Global Marketplace Specialist

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About the team

As part of the Digital Wholesale Commerce (DWC) Team, which is part of GANT’s Global Wholesale Department, you will be responsible for marketplace key accounts managing GANT’s Global marketplaces which will be your main focus and secondary planning for future marketplace launches, project lead each new launch and integration. The team consists of the Head of DWC, Global Marketplace Sales & Operation Specialist and Digital Analytics Specialist. Where you report to the Head of DWC. 

Together we work towards the vision of driving the implementation of the Global Digital Wholesale Commerce strategy, with the GANT credo “Never stop learning”.

Responsibilities 

• Together with the integrator prioritize key digital acceleration initiatives to achieve Joint Business Planning targets.
• Strategy creation and implementation on our global marketplace accounts, balancing strategy with operations, always securing operations work smoothly by grounded processes. Collaborate closely with the Marketplace Sales and Operation Specialist.
• Manage the seasonal account activation jointly with Global Wholesale Activation Manager at Global Wholesale.
• Support the implementation of our Global GANT’s commercial strategies.
• Manage and secure the financial planning and forecasting for the defined marketplace accounts.
• Key KPI´s: net sales, market share, margin & rate of sale. Measured on the full P&L of the marketplace accounts.
• Evaluate local marketplace initiatives, accept or decline and support the local teams and accounts accordingly to the DWC strategy.
• Own the timeplan for each marketplace launch, secure readiness with the account, internally and integrator.
• Negotiations with marketplaces aligned with the Global DWC team.
• Close alignment with Global DWC Digital Analytics Specialist achieving a holistic view and strategy for each global digital account with their wholesale business and marketplace business.

Your skills

• Professional Background: We believe you have been working with the marketplace business channel, the brand owning the stock selling direct to consumer via a wholesaler platform/website.
• Working with a middleware provider/Integrator for minimum 1 year, preferable with Zalando and Amazon or similar marketplaces.
• Understanding of key Digital success metrics along the consumer journey on- and off-site (conversion, click-through rate etc.).
• Analytical skills of downloading data and creating actionable reports to optimise and control the business.
• Project managements skills and you have the ability to see the big pictures.
• Strong negotiation and communications skills.
• Comfortable presenting complex topics to stakeholders at various organizational levels both in person and remotely.
• Experience working in cross-functional environments with a diverse stakeholder set.
• BA / BS in Business, Marketing, Finance, Economics or related field (MBA preferred).
• Fluently in English, both written and spoken.

Apply with your CV and a cover letter by 2022/01/09. We review applications on a rolling basis and the position may be filled before the set end date. Until then, get to know us by following LifeAtGANT.