Digital Merchandiser

Proximity Recruitment are searching for a dynamic, commercial Digital Merchandiser (circa £40,000 + Bonus + Benefits) to join thriving, products driven business in Northamptonshire.

The role benefits from hybrid working; 2 days a week in the office and joins a talented team in a quickly transforming 'digitalfirst’ business.

Responsibilities include:

- Ownership of specific product categories, with the purpose of delivering incremental traffic, sales, and margin.
- Plan and deliver a category strategy plan to deliver performance improvements and enhanced customer experience whatever the digital touchpoint.
- Optimise your categories to support all pillars of the E-Commerce success: Taxonomy, SEO, Content, Visual Merchandising, Onsite Search, User Generated Content, Personalisation and Product Recommendations.
- Review web performance daily, provide weekly and period reporting and use this insight to deliver clear actions, objectives and plans for refinement.
- Utilise tools such as search engine performance software to understand category performance and make relevant data refinements resulting in improved performance.
- Work cross functionally with key stakeholders to define and implement a robust promotional planning process that optimises business efficiency and ensures the right data is secured by category.
- Identify opportunities and make recommendations for continuous improvement online.
- Ensure product content accuracy and manage change for your category through the data and content teams.
- Work with the Digital Acquisition, Editorial and Product Information teams to ensure a consistent and effective category approach for the customer.