Job Description

The International eCommerce Third Parties team are recruiting an eCommerce Account Assistant to be at the forefront of our global growth! Based at Head Office in Leicestershire, 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 team

The International eCommerce Trading team fuels global growth by managing and optimising online product sales across 72 international markets. They drive exciting product launches, strategic promotions, and collaborate with leading third-party platforms to maximise sales and brand visibility worldwide.

Within this, the Third Parties team help connect NEXT with other large selling platforms such as Zalando and La Redoute to sell thousands of products. These platforms delivered strong growth for NEXT last year and to continue to support this growth we need ever improving data points and manipulation.

The role

As the eCommerce Account Assistant, you will have a key role in helping grow the NEXT business through Third Party sites, such as Amazon, Zalando and LaRedoute. You’ll be working within a commercially driven department, where our strategic aim is to grow sales profitably. You will help identify and develop new initiatives to increase the number of items available on third party websites, and you will help to manage the Amazon account.

What else is involved?

• Partner Management – you’ll be a key point of contact between our partner and Next specifically helping manage the Amazon account.
• Ownership of all aspects of the product on boarding and launch process including data management.
• Manage logistics and customer service KPIs and ensure a close line of communication with relevant teams.
• Translate ideas into practical solutions that improve performance and efficiencies.
• Build a close relationship with the trading team to help exploit key trading opportunities.
• Confident presenter, able to communicate across all levels of the business and a positive influencer on senior team members, to win support for positive change and growth.
• Develop a network of productive relationships internally and externally that helps ensure developments are considered and supported.
• Attend and present at all relevant internal meetings and account reviews with third party sales channels.
• Be an ambassador for the third parties and international team, both internally and externally.
  
  

You’ll be doing all this from 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.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience of working within an eCommerce environment.
• International eCommerce experience is desired but not essential.
• Previous experience working with an Amazon account - i.e. experience of onboarding items and/or managing deliveries into Amazon.
• Highly analytical, confident with numbers and able to spot issues, patterns and trends.
• Good problem solver.
• Experience of using Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and persuasion skills with the ability to present to a range of audiences.
• Focused on achieving personal and company goals.
• Motivates others through personal examples with a clear sense of vision, direction and belief.
• Extremely organised and able to manage time effectively to juggle ad-hoc work alongside usual tasks and longer-term projects.
  
  

So if you are data driven and analytical with eCommerce and Amazon Account experience, have strong communication, negotiation and persuasion skills with the ability to present to a range of audiences and are looking for the next challenge, this is the role for you!

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of £30,000 - £35,000
• 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
• Management Share Save Scheme
• 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!
  
  

About Us

You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!

About The Team

• 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
• Company performance based bonus
• Sharesave scheme
• On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
• 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
• Early VIP access to sale stock
• Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
• Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
• Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
• Free on-site parking
• Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
• Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
• Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
• Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
• Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more
  
  

Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change.

We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email [email protected] (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.