E-Commerce Manager

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Overview of role:

The E-Commerce Manager will coordinate and manage all online marketplace efforts, with a main focus on Amazon while also leaning into other brand-owned channels. This role will be tasked with executing PEARL iZUMis e-commerce channel strategy rooted in customer insights and market trends. Key duties will include sales planning, inventory planning, financial reporting and analysis and promotion coordination. This role has responsibility for executing and achieving the committed sales goals and sell-through activities for the product line. The ideal candidate should be proactive, data-driven, and demonstrate exceptional problem-solving abilities with a track record of developing and driving profitable e-commerce growth.

To be successful, this individual must be comfortable with and experienced in working cross-functionally in order to drive business growth. This person is data-driven and is an exceptional planner who can successfully prioritize and deliver consistent results. The ideal candidate will be able to manage multiple stakeholders, and partner and collaborate with many teams within the organization as well as with our external partners and agencies.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Implement overall Amazon strategies and best practices
• Run daily/weekly/monthly sales reporting of marketplace and e-commerce businesses to identify top sellers, sales trends and areas of opportunity
• Build profitable seasonal assortments by analyzing productivity and historical sales
• Analyze sales and inventory position, provide constructive insights and direction at SKU and category level.
• Use historical and real-time sales results to ensure optimal seasonal assortments and identify/react to in-season opportunities and misses
• Evaluate and implement overall marketplace strategies outside of Amazon
• Assist in development and management of budget with an eye on overall profitability
• Monitor overall account health, performance, and directly resolve any issues that may arise while consistently identifying areas for improvement
• Build processes and ensure operational excellence across cross-functional team
• Devise inventory forecasts for open to buy and on a weekly basis coordinate with Supply Chain to ensure proper inventory levels for marketplace
• Work directly with brand-owned distribution center to ensure on-time fulfillment of marketplace orders
• Develop strategy and manage the launch of new products on marketplace
• Develop strategy and oversee execution of advertising for products on marketplace in order to drive traffic and increase revenue
• Set strategy for Amazon promotions, coupons, and lightning deals

Job Qualifications:

• 5+ years e-commerce experience
• Significant, demonstrated experience working with/within Amazon including (but not limited to)
  1. 2+ years of experience consulting/managing Amazon accounts ideally with Fulfilled by Amazon and Fulfilled by Merchant
  2. Experience building an Amazon brand store
  3. An understanding of Amazon Advertising which includes keyword research, campaign buildouts, bid optimizations, reporting, and analyses knowledge of the different ad types
  4. Knowledge about Amazon display and how it affects the purchasing funnel
  5. An understanding of Amazon account operations, logistics, and the fees that may be associated with them
• An understanding of optimizing product detail pages including titles, key features enhanced brand content/A+ content
• Experience with inventory forecasting and sales channel line management
• Experience with sales management, sales planning and budget management
• Must have demonstrated skills and experience in financial analysis and reporting
• Working experience with vendor and seller central
• Experience working with and managing vendors
• Strong analytical, strategic and creative thinking, team leadership, planning, and organizational and problem solving skills
• Experience working in JDE / AS400 and Anaplan a plus

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualification associated with the job. The successful candidate will be expected to perform all functions from administrative processing to leading change initiatives.