Ecommerce Manager - FMCG

Job Description

Role: Ecommerce ManagerLocation: Offices based in WatfordMix of office and remote working Salary: £60,000 plus discretionary bonus and benefits, which includes PMI and life assurance.Welcome to a brand new opportunity for 2022, and what could be your new home with a world of opportunities ahead of you.Whats on offer here is the chance to join a £200m, 50+ year old start-up.You read that right, its a business whose brands have been around for a long time, but is in essence a completely new start-up.HowBecause its the coming together of five well established brands across the food and drink FMCG markets. Their specialty is in the Indian and Asian foods market, which are sold through both independent retailers and the big national supermarket chains.They created a new parent business in order to bring everything together, and have also introduced a new leadership team to take them into their new phase of growth. This team is made up of some real powerhouses from businesses like Tilda, Tesco, Amazonand Premier Foods.The companys ambition over the coming couple of years is to grow each category by multiples, and they see this being achieved not just through investment and diversifying products. But by opening new channels, with an especially big focus on digital andecommerce, as theyre largely untapped to date. Instead relying on more traditional retail and brand heritage to see them through.The World Foods product categories have projections for significant growth over the coming 3-5 years, with people looking for new and authentic and exciting experiences for home cooking. So theyre looking to ensure the brands are well positioned and visiblein the appropriate locations to tap into this.This is where you come in.As the Ecommerce Manager, your role is to work with the national accounts team, defining a category-by-category approach to improving our ecommerce performance. Whilst the primary focus is to increase online sales through supermarket websites, youll alsogive focus to pureplay etailers and marketplaces - understanding the challenges and opportunities for each, helping to put in place the appropriate fixes and strategies which deliver improved trading results.This will include looking at content, brand and product assets, elements of UX and promotional strategies. Ensuring everything is appropriately optimised for channel and platform. With strategic decisions underpinned by sound data and commercial reasoningyoull focus initially on digital shelf optimisation.You will own the ecommerce roadmap for all brands and their respective product ranges. Looking to enhance ecommerce capabilities across both owned and 3 rd party sites. Ensuring each have the right assets, content, tools and functionality available to deliverto commercial objectives and growth in online sales.There is a lot of scope for growth and development as its so early on in their journey selling online. But theyre an environment which reflects a lot of pace and are certainly committed to the mission. Theres an exciting journey ahead, and one youresure to get a lot of satisfaction from.Key experience

• Good level of ecommerce experience established in an FMCG business
• Knowledge/experience of volume selling on behalf of a brand via 3 rd retailers including the big grocery firms and Amazon or online marketplaces
• Good knowledge of UX within ecommerce
• Confident influencer, able to galvanise others behind your ideas and strategies
• Able to demonstrate the positive impacts youve had on a business and delivery of commercial results
• Youre the kind of person who knows how to get things done and can work at pace to achieve success
• Energetic, able to work with ambiguity.

Want to Apply Heres how: You can share your Linkedin profile or email me a CVit doesnt have to be up to date, we can work on that once you decide you want to take this forward.Or, for a chat and more information please contact me on:Colin DoreeHead of Recruitment, Digital, Marketing & Data Blue Pelican