Digital Trading Manager

Kurt Geiger | About Us


We are an inclusive, creative footwear and accessories brand powered by kindness. We want to empower our talent to be confident and true to themselves, the London way. London is our home, our heartbeat, and we draw inspiration from the energy and spirit of the city; its diversity and creativity. For over fifty years our team of in-house shoe and accessory designers have been creating authentic, distinctive designs from our London headquarters. The rainbow is our signature. It represents the good energy and love we have for our community and the many ways we collectively express our individual style.

We Are One: For Love | For Diversity | For Change | For Equality | For Kindness | For Freedom | For Unity Against Racism

Requirements

The role

As the Digital Trading Manager, you will be accountable for digital sales performance on our Carvela (UK+US) & Shoeaholics websites. Working closely with your key digital stakeholders as well as Buying & Merchandising teams, you will be instrumental in delivering the business strategy and trade plans. You are data driven in your approach, understand the digital customer, analysing the key metrics across sales, traffic, AOV and conversion to drive your decision making. Key roles and responsibilities will include:

• Developing the weekly, monthly and seasonal trade plans in-line with revenue, margin and EBITDA ambitions
• Collaborate with Buying and Merchandising on range availability and to identify product opportunities, as well as CRM and Performance Marketing to support traffic driving activities, with a focus on improving CVR and profitability.
• Leading trade meetings to review performance as well as looking ahead, identifying commercial opportunities to leverage growth and deliver digital KPIs
• Manage weekly and monthly forecasting of sales KPIs
• Adopt a data led approach to all decision making, utilising tools GA, Contentsquare and Tableau to inform decision making
• Maximising CRO opportunities across Mobile, Desktop and Tablet, utilising tools including Taggstar and Wandz.ai
• Deliver best in class on-site visual merchandising and customer experience
• Understanding of international markets and opportunities to drive successful growth of our Carvela US website due to launch in the Autumn
• Leading and developing a highly motivated and talented team

Your experience

• Proven track record of success in a similar Digital Trading and CRO role
• Highly numerate, with excellent planning and analytical capabilities
• Advanced Excel knowledge and good working knowledge of Google Analytics, Qubit and Content Square
• Excellent influencing and communication skills at all levels of an organisation
• Excellent relationship building across a large number of stakeholders

At Kurt Geiger Digital we’ve created a Leadership culture that embraces the following...

• Love technology
• Be positive
• Know what you are doing
• Own your own future
• Look for solutions
• Keep failing once
• Get your monies worth out of your boss
• Be part of the team
• Speak up/Be brave
• Be honest
• Sing when you're winning
• Work hard but have fun

If you think that you’re this kind of leader, whether that is a leader of yourself, a leader of others or a leader of leaders, then come and join us

Benefits

• Competitive basic salary
• Pension and life assurance
• Gym Discounts
• Retailtrust support
• Enviable discounts
• Harrods Discount
• Monthly half day Friday’s
• Summer Hours
• And so much more!

Our Culture

We’re an energic fast-paced brand that embraces progress and strives for innovation. Hard work is rewarded with new opportunities at every level and kindness is celebrated in everything we do. Our summer working hours accommodate a healthy work life balance. Wellbeing is important to our working culture, which is why we nurture a friendly environment for talent to thrive in, alongside a vibrant social community.

Our Stores

The first Kurt Geiger store opened on London Bond street in 1963. Today, our brand has global appeal and is distributed in hundreds of cities around the world. We operate over 70 stand-alone stores nationwide, including our new flagship store on London Oxford street, and in over 400 stores globally. Beyond stand-alone stores and retail pop ups, our retail partners include some of the world’s most famous department stores.

We Are One: For Love | For Diversity | For Change | For Equality | For Kindness | For Freedom | For Unity Against Racism