Ecommerce Trading Manager – Healthcare (6 Month FTC)

Croydon, UK (Hybrid)

£35K/yr – £45K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the online healthcare category with clear ownership of commercial performance, trading analysis, and campaigns that lift sales and profitability across digital channels.

  • Growth and trading: drive category performance by turning data and customer insights into actionable plan, promotions, and site merchandising decisions.
  • Experience and UX: partner with UX, Digital, and Content teams to optimize discovery, navigation and conversion across product journeys.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the commercial performance of key healthcare categories online.
  • Analyse trading performance and identify opportunities to increase sales, conversion and profitability.
  • Develop and deliver category trading plans aligned to business objectives.
  • Use customer insights, market data and competitor activity to shape future strategy.
  • Optimise product journeys and site merchandising to improve customer engagement and conversion.
  • Ensure customers can easily discover, navigate and purchase products online.
  • Identify opportunities to increase basket spend through promotional activity, cross-selling and upselling initiatives.
  • Work closely with UX and Digital teams to continually improve the online customer experience.
  • Manage category trading calendars and coordinate key promotional activity.
  • Build compelling online campaigns that support both customer needs and commercial objectives.

Requirements

  • Previous ecommerce trading, digital merchandising or online category management experience.
  • Strong commercial awareness and the ability to interpret data and identify opportunities.
  • Experience working within retail, ecommerce or a fast-paced consumer environment.
  • A customer-first mindset with a passion for creating exceptional online experiences.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
  • Confidence using analytics and performance data to inform decisions.
  • A proactive approach, with the ability to challenge, influence and drive change.

Preferred

  • Experience within health, beauty, FMCG or retail categories.
  • Knowledge of ecommerce platforms, digital merchandising and promotional planning.
  • Experience working with UX, content or digital development teams.

Benefits

  • 33 days holiday (including bank holidays), rising to 38 days with service
  • Annual bonus opportunity
  • Matched pension contribution
  • Hybrid working with 3 office days and 2 home-working days
  • 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand products
  • Two staff discount cards for you and a family member or friend
  • Early access to earned pay through Stream
  • Enhanced maternity, adoption and shared parental leave
  • Company sick pay and pregnancy loss support
  • Industry-leading learning and development opportunities
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Our vision is to be the best in everyday accessible beauty and health. It’s our mission to be our customers first choice for up to the minute beauty and health, loved for value, choice and friendly advice, online and instore. We stock the biggest beauty and health brands, as well as exclusive brands and products that can only be found at Superdrug. We’re proud of our Own Brands, from Studio London cosmetics to B. Skin, we believe that efficacy and value can work together to deliver incredible results. Our Own Brand products are cruelty free and carry the leaping bunny logo, certified by Cruelty Free International. Our Healthcare teams deliver instore and online services to patients up and down the country. From free blood pressure checks to travel vaccinations and phlebotomy services to Online Doctor, we support thousands of customers every week. Our Beauty Studios continue to grow rapidly, offering a range of services from piercing to Hair cuts in our biggest Beauty Studios. Superdrug is part of AS Watson Group, the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer operating over 17,000 stores under 12 retail brands in 31 markets, with over 130,000 employees worldwide. For the fiscal year 2024, AS Watson Group recorded revenue of over US$24 billion. Every year, it is serving over 6 billion shoppers via its O+O (Offline plus Online) platforms, providing tech-enabled retail experience to customers offline and online.

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