Role - E-commerce Lead - Self Selection Cosmetics (SSC)

Contract - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract / Secondment

Shift pattern: Full Time

Location - Nottingham Support Office

Hours - 37.5 per week

Closing date: - 13th Feb 2025

Recruitment Partner: Matthew Nelligan

Reporting to - Head of E-commerce

 

About the role

Boots Digital is an exciting team within Boots UK that is at the heart of our growth plans as more customers look to us for online help, advice, and shopping inspiration. As well as, of course, the best Boots products, prices and offers. As customers are changing, so are we: focusing on really understanding our customers’ needs and making the most of our great products and services to increase the online shopping experience and improve growth.

 As an eCommerce Trading Lead for the Self Selection Cosmetics category, you will be part of the wider Beauty eCommerce trading team, responsible for day-to-day trade of our exciting, fast-paced Cosmetics category and how our incredible brands show up on boots.com, to achieve stretching growth targets.

 

 About the opportunity 

 Responsible for the day-to-day trading and how the SSC category shows up across Boots.com, contributing to total Boots.com revenue & profit growth and market share goals

Be seen as the digital expert in your category, holding a clear understanding of the drivers for the category and the Cosmetics market, with insight about how to improve conversion and increase customer acquisition

Delivery of new product launches, salesplan, online trade plan and managing the digital plan for your brands and category.

Managing multiple all partners to ensure the category is appropriately supported

Supporting development projects and process improvements, ensuring that ecommerce trading and customer requirements are captured.

Responsible for legal and safe trade of own categories online and delivery of KPIs 

What you’ll need to have

Experience of working in a commercial role, either within eCommerce or with strong retail trading/buying experience.

An understanding of online trading levers and performance marketing – confident in using data & insight to increase performance and in building and delivering plans.

Use initiative and be willing to push boundaries and take calculated risks to gain a competitive advantage.

Excellent partner management – confident engaging, influencing and holding to account teams, peers, senior partners and third parties (e.g., product suppliers).

Adaptable and able to maintain excellent prioritisation and organisation skills within a fast-paced environment.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE: This role requires regular working outside normal offices hours. This typically involves working from 5am one or two times a month and occasional overnight working e.g., for major launches. In general, you will be expected to be flexible with your working hours to meet business and customer needs.

 Our benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child

Flexible benefits scheme including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and more.

Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate

 

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, it's with you, we change for the better.

 

What's next

If your application is successful, our in-house recruitment team will be in touch to arrange an interview and to answer any initial questions you have. If you have not been successful on this occasion you will be notified by email.  

If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

This role requires the successful candidate to complete a Pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable groups) or an Access NI Check.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.