Associate E-Commerce Merchandise Manager at Medline Industries, Inc. in Northfield, Illinois

Job Description:

JOB SUMMARY
Under direction and guidance of manager, will assist with upkeep and continued growth of Medline's E-Commerce properties into specific B2C and B2B markets by working across internal Medline divisions to plan and execute product assortment, pricing, and operations.

Help execute Medline's go-to market strategy into specific E-Commerce channels by understanding end consumers through data to increase sales volume.

Work with sales reps and E-Commerce to achieve growth objectives.
CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Manage the direct to consumer online channel including promotions, test and learn continuous improvement, product pricing, content personalization, and other store level details.

Partner with product divisions to ensure that the right assortment from each division is available on the site and that gaps in the assortment are identified for sourcing and partnership opportunities.

With direction from e-Commerce leadership, sales, and product divisions, ensure proper pricing is executed online.

Identify and present potential market growth opportunities to e-Commerce leadership.

Conduct market research and competitive analyses and translate that research into content, new products, new programs, and product improvements by providing leadership and execution to a multi-functional team.

As part of professional development, will learn to develop revenue, cost of goods, and expense forecasts; ensure that all forecasts are supported with appropriate execution/staffing plans.

Generate reports and analytic-based insights from E-Commerce and overall business generated data, and present recommendations for tagging strategy.

May negotiate pricing with product vendors for materials and finished goods in conjunction with Medline division partners and with marketing and IT partners for software and professional services. Partner with vendors on innovation, development, and supply chain activities.
Support Medline's advertising and merchandising activity on Amazon through managing existing campaigns' budgetary and performance goals. Help to identify opportunities to improve results and drive sales in new categories. Analyze key data sources to enlist SEO and campaign optimization. Build reports to share campaign results, key learnings, and insights gained. Work with Medline sales and product divisions to identify key opportunities within our online portfolio. Help optimize & merchandise Medline products for e-commerce through excel templates. Work closely with business analysts and merchandising managers to insure item accuracy, complete assortment, and merchandise products. Follow strategic direction of the business as dictated by the sales team Work with Marketing Manager to execute promotional activity.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Education

Bachelor's degree.

Relevant Work Experience

E xperience in product management, marketing, or other related business function.

Experience collecting and analyzing data and presenting recommendations.

Additional

Experience and skills in influencing, coordinating and working with individuals in multiple functional areas.

Experience presenting to and communicating with various audiences (ex. sales reps, sales leadership, division leadership, and executives).

Experience taking the steps to ensure the assignment/ project is accomplished within tight timeframes.

Analytical mindset with an ability to work quantitatively to make data-driven solutions .

Resourcefulness and willingness to find creative solutions

Self-starter who can take direction and build scalable processes and systems to implement catalog-wide.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Additional

Experience negotiating with outside vendors and internal resources including negotiating contracts, prices, product assortment, resolving service issues and reconciling differences.

Prior experience in healthcare or direct to consumer retail market

Prior experience working within an e-Commerce team

Marketing automation experience

Direct to consumer social marketing experience

DISCLAIMER

All duties and requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by an employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor(s)/manager(s).

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" employment relationship.