Commissionempire.com - Vice President - eCommerce

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Job Summary

- The Vice President, Ecommerce will contribute to success by serving as a key business partner to the CEO, collaborating with cross-functional business activities, and providing direction and leadership for the ecommerce strategy and business planning.

- The VP, Ecommerce is critical to the growth plan and is responsible for driving the development and execution of the overall E-Commerce strategy including the online demand generation, website customer experience and engagement, web analytics, and customer service.

- The ideal candidate will possess prior experience in the B2C category in US and/or experience with contemporary apparel and/or accessory brands. Additionally, they will possess strong vendor relations, project management, communication and analytical skills, as well as experience working for a data-driven, multi-channel, direct-to-consumer e-commerce retailer.

- Additionally, this candidate will be able to identify key trends across the region to connect with key consumers segments to promote brand loyalty and grow the businesses with respect to digital connectivity, community and brand authenticity to deliver on an integrated omni-channel consumer experience.

- Partnering with key leaders across the Company in the areas of merchandising, marketing, wholesale and technology, the VP will strive to deliver consistency in the customer experience and ensure a market-leading position for this dynamic and unique company.

Essential Responsibilities

Leadership

- Provide inspirational leadership and direction to direct report team and ensure the continued development and management of a professional and efficient organization.

- Cultivate strong and transparent working relationships across the organization, ensuring open communication about the measurement of financial, programmatic and impact performance against stated milestones and goals.

- Lead with compelling strategic vision that is in alignment with the Company's short and long-term goals and strategic plan.

Strategic Planning and Execution

- Clearly identify a strategy for execution in alignment with long-range plan and strategic priorities to drive revenue and increase market share developing strategic and operational plans for the team, managing execution, and measuring and delivering results

- Full P&L responsibility of eCommerce North America

- Responsible for developing entire ecommerce budget including annual budgets around advertising spend, return on ad spend, member and customer growth, and other appropriate metrics.

- Ongoing analyzing and evaluation of the effectiveness of North America websites sales, methods, costs and results

- Leverage customer insight and constantly monitor the competitive landscape and market conditions to identify opportunities, issues, and risks in order to recommend strategies and tactics

- Driving customer acquisition and topline growth through SEM, SEO, affiliate marketing, and display retargeting focusing on revenue goals and EBITDA expansion all the while being value and mission driven

- Lead analytics team to understand user behavior across all digital channels to help improve site engagement and increase conversion of key metrics

- Work closely with brand marketing team on website content generation in telling the story and maximize return through testing, site optimization, and improving online customer experience

- Provide best in class customer care operation through both internal team and external vendors

Requirements & Qualifications

- Direct eCommerce strategy across all products and online assets in support of overall business growth and revenue targets; oversight of daily web operations, seasonal ecommerce strategies to ensure all projects support the brand strategy and contribute to growth

- Deliver inspiring brand content in addition to a premium merchandised product domain to optimize ecommerce business

- Own user experience, monitor performance and propose continuous improvements along key metrics such as traffic, conversion, order value, returns and cancellations

- Identify and recommend emerging trends and advancements in web technologies in order to drive new business opportunities that focus on ROI

- Oversee the planning and development of site production calendar and ensure all cross functional deliverables are met in accordance with assigned deadlines

- Analyze trends in customer service call outs and implement improvement to address common issues; collaborate with customer service, fraud and logistics to ensure a best-in-class experience

- Ensure the enterprise delivers on its financial plans (sales, margin, contribution, inventory turns) through online purchases

Experience

- 5+ years of successful leadership experience in a complex, multi-brand, multi-channel global environment. This must include experience in the footwear industry

- Must have experience as a manager who can properly influence people, process and technology in a manner that enriches the company's culture and overall sales team performance

- Must have a successful track record of leadership and the ability to attract, develop and retain world class talent

- Must be a consummate team player, putting others before self, and actively engage stakeholders at all levels

- Must be customer focused, both internal and external to the Company

- Must be an outstanding servant leader, with excellent interpersonal and communications skills

- Must be business savvy and have the ability to grasp the business model and strategic plans of the enterprise

- Must be highly adept and capable of building and maintaining trusting partnerships and relationships across the board with business unit leadership as well as with the company's external consumer, wholesale, retail and cross-functional partners