E-Commerce Manager

Location: Chicago USA

This position will lead the development and operation of Wilson's North American B2C E-Commerce

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility effectively:

• Oversee the creation of Wilson's E-Commerce capability by developing the consumer online shopping experience, maximizing traffic and conversion rates while integrating into the Amer global E-Commerce platform
• Lead E-Commerce based projects:  highlight, prioritize and champion web system, software and hardware enhancements; work with IT and global web teams in the implementation and modification of enterprise system integration; monitor and report on web site traffic usage and performance in order to identify areas of success and areas requiring improvement
• Define and communicate project milestones, service level agreements, and resource allocation to executive team, department leads, support staff and end users
• Working with the Marketing and Business Directors you will drive product range, pricing and promotions.  Implement and manage consumer acquisition, SEM and display campaigns
• Define & manage day-to-day operations of Wilson E-Commerce and work with Amer Sports Global E-Commerce to deliver operational excellence
• Manage all E-Commerce third party providers.  Develop SLA's and report on activities
• Propose, implement and track key indicators for Marketing, Merchandising, Inventory and Financial performance. 

Education/Experience

• Bachelors Degree preferably in Business Management or Marketing. 
• Ability to effectively navigate and manage a merchandising & marketing team in a global matrixed organization
• 3 - 7 years of experience with Retail E-Commerce, Marketing and/or Merchandising
• In depth knowledge of E-Commerce  web sales & marketing techniques, order fulfillment strategies along with market research and analysis practices
• Expertise in leading an E-Commerce business; front office development, marketing, product assortment, mix analysis and pricing strategies
• Proven project leadership from inception to implementation
  

Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Graphic and web design principles and a good understanding of current web technologies and database functionalities (SQL)
• Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash and associated design software
• Knowledge in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Capacity to drive complexity of multi-brands, multi-countries, multi-channels
• Ability to identify and forecast opportunities and emerging trends
• Solid attention to detail with strong organization and project management skills
• Strong communication skills to effectively present information, respond to questions and work with the cross-functional teams
• Proven ability to work under pressure, prioritize and meet multiple deadlines
• Willingness to create and drive change (entrepreneurial spirit)
  

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