to-end delivery of NextAds onsite marketing placements, from creative refresh rotations to building ads within our CMS, leveraging offshore teams to scale efficiency.

Project manage the NextAds team workload, driving critical paths through to completion.

Work closely with brand marketing to understand all available creative assets and recommend images week to week.

Attend relevant internal and external meetings while maintaining accurate administration of key business documents.

What you'll bring

Proven experience in eCommerce trading or delivering high-impact marketing campaigns.

A highly analytical mindset with the ability to use data and user behaviour insights to inform your commercial decisions.

Excellent communication skills with the confidence to present to a range of audiences, collaborate across the wider business, and influence to win support for positive change.

A good visual eye and experience working within a fashion-based retailer, ideally combined with experience working in a CMS.

The agility to thrive in a fast-paced retail environment and easily adapt to shifting priorities.

A clear sense of vision, direction, and belief, backed by perseverance and a desire to succeed.

Previous line managing experience to help establish effective and efficient ways of working.