Ecommerce Trading Assistant – Dropship

BOOTS; London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000

Job description

Role: eCommerce Trading Assistant - Dropship

Contract: Permanent

Shift pattern: Full Time

Hours: 37.5

Location: Nottingham - 5 days in the Office

Closing date: 14th Feb 2025

Recruitment Partner: Matthew Nelligan

About the Role

Welcome to the Boots.com team - an exciting team within Boots UK which is at the heart of our growth plans as more customers look to us for online help, advice, and shopping inspiration, as well as of course the best Boots products, prices, and offers. As customers are changing, so are we: focusing on really understanding our customers' needs and making the most of our great products and services to optimise the online shopping experience and drive growth.

The eCommerce trading assistant plays a key role in the eCommerce team, supporting the day-to-day trading of specific categories and how they show up on boots.com, to achieve aggressive growth targets. The current eCommerce trading assistant role is part of the Boots.com Dropship team.

Key Responsibilities

1. Understand the drivers and growth opportunities within dropship, the market, and the immediate road map.
2. Support with landing the dropship plan, communicate with existing and new suppliers to collate product information and work cross-functionally within Boots.com to brief in assets for launch and nominations for key events.
3. New product set up, process new line information within the Boots hub, and work with the Boots.com product set up team to launch NPD at a fast pace.
4. Support with reporting to track dropship sales and supplier KPI's.
5. Order management, tracking out of stocks, cancelled orders, and late deliveries and hold suppliers to account on meeting our SLA's.

A bit about you

1. Digital experience working in an eCommerce role or able to demonstrate an active interest in eCommerce.
2. Stakeholder management - confident engaging with peers and third parties (e.g. product suppliers).
3. Excellent organisation and time management skills.
4. Adaptable and flexible to changes.
5. Keen eye for detail.

A bit about us...

Work right at the heart of the business and join us on the exciting digital journey we're on. Play a leading role in driving boots.com growth by maximising the performance of your department and launching new ranges and products. Life in the boots.com team is fast-paced, every day is different and brings new opportunities to optimise what we do. We work with great people across the business and externally to execute our digital strategy and meet our customers' needs.

Boots UK is part of the Retail Pharmacy International Division of Walgreens Boots Alliance and is the UK's leading pharmacy-led health and beauty retailer. With over 2500 stores in the UK our purpose is to help our customers look and feel better than they ever thought possible. You can learn more by visiting boots.jobs.

Our benefits

1. Boots Retirement Savings Plan.
2. Generous employee discount plus enhanced discounts for Boots brands, Boots Opticians, and Boots Hearingcare.
3. Excellent onsite facilities including staff shop, opticians (including free eye tests for team members), gym, cafeteria, outdoor seating spaces, and dry cleaning service.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that go beyond salary and offer flexibility to suit you.

What's next?

If your application is successful, our recruitment team will be in touch to arrange an interview and to answer any initial questions you have. If you have not been successful on this occasion, you will be notified by email.

We are always open to discussing possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you, including job share and reduced hours. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to enable you to be at your best.