Head of Online Trading - London / Remote

London (Hybrid Working)

Permanent
Full Time
Grade 6

Our passion at Currys is helping everyone enjoy the latest tech. We’re proud of the service levels we provide for our customers online, in-store or in their homes. It’s all down to our people, 30,000+ capable and committed colleagues.

The Head of Online Trading is a key member of the eCommerce senior leadership team, responsible for delivering the commercial plan for currys.co.uk and carphonewarehouse.com websites. The role will manage the online trading, merchandising & operations, and performance marketing teams (PPC & Affiliates). This is a high-profiled position and requires exceptionally robust commercial acumen, excellent senior stakeholder management, strong leadership and great communication skills. You will be results focused, analytical and a real trader at heart.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Reporting, translating and owning online trading performance throughout the business on a continuous basis; understand the key drivers of trade & drive recommendations through storytelling, listening & asking questions
• Defining and owning the ecommerce sales strategy that drives top line and margin growth to achieve our key category objectives
• Work with Finance and other key stakeholders to manage the budgeting process for online
• Own and manage site merchandising to optimize product, category pages and brand shops; leveraging our tools from reviews and recommendations
• Support the performance marketing teams in communicating and delivering their strategy of optimising spend to ensure we drive profit
• Keep up to date with innovations in ecommerce, omnichannel retailing and service development
• Collaborate with the Head of Product, Head of UXDigital Design & Head of Analytics to improve & drive commerciality of our customer experience & site performance metrics to take appropriate action where necessary
• Engage and influence our commercial squads to ensure we are maximising our online range development, promotion planning and sales opportunities.

Key Skills, Qualifications & Experience

• Strong collaboration, relationship building & influencing skills to manage key stakeholders at all levels
• Expert knowledge of the key drivers of eCommerce performance & online marketing
• Educated to degree level (or equivalent)
• Strong demonstrable experience across Commercial and eCommerce ideally within a FTSE250 retailer
• Ability to articulate the complexity of web and digital into common language
• Excellent analytical skills; detail oriented and good at simplifying data insights
• Excellent prioritisation skills, work to deadlines and under pressure
• Excellent team player and leadership skills – work with, support and drive a large team.

We’re one team and we celebrate all the great things you do. One way we show our gratitude is by giving you access to a range of lifestyle benefits including:
Private medical insurance
Car allowance
Competitive pension scheme
Discretionary company bonus scheme
Life Assurance
Staff discounts & offers
EAP
Hybrid working; arrangements will depend on your role and business requirements. You could be working from our Currys Campus at Waterloo (WeWork), meeting & collaborating at Currys regional workspaces or working from home.

Beyond that, we’ll be with you every step of the way, enabling you to get the most out of your role. We’re building a team that brings technology to people, making their lives better, easier and fuller, and you can be part of it.
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