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Job title:
eCommerce Product Manager
Company
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Job description
Job Description:While you’ll have heard our name, there’s a lot you probably don’t know about NEXT. Like how we create most of our systems ourselves – whether it’s a website, mobile app or application. What’s more, we’re growing. Fast. And it’s the kind of growth and investment that is exciting for everyone in our business.We are looking for an experienced Product Manager to join our growing Developments team! The Developments team are a key part of our Ecommerce function, implementing, testing and building on the user experience of our website and App! Plus managing the requirements of our partnered brands and the overall content of our website!The role
As a Product Manager at NEXT, you will be responsible for heading up our Search stream, collaborative working with a mixture of both systems and business teams. You will lead a team of product owners to deliver NEXT’s vision, tracking key project success KPIs and continual analysis of features delivered and their impact to the customer experience.What else is involved?
- Fundamentally, you will be supporting the Head of Development in taking ownership of a product channel, delivering projects across two Search streams, detailing delivery plans, capturing key project milestones and dependencies.
- Understanding customer needs through feedback and analysis, ensuring that data is at the heart of all decisions.
- Pulling together business plans for presentation to Directors and Key stakeholders.
- Ensuring product health and speed and performance is at the forefront of your approach.
- Communicate with internal stakeholders to understand the needs of the business and translate into detailed requirements, considering potential risks attached to suggestions you have made.
- Shape processes and new initiatives out to the wider team.
- Increase agile maturity across your streams and ways of working.
- Helping to formulate the strategy and direction of Search online and driving personalisation for our customers.
What we’re looking for
- Experience in leading streams of product owners within the digital / eCommerce sector.
- Experience in strategy and growth planning,
- Excellent managerial and thought leader skills in digital space, with the ability to lead and motivate a team.
- A proven ability to apply excellent analytical and problem solving skills, and to work collaboratively to deliver effective solutions to project related issues.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to talk to and present to a range of audiences.
- A passion for creating solutions with a positive attitude to change.
- Highly motivated and hardworking with a professional attitude, who is able to work under pressure in a fast paced environment.
- Experience and capability in change management
- Experience of working in Agile environments and working with Agile / SCRUM methodologies.
- Google for business / Microsoft Office proficient.
- Not essential: experience using Agile tools such as TFS / JIRA or similar
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 (hybrid working each week, fully remote not available). Bring your energy. Play to your strengths. Make things bigger and better than before. Let’s Take It On.The benefitsWe’ll discuss more of what you’ll get when you work for NEXT at interview, but here’s an overview of what you can expect:
- Competitive salary range of £62,000 – £86,000
- Profit-related bonus
- Contributions into a pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Sharesave scheme, which allows you to invest in NEXT and claim your share of our success
- A newly refurbished subsidised restaurant and bar
- On-site nursery (salary sacrifice scheme) in Leicester
- Staff shop
- Juice bar and coffee shop
- Free parking on-site, including car sharing
- Free company bus service to and from Leicester city centre and other areas
- 25% staff discount on most NEXT products – either in our stores or delivered directly to your desk
- National and local discounts on goods and services
- A digital GP healthcare service
- & 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.
Expected salary
£62000 – 86000 per year
Location
Leicester
Job date
Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:29:30 GMT
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