Online Merchandising Manager Thomas Cook

Job Description

Position: Online Merchandising Manager

Salary range: £50,000 - £60,000

Job Description

Maintain your area of the website with up-to-date, smart and relevant product content to enhance and maximize the customer experience
Secure exclusive deals in exchange for merchandising placements
Negotiate placements with internal and external supply sources
Work with the site optimisation, marketing and customer service teams to ensure agreed-upon calendar of promotional events
Populate and track performance of merchandising placements;
- Use self-service templates to deliver merchandising commitments
- Ensure content conforms to site standards, co-op commitments and promotional requirement
- Refine and optimise merchandising activity by analysing traffic and sales data to improve overall effectiveness
Test new merchandising initiatives
Improve consumer e-mails by selecting the right products for promotion and analysing performance

Essential:

Ability to influence at a senior level - must have excellent verbal, written communication and organisational skills
Strong interpersonal skills for working with internal and external supply contacts
Results-focused and driven, with a strong 'can do' attitude
Works confidently without constant supervision, yet is aware and works within internal processes
Strong team player
Comfortable and flexible with ambiguity that comes from working in a fast-paced environment
Ability to manage multiple projects - with strengths in prioritisation and planning
Quick thinker with the ability to think both commercially and analytically
Success negotiating with internal and external partners
Experience forecasting commercial results
Commercial and analytical smarts - good at using data to identify tactical business opportunities
Hands-on data management experience requiring intermediate/advanced Excel skills (e.g. confident usage of pivot tables, usage of logical functions, etc
High computer literacy, with the ability to learn new systems and tools quickly
Bachelors degree or equivalent
Extensive work experience

Desirable:

Success in negotiating with internal and external partners
Online merchandising experience preferred, with partners to secure merchandising and/or co-op support online travel merchandising
Experience populating pages to a web site (even if just using pre-defined templates)
Copyediting or commercial copywriting experience
Significant experience in consumer travel distribution
Online travel industry experience Consumer e-commerce experience
Consumer e-commerce experience
Cruise industry experience

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