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Marketplaces Channels Manager - GO Outdoors

JD Sports- Head Office, Warwick House, Bury, Bury, United Kingdom Req #1091
16 May 2025
At GO Outdoors our purpose is strong and clear; “to inspire and equip everyone for life outdoors”. That’s because we passionately believe in the positive benefits of the outdoors, whether that be the daily dog walk or hiking Ben Nevis, horse riding or cold water therapy, we provide the best equipment for all outdoor activities, always at the best price guaranteed! Our values aren’t just posters on the wall, we live them every day; ‘One Team ‘we are stronger together’, ‘Responsibility ‘we take ownership’, ‘Passion ‘we believe in what we do’ and ‘Integrity ‘we do the right thing’. Clear values which help us to fulfil our mission to be ‘the nations favourite outdoor retailer’. If you share our passion and want to make a difference join our team to be a part of something ‘unbeatable’!

Marketplaces Channels Manager

You will be responsible for JD outdoor marketplace external channel proposition, which includes marketplaces such as Amazon, B&Q, Secret sales, Ebay amongst others. This is a central job role with an opportunity to drive real revenue and work on an enterprise level P&L.

You will work in managing the catalogue on various marketplaces, ensuring smooth operation and order flow and growing sales with a channel optimisation approach. Ensuring new products are listed correctly, with optimisations on marketplace platforms, which will require a good understanding of operating at scale with data.

Comfortable in using Helium 10 for Amazon optimisation, and the ability to list products on various platforms using flat files/offer files.

This will involve communicating to the wider business on commercial performance of the accounts through reporting and presentations.

It will require a high level of Excel skill, basic knowledge of APIs would be helpful, no coding required.

JD Outdoor marketplaces sells hundreds of famous brands with thousands of SKUS. You will need the ability to be able to operate at a scale. This is an opportunity to make a real difference in the marketplace arena working with Buying team and Ecom team in selling product.

You will report directly to the Head of Marketplaces and have ownership of a team

Job Duties

  • Manage the overall external Marketplace proposition on various selling platforms from Order flow, Seller fulfilled Prime metrics, Revenue, Paid/sponsored ads
  • Oversee/line manage 1 Executive and 1 Junior developer in maintain the connections, uploading products
  • Manage Paid Advertising strategies on Amazon and comfortable in using Amazon Ad console
  • Liaising with our partners at Amazon and various platforms in driving revenue and growth with our extensive catalogue
  • Explore new platforms and present business cases for new opportunities on new or established entrants in the market, then be responsible in managing their integration
  • Organise and manage operations for Tier 1 Sales events on Amazon such as Prime Day
  • Prepare reports for the wider business on performance on categories and products
  • Develop a product launch process to give our new products the correct level of exposure and paid strategy
  • Analyse trends and implement the trading events from the business on to the marketplaces
  • Maintain seller health metrics on platforms to ensure we comply with different marketplace SLAs

 

Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of you applying, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager. Thank you again for your time

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Other details

  • Job Family Head Office Lead
  • Pay Type Salary
  • Employment Indicator Permanent
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  • JD Sports- Head Office, Warwick House, Bury, Bury, United Kingdom