eCommerce Trading Manager – Brands

Job title:

eCommerce Trading Manager – Brands

Company

Next

Job description

Job Category: MarketingJob Description:About the role:The eCommerce team are on the lookout for an eCommerce Trading Manager to join and be at the forefront of our UK growth, focusing on launching and trading a new website for our own brand – “The Set”. Based at Head Office in Leicestershire, offering a competitive salary alongside great benefits!At NEXT, not only are we one of the UK’s largest fashion retailers, but we’re also one of the largest listed companies, full-stop. Selling our products and thousands of world-famous brands, both in-store and online UK and Internationally. What’s more, we’re growing. Fast. And it’s the kind of growth and investment that is exciting for everyone in our business.The UK Trading team fuels UK growth by optimising online product sales on Next.co.uk across Womenswear, Menswear, Childrenswear and Home. They drive exciting product launches and strategic promotions to maximise sales and brand visibility.As the Trading Manager on our Brands team, you will drive and own the success for our own brand, “The Set,” through the launch and ongoing optimisation of its new website. You will leverage insights to optimise the entire eCommerce funnel, from search and product pages to purchase and marketing strategies, working closely with and influencing key stakeholders across the business. Most importantly, you won’t be afraid to challenge the status quo and put forward new and innovative ways to grow the businesses.About you:

• Work alongside the Business Manager to set and drive the strategy for the Set, managing any team members to achieve growth and to manage the launch plan for the website.
• Key person to account for trading the Set website, therefore, an expert in product and key trends for the brand and translating this into the customer journey to drive sales.
• Use data-driven decisions to trade your products across marketing, search & navigation, and product pages. Looking at key performance metrics, user behaviour, and customer insights to identify opportunities for growth and improvements in the sales funnel.
• Provide and present weekly sales performance and in-week insights to maximise sales potential to all relevant stakeholders.
• Representing the Set within the eCommerce team, putting the website forward for any UX innovation for any ways to grow and develop the website.
• Suggesting and implementing testing ideas and other data-driven approaches to refine and optimise the overall customer journey.
• Deliver regular performance updates back to the business, through monthly roadmap meetings.
• Work closely with key stakeholders throughout the business (mainly Product, Marketing, Data & Content) to ensure we are delivering the appropriate story-telling for brands on Seasons, as well as, for Seasons as a brand on Next and externally.
• To plan and execute the E2E marketing plan for all touch-points of The Set aligning with customer demand.

About Us: You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!About the Team:

• 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria’s Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
• Company performance based bonus
• Sharesave scheme
• On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
• 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
• Early VIP access to sale stock
• Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
• Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
• Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
• Free on-site parking
• Financial Wellbeing – Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
• Apprenticeship – Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
• Direct to Work – Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
• Support Networks – Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
• Wellhub – Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more

Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change.We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email headoffice_careers@next.co.uk (please include ‘Workplace Adjustments’ in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.

Expected salary

Location

Leicester

Job date

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 04:26:41 GMT

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