ECommerce Trading Lead - Brands Search Job Description The eCommerce team is recruiting an eCommerce Trading Lead to join our Branded team and be at the forefront of our UK growth for NEXT and Brands! 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. The role As the eCommerce Trading Lead, you will lead the search and findability for Brands, to maximise the performance of all aspects of search funnel. You will review the metrics, make suggestions to optimise net sales and conversion and you’ll own ways to improve the search results, sort order, search imagery, filters, item titles, navigational links and navigational order. What else is involved?
* Continually review information on sales, bestsellers & key online metrics to summarise performance trends and pinpoint opportunities for further improvement.
* Support the business owners to maximise the performance of all funnel metrics for search & navigation (e.g. search conversion rate).
* Top free type searches for Brands reviewed and optimised.
* Drive on site optimisation based on data insights (redirects, search pills, filters, synonyms. attribution/item titles).
* Reviewing sort order and suggesting opportunities to improve as well as flagging and fixing issues.
* Manage the onsite navigation and menu for all Brands & Sports, including the presence of Brands within the divisional (e.g. Womens) navigation.
* Partner with the SEO team to implement best in class principles for driving organic traffic to NEXT.
* Build a strong working relationship with the Product Team.
* Deputising for the Business Owner of Brands Ecommerce.
You’ll be doing all this from our Leicestershire Head Office. Our offices are inspiring, yes. But we understand that life happens. So, we’re big on making sure your work, works for you which is why we offer flexible working - 3 days in the office per week and 2 from home. Bring your energy. Play to your strengths. Make things bigger and better than before. Let’s Take It On. So if you’ve got experience working within an eCommerce Trading environment, are highly analytical and comfortable with large volumes of data, have strong communication skills with a positive friendly and can-do attitude and are looking for the next challenge, this is the role for you! Benefits
* Competitive salary range of £35,000 - £44,000
* Annual company performance based bonus
* Sharesave scheme, which allows you to invest in NEXT and claim your share of our success
* Annual Pay Reward
* Pension 3% Employer/ 5% Employee
* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (can also buy/sell up to 3 days)
* 25% staff discount and free next day delivery to desk for online purchases
* A newly refurbished subsidised restaurant and bar
* Staff shops in Yorkshire and Leicestershire
* Juice bar and coffee shop
* Gympass - discounted gym membership
* Free company bus service to and from Leicester city centre and other areas
* Onsite nursery (salary sacrifice scheme) in Leicester
* A digital GP healthcare service
* & loads more!
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 some of our Benefits
* 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.