The eCommerce Beauty team are on the lookout for an eCommerce Trading Assistant to join and be at the forefront of our UK growth focusing on Beauty! Based at either our Central London Office or our Leicester Head Office, offering a competitive salary alongside great benefits!

At NEXT, not only are we one of the UK’s largest fashion retailers, but we’re also one of the largest listed companies, full-stop. Selling our products and thousands of world-famous brands, both in-store and online UK and Internationally. What’s more, we’re growing. Fast. And it’s the kind of growth and investment that is exciting for everyone in our business. 

The UK Trading team fuels UK growth by optimising online product sales on Next.co.uk across Womenswear, Menswear, Childrenswear, Beauty and Home. They drive exciting product launches and strategic promotions to maximise sales and brand visibility. 

The role

 As an eCommerce Trading Assistant  on the Beauty team, you will play a fundamental role in growing the online beauty business working closely with the Trading Manager and Beauty Business Manager and cross functional teams to deliver growth in sales and profit. Passionate about beauty and leading beauty brands, you will be responsible for the end-to-end trading activity onsite and making Next a leading online beauty destination! 

What else is involved?

Continually review sales performance, best sellers and online metrics to help make informed decisions to enhance the website and maximise sales With exceptional commercial understanding and analysing key online metrics, you’ll help to identify and suggest ways to create a more engaging online experience for our customers and improve conversion Utilise online trading tools to identify and optimise site navigation, search and customer journey  Continually review search results and pages with a view to optimise. Identifying opportunities to improve low conversion or high bounce rates Support with the delivery of all promotional activity  Work closely with key stakeholders across the business to align and deliver promotions, new products and brand launches Drive forward marketing opportunities and initiatives that will enhance a products online commercial appeal Work with the product teams to suggest and drive forward strong product imagery for homepages, emails and marketing that best reflect sales and trends

You’ll be doing all this from either our Central London Office or our Leicestershire Head Office. Our offices are inspiring, yes. But we understand that life happens. So, we’re big on making sure your work, works for you which is why we offer flexible working - 3 days in the office per week and 2 from home.  

Bring your energy. Play to your strengths. Make things bigger and better than before. Let’s Take It On.

So if you’ve got experience working within an eCommerce Trading environment, an interest or experience working within an eCommerce Beauty role, are highly analytical and comfortable with large volumes of data, have strong communication skills with a driven & forward thinking attitude, and ready to challenge the status-quo - this is the role for you!

Benefits

Competitive salary range of £30,000 - £36,000 Flexible working options Annual company performance based bonus Sharesave scheme, which allows you to invest in NEXT and claim your share of our success Annual Pay Reward Pension 3% Employer/ 5% Employee 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (can also buy/sell up to 3 days) 25% staff discount and free next day delivery to desk for online purchases A newly refurbished subsidised restaurant and bar Staff shops in Yorkshire and Leicestershire Juice bar and coffee shop Gympass - discounted gym membership Free company bus service to and from Leicester city centre and other areas Onsite nursery (salary sacrifice scheme) in Leicester A digital GP healthcare service & loads more!