Ecommerce Manager

Grand Rapids, MI (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead Ecommerce operations and people management for Brand Advocate Analyst and Online Merchandisers, shaping priorities, processes, and performance for product content, launches, and onsite merchandising.

  • Own team leadership, coaching, and workload planning.
  • Must-have: 5+ years managing Ecommerce teams with proven speed, accuracy, and conversion improvements.
  • Standout: End-to-end ownership of product launches, content QA, and merchandising standards.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Directly manage, coach, and develop the Brand Advocate Analyst (BAA) team and Online Merchandisers.
  • Set clear priorities, workflows, and quality standards for product setup, product content, onsite merchandising, and ongoing maintenance.
  • Own capacity planning and workload management; allocate resources to the highest-value work.
  • Establish performance expectations, provide feedback, and support professional development.
  • Identify skill gaps and drive training/standard work to improve speed, accuracy, and consistency.
  • Serve as the primary Ecommerce point of contact for Business Units; translate BU needs into clear priorities and executable work.
  • Create and maintain a structured intake and prioritization process (what comes in, how it’s evaluated, when it will be delivered).
  • Build strong relationships with BU stakeholders to align assortment priorities, product launches, content needs, and merchandising plans.
  • Communicate status, tradeoffs, and outcomes clearly, proactively surface risks, dependencies, and opportunities.
  • Lead day-to-day execution through the merchandising and BAA teams, including: Product setup and updates (adds/removes/changes); Collection/category merchandising; Landing page updates and onsite promotional execution; Content QA (titles, descriptions, specs, imagery, pricing accuracy where applicable); Maintain and improve onsite merchandising standards to support discovery, clarity, and conversion; Own the product launch calendar from an Ecommerce execution standpoint; coordinate across internal and external partners to ensure accurate, on-time launches.

Requirements

  • Five (5+) years of people and team management experience, including direct responsibility for hiring, coaching, performance management, and team development.
  • 7–10 years of Ecommerce experience with increasing responsibility; experience supporting Home Depot, Lowe’s, and/or independent retailers strongly preferred.
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience with proven results growing Ecommerce performance.

Preferred

  • Ecommerce content, merchandising, or analytics teams experience (preferred).
  • Working knowledge of SEO best practices and onsite conversion drivers as applied through product content and merchandising execution.
  • Proficiency in MS Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word).
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UFP Industries, Inc.

UFP Industries is a holding company whose operating subsidiaries – UFP Packaging, UFP Construction and UFP Retail Solutions – manufacture, distribute and sell a wide variety of products used in residential and commercial construction, packaging and industrial applications. Founded in 1955, the company has operations in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Founded in 1955
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
3K employees (239 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
31.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
43.5%
Direct
45.5%
Referral
7%
Social
2.3%
Paid
1.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~3K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
125 (4% of company)

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