- Work with sellers to manage onboarding, compliance and performance
- Manage a growing team of operations executives
- Manage the day to day operation, problem solving, escalating issues as required and seeking opportunities to improve our operations
- Drive problem solving including identifying the key issues and developing effective solutions to manage or mitigate
- Effectively use insight to understand customer needs, market trends and competitor activity to identify and influence opportunities
- Develop processes and methodology for operations
- Superb data manipulation skills – this means you should be proficient with MS Excel
- The ability to quickly grasp and utilise multiple product systems
- Project management skills
- Experience of working in an online retail environment (essential)
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills as you'll be working alongside stakeholders, suppliers and colleagues with varying technical experience
- Experience of managing a team
Operations Manager - Welwyn, United Kingdom - Pontoon Solutions
Description
Job Description
Operations Manager – Marketplace
Department: Online Development
Salary: Competitive
Location: Welwyn Garden City
About Marketplace
Our client is launching a brand-new online venture, designed to give customers the opportunity to use our website to shop for a wide range of third-party products in addition to the groceries they already know and love. The initial focus will be on pet food, health and beauty products and alcohol, and as with other online marketplaces, sellers will fulfil orders directly. Join us on this exciting new journey, and you'll be a key member of a hardworking, collaborative team that's delivering on our promise to serve our customers, communities and the planet a little better every day.
Life on the team
As a creative pioneer and inspirational manager, you'll be an innovative business developer. The key to the Marketplace team's success will be its ability to work with many other teams in the wider family, including Finance, Digital Product and Online Operations. No two days will be the same as you become an expert in your area of the Marketplace model.
What you'll do
What you'll need
If you have not received a response within 48 hours of applying, please assume you have not been shortlisted this time.
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