United Kingdom onlyWe are looking for an Ecommerce Trading Assistant to join our Next UK Homeware Trading team!
As the Trading Assistant for home, you will work with the home Trading Lead to deliver growth for this channel. You will play a key role in maintaining strong relationships across the business with teams such as Marketing and Product.
You will look after the onsite trading & promotion of Next UK homeware and will push forward the customer journey on site as well as brief in relevant marketing.
We are looking for someone who is creative and has an eye for Fashion and someone who is comfortable with data and has experience of using data to make decisions. You must have the ability to be both creative and analytical and able to work well in a fast paced environment.
We can offer hybrid working with part of the week working at Next Head Office in Enderby, Leicestershire and part of the week working remotely. (3 days office, 2 days remote!)
About the role
- You will work alongside other home trading team members to grow and advocate for homeware at Next.
- You’ll look at sales and best sellers daily to spot new and emerging products/categories of interest and make sure actions are implemented from this.
- You will feed in new ideas and amends to help with the optimisation of home brands online, using data to support decision making.
- It will be your responsibility to actively trade homeware on Next. Spotting opportunities to maximise sales potential, using all reporting available to you.
- You will provide weekly trading updates and actively trade the website making commercial decisions.
- You will build key relationships around the business and collaborate with key teams across Ecommerce for example, SEO, data and marketing teams.
- You will identify opportunities for growth and improvements onsite and in marketing.
- You will brief marketing and contribute to activity planning, increasing sales through commercial and product knowledge.
- You will work closely with product teams to develop product knowledge and translate this into commercial marketing plans.
- You will keep up to date with trends and the market and continue to evolve the onsite customer experience.
- You will champion new ideas and initiatives and see them through to completion.
About you
- Must have previous experience in an eCommerce or Merchandising/Buying environment.
- A creative eye.
- Online Trading experience is desirable.
- Must have the ability to demonstrate being a team player, working with multiple stakeholders.
- Have an analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and implement data-driven strategies.
- Have excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Have an interest and passion for eCommerce.
- Have knowledge of marketing best practices with an ability to think commercially.
- Have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing priorities.
- A keen interest in using eCommerce systems and analytics tools.
- A passion for delivering an exceptional shopping experience and a customer-centric mindset.
- A keen interest in Homeware.
