Head of Digital Trading & Merchandising

About us.

Were the team behind digital retailer Very.

Our purpose helping families get more out of life powers everything we do.

And we want our people to get more out of life too! If youre high-performing ambitious and make the most of every opportunity we want to hear from return youll enjoy heaps of flexibility great perks and benefits and the freedom to be yourself keep learning and take your career wherever you want it to go.

If you love making a difference youll love making it sparkle for millions of Very customers.

About the role.

Werelooking for a Head of Digital Trading and Merchandisingwhosexcited to shape the future of how customers discover and shop with us. Reporting to the Digital Directoryoulltake the lead on all digital trading and merchandising across our websites and revenue delivery champion onsite performance and bring a strategic yethands-onmindset to afast-pacedhigh visibilityarea of the business.

Youllspot opportunities others might miss use insight to drive action and inspire confident connecteddecision-making. This role is all about making every customer journey feel simplerelevantand full of possibility.

What youll be doing:

• Deliver revenue targets and budget expectations

• Lead all onsite trading and merchandising activity to maximise commercial performance

• Continuously improve conversion rate in line with agreed targets

• Build and refine processes that support smartdata ledmerchandising and trading decisions

• Recruitcoachand develop ahigh performingteam

• Translate data into clear stories and share meaningful insight with stakeholders

• Oversee workflow across the team including request trackingprioritisationand approvals

• Anticipate future needs in people tech and ways of working and design practical solutions

• Drive continuous optimisation through experimentation testing and dataled improvements

About you.

Technicalexpertise

• Proven experience in digital trading and merchandising within a digital retail environment

• Deep knowledge of merchandising principlestoolsand best practices

• Strongproficiencywith analytics and optimisation platforms such as GA4 Power BI Content SquareSimilarwebCelebrusorAppsflyer

• Confidence turning data into actionable insights and compelling storytelling

Leadership and behaviours

• Experienced people leader with a passion for coaching and developinghighperformingteams

• Brilliant communicator who can influence at every level

• Strong stakeholder management skills across varied teams and seniority levels

• Commercially minded action oriented and energised by a fastmoving digital retail environment

• Comfortable driving change at pace and embedding new ways of working

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in ecommerce digital tradingmerchandisingor digital product environments

• Additionaltraining in analytics CRO or merchandising tools is a bonus

Some of our benefits

• Flexible hybrid working model

• Inclusive culture and environment check out our Glassdoor reviews

• 10000 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs

• 30 days holiday bank holidays

• LinkedIn learning access
• Up to 25% discount on

• Matched pension up to 6%

• More benefits can be found on our career site

How to apply

Please note that the talent acquisition team are managing this vacancy directly and if successful in securing this role you will be required to undertake a credit CIFAS Right to Work checks and if a specific requirement of your role a DBS (criminal records) check. Should your application progress we require you to let the team know if there is anything you need to disclose in relation to any of these checks prior to them being undertaken including any unspent criminal convictions.

What happens next

Our talent acquisition team will be in touch if youre successful so keep an eye on your emails! Well arrange a short call to learn more about you as well as answer any questions you have. If it feels like were a good match well share your CV with the hiring manager to review. Our interview process is tailored to each role and can be in-person or held remotely.

You can expect a two-stage interview process for this position:

1st stage - A 45-60 minute video call with the hiring team to discuss your skills and relevant experience. This is a great opportunity to find out more about the role and to ask any questions you may have.

2nd Stage A one-hour formal task based interview where you can expect both competency and technical questions.

3rd Stage - A 30 minute interview with our Chief Customer Officer.

As an inclusive employer please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.

If youd like to know more about our interviews you can find out here.

Diversity inclusion and equal opportunities

Werebuilding a culture of everyday inclusion and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We dont discriminate based on age disability gender reassignment marriage or civil partnership pregnancy or maternity race religion or belief sex or sexual orientation.

We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply interview or perform a role let us know via Well be happy to support you.

Were proud to be aDisability Confident Committed Employerand have nine brilliant colleague networks - including DAWN (Disability Awareness at Very) and Think (Neurodiversity at Very) - that are helping us make Very an even more inclusive place to work.

Required Experience:

Director