Ecommerce Sr Professional- Leeds - Arla Foods

Arla Foods

Verified Company

Leeds, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

In this role you will be responsible for developing and delivering customer and category eCommerce growth plans, reporting into the UK Head of eCommerce.

You will need to leverage tactics such as digital shelf optimisation, the fast evolving retail media landscape and exploring innovative partnerships with third parties or retailers directly.

How will you make an impact?

Arla has an ambitious Digital Business agenda and you'll be one of the main driving forces to deliver our growth ambitions.

You will also closely collaborate with our Global eCommerce Team and Digital Marketing team as well as eCommerce teams in other countries, sharing insights, innovations and best practices to rapidly accelerate growth in one of our top eTail accounts with an online Dairy turnover of c£330m.

Establish key points of contact and lead interface with retailer eCommerce & Commercial teams
Define & develop long, medium and short term plans to deliver eCommerce customer growth aligned to total UK Customer Plan / JBP
Negotiate & secure retailer data and support integration/processing into Arla tracking & systems
Establish effective ways of working internally and externally & build strong relationships
Overall Responsible for Customer Business Unit eCommerce targets. Tracking and reporting performance and optimising plans as required
Ensure best practice Product Description Pages and content ecosystem are in place, using retailer specific insights to optimise + tracking compliance
Superuser Responsibilities across key eCommerce reporting tools supporting effective and timely development & embedding incl Digital Shelf Analytics & Market data systems
Keeping close to eTailer strategy & plans and sharing with UK eCommerce team & wider business
Lead eCommerce Business and brand planning for aligned category ensuring outputs of eCommerce category/brand plans including NRM strategy
Support delivery of eCommerce category/brand plans and projects incl content, eCommerce NPD and eCommerce campaigns
Track and review category eCommerce performance, bringing insight back to the business and developing actions to drive Arla performance
Focus Group Responsibilities updates & utilising forum to follow through on key project action plans

What you'll need to succeed
Your track record reflects experience within commercial FMCG. You have experience working with multifunctional teams. You have business acumen and exceptional drive, and you are willing to go the extra mile to deliver results. You must have a strong entrepreneurial spirit, with the skills to collaborate and lead within a matrix team.

Among colleagues you are characterized as a great communicator, decision-maker with personal impact and a good deal of resilience, and excellent planning and organisational skills.

Demonstrable success in FMCG sales/category/customer marketing
Ability to influence at all levels
Understanding of the online customer journey for retailers
Experienced in commercial project management
Must bring entrepreneurial spirit with motivation and drive to be a selfstarter
Good communication and interpersonal skills, should have the ability to work across functions within the business to gain support for eComm
Strong prioritization and multitasking skills.

Your profile
We are looking for a strong team-player who can create and build strong business relationships. A true change agent who can find the way in a complex matrix organization. Your ambition is to take the next step and progress within Digital Business.

Furthermore, you have:

Experience in leading and delivering through crossfunctional teams;
A solid long term view and are able to implement it;
Strong communication skills as well as proficiency in written and spoken English;
Ability to work in complex organization and handling many activities at the same time;
Customer centric approach and deep understanding of retailer strategies, priorities and key objectives and ability to align activities to these where relevant;
Strong problemsolving skills and attention to detail;
A true passion for Digital, consumer insights and business development;
An open mind and curiosity in exploring new areas and ideas.

Benefits