Job Description

Job Category: Marketing
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The eCommerce Trading team is looking for an eCommerce Product Marketing Manager to join on a 12 Month FTC and be at the forefront of our UK 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 UK Trading team fuels UK growth by optimising online product sales on Next.co.uk across Womenswear, Menswear, Childrenswear and Home. They drive exciting product launches and strategic promotions to maximise sales and brand visibility.
About the Role:
As the Product Marketing Manager, you will play a key role in our UK trade team, looking after NEXT Home. You will bring products to life on the website and champion the customer for your product division. You will work closely with different teams across ecommerce, product and the wider business - using these great relationships to drive forward marketing on home - always ensuring everything we do is commercial.
What else is involved?

• Leading marketing for your division such as Editorial Emails, Push Notifications and Homepage messaging.
• Own the marketing plan for your division, staying ahead of trends and using sales and product insight to make commercial decisions.
• Work with paid marketing team to ensure the correct categories and products are featured in our paid advertising.
• Be responsive to trade each week, amending relevant marketing and onsite exposure where necessary.
• Use reporting and analytics to track performance and highlight opportunities where we could improve.
• Play a key role in the customer experience on site, monitoring customer shopping habits and ensuring key product trends are called out on the website.
• Drive sales; know what is working and what isn't - use product knowledge to drive new ideas, tests and initiatives to grow sales.
• Work with other product marketing leads to deliver business messages and ensure key campaign moments are marketed consistently.

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.
About You:

• Experience working within an eCommerce role, specifically Trading, Online Merchandising and Marketing.
• Great trade knowledge and commerciality - be comfortable with web metrics and interpreting data to provide actionable insights
• An individual who can demonstrate passion for product - a keen interest in homeware is essential
• Be great at building relationships - an essential part of this role is working with stakeholders around the business
• A great eye for design and attention to detail - you are the gate keeper of home marketing - looking to inspire customers and elevate the brand
• Knowledge of understanding customers and how to target them
• Be a champion of testing and new idea generation, helping to feed in new development ideas
• Is a team player and can work as part of the Home trade team and also the wider product marketing team
• Understanding of key competitors and the home eCommerce landscape.

Bring your energy. Play to your strengths. Make things bigger and better than before. Let's Take It On.
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 headoffice_careers@next.co.uk (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.

Skills Required