Marketplace Trading Manager (12 month Contract)

This is a 12 month maternity contract

We’re Pentland Brands: a global family business behind some of the world’s most iconic active and lifestyle brands. We bring integrity, energy and ambition to our work, setting high standards and striving to deliver great outcomes without ego.

With over 1,500 team members worldwide, we’re proud of our diverse, inclusive culture where everyone is encouraged to speak up, challenge thinking, create breakthroughs and collaborate openly. Our people are what set us apart, and we’re committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive.

Reports to: Marketplace Trading Manager

Location: London, Farringdon

Hours: 36.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday (4.30pm finish on a Friday)

The Senior Trading Executive Mission:

The Senior Marketplace Trade Executive plays a key role in delivering sales, profitability, and brand objectives across Pentland Brands’ marketplace platforms. Acting as a trusted deputy to the Marketplace Trading Manager, this role owns day-to-day trading execution, performance analysis, and cross-functional coordination during a period of maternity leave cover.

This role is suited to an experienced trade or ecommerce executive ready to take on greater responsibility, ownership, and commercial exposure within a fast-paced DTC environment.

How you'll drive success:

Deliver Marketplace Trading Performance

• Own the day-to-day trading performance of assigned marketplace accounts, supporting delivery of sales, margin, and brand targets.

• Produce and lead weekly trading reports, identifying performance trends, risks, and opportunities.

• Support trading reviews with clear insights and recommended actions to drive performance improvements.

Forecasting, Planning & Stock Management

• Own elements of monthly forecasting and planning cycles, maintaining rolling forecasts and trackers.

• Work closely with Merchandise Planning teams to align assortments with marketplace demand and trading opportunities.

• Monitor stock availability and performance, proactively highlighting risks and supporting actions to improve availability and sell-through.

Execute Commercial & Marketing Activity

• Lead the execution of agreed commercial and marketing plans across marketplace platforms.

• Coordinate with internal teams (Planning, Customer Operations, Brand Marketing, Paid Media) to ensure timely and accurate delivery of activity.

• Support alignment of marketplace activity with wider ecommerce trading calendars and priorities.

Drive Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve trading processes, reporting, and ways of working.

• Share best practice, insights, and learnings across the wider DTC and ecommerce teams.

• Support evaluation of new marketplace opportunities or tests where required.

What you'll need to thrive:

Marketplace & Digital Commerce Experience

• Solid experience in ecommerce or marketplace trading roles.

• Strong understanding of ecommerce KPIs, trading levers, and commercial performance drivers.

Commercial & Analytical Strength

• Confident working with data to drive decision-making.

• Advanced Excel skills and experience using reporting or analytics tools (e.g. SAP BW or similar).

• Ability to translate insights into clear actions and recommendations.

Planning, Organisation & Ownership

• Highly organised with strong attention to detail.

• Comfortable managing multiple priorities and deadlines independently.

• Proactive, accountable, and solutions-focused.

Collaboration & Communication

• Strong communicator able to build effective relationships across a matrixed organisation.

• Confident working with internal stakeholders and external partners.

Alongside a competitive salary and discretionary bonus, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, flexibility, and life outside work. This includes generous holiday allowance with the option to buy more, hybrid and flexible working, enhanced family leave, pension and financial protection, wellbeing support, travel schemes, and generous discounts across Pentland Brands and selected retail partners. You can find full details of our benefits and perks on our UK Benefits page .

The Interview Process

We want our interview process to feel clear, straightforward, and supportive. If your experience and expectations look like a strong match for the role, here’s what you can expect next:

1. Talent Team Intro Call - A 30-minute video call with our Talent Team to get to know each other, talk through the role and your experience, and answer any questions you have.

2. Experience Interview - A more in-depth interview (usually online) with the hiring manager to explore your skills, experience and approach, and how these align with the role, our principles, and our ways of working.

3. Final Interview - A final in-person interview at our office, focused on deeper discussion and practical application, giving you the chance to meet more of the team and see Pentland Brands in action.