Ecommerce Merchandising Assistant

 Ecommerce Merchandising Assistant

Altrincham, WA14 5GZ

37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)

Competitive salary plus excellent benefits

The Opportunity

We’re looking for an Ecommerce Merchandising Assistant to help our Ecommerce team launch and manage our product ranges across our website and app.

You’ll work closely with colleagues in Marketing,  Creative and Merchandising to make sure products are uploaded on time, displayed correctly, and easy for customers to find. This will include gathering product information, adding product attributes, loading items into the right categories, and checking everything is accurate before launch.

You’ll also help maintain and improve the website day-to-day — spotting and fixing errors, updating navigation, supporting visual merchandising, and optimising the customer journey. You’ll get involved in content updates, promotions, and SEO, as well as providing reports and insights to help improve trading performance.

This is a hugely rewarding opportunity for someone looking to build their career within Ecommerce. You’ll gain hands-on experience in a multi-channel retail business and learn from a supportive, experienced team.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather product information from internal systems and upload to the website and app in line with the launch calendar.
• Add product attributes into our ecommerce systems to improve product discoverability.
• Place products in the correct categories and collections according to seasonal plans and marketing campaigns.
• Check product launches for accuracy, fixing categorisation and product detail errors.
• Assist with visual merchandising for categories, homepages, and seasonal collections.
• Support content updates across the website and app, working with Creative and Web Development teams.
• Build and maintain App content using CMS tools, checking the customer journey.
• Implement SEO content changes to improve search engine rankings.
• Set up promotions and test promotional codes.
• Compile ecommerce trading reports covering site performance, customer behaviour, and competitor activity.
• Assist with initiatives to improve search, navigation, and cross-selling across the website and APP
• Provide general administrative support to the Ecommerce team as needed.

We are passionate about finding the right individual for our team, therefore see below for a profile of our ideal candidate.

• Strong attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• Able to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• A proactive self-starter and supportive team player.
• Clear and confident communicator.
• Competent in Microsoft Office.
• Enthusiastic, motivated, and eager to learn.

Why Cotton Traders?

Cotton Traders is a British clothing retailer established in 1987 by England Rugby legends Fran Cotton and Steve Smith. Driven by growing online and catalogue platforms, we also have 90 stores across England, Scotland and Wales and employee 800 people across the country. Our vision and our values are what make us unique and are deeply ingrained in everything we do here at Cotton Traders. Our people are part of the fabric that makes us what we are, and when you’re as passionate about your people as we are, job satisfaction and career progression come hand in hand.

What’s in it for you?

As well as contributing to our continued success, we offer excellent benefits that help make Cotton Traders a great place to work. These include:

• 25 holiday days rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays
• Holiday purchase scheme
• 50% staff discount
• ‘Your CT’ benefits, reward and recognition programme
• Health plans
• Employee assistance programme
• Pension scheme

Next steps

If you are interested in the excellent opportunity on offer, we would love to hear more from you! Please click apply and send your CV through, along with a covering letter on why you would be a great fit for the role.

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