Trading Analyst

Digital Trading Executive | Ecommerce

I'm recruiting for a Digital Trading Executive to join the Ecommerce team of a well-known high street retail brand. They're a fast-growing, privately owned business with a strong national store presence and a long track record of growth. They're now investing further in their online offer.

Permanent Role

2 days a week in central London

The role

You'll support the day-to-day trading and merchandising across their ecommerce websites, helping drive core KPIs including sales, margin, conversion rate, AOV and availability. Working closely with the Digital Marketing and Buying teams, you'll use data to spot opportunities and deliver a best-in-class online shopping experience.

What you'll be doing

• Monitoring sales, revenue, conversion, traffic, AOV and other key trading KPIs
• Executing online merchandising, including product placement, categorisation, sort orders and promotional visibility
• Keeping products, pricing, imagery, descriptions and stock availability accurate across your allocated categories
• Supporting promotional campaigns, product launches and seasonal trading activity
• Working with Buying and Merchandising to make sure commercial priorities are executed online
• Aligning trading activity with Marketing across CRM, paid media and social
• Supporting homepage execution and onsite page builds with external suppliers and design teams
• Running competitor and market analysis across range, pricing, megamenu and promotions
• Supporting A/B testing, CRO and agreed SEO initiatives
• Producing regular trading reports and performance updates for stakeholders

What they're looking for

• Previous ecommerce or digital trading experience, ideally in a fast-paced retail environment
• Strong commercial awareness and a solid grasp of core ecommerce trading principles
• Confidence analysing data, with BI reporting tools, Microsoft Office and Google Sheets
• Experience with ecommerce platforms and CMS tools
• Familiarity with Google Analytics 4 (desirable), plus SEO and paid channels
• Excellent attention to detail, organisation and time management
• A proactive, customer-focused and commercially driven mindset