Ecommerce Merchandise Specialist

ABOUT US

The Bleacher Athletic team is a division of the Cotton On Group that has supplied on-field kits for the Geelong Football Club, as well as all AFLW clubs since the competitions inception 8 years ago. We also work with the NRL on supporter wear for every club. We work across other sporting codes and have big plans coming to expand even further across the sporting landscape. We also design and develop the Upstate Sport brand, focusing on women’s performance and streetwear inspired co-ordinates.

We stand for diversity, empowering people of all backgrounds to express their individual style and make their mark on the world.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our Bleacher Athletic team is on the hunt for an Ecommerce Merchandise Specialist to join our team on a 12 month contract and take our UPSTATE SPORT brand to the next level. Your goal will be to work with our team to achieve budgeted sales and gross profit through analysis and adjustment of merchandise stock levels, website integrity, range and position on several eCommerce websites including Upstate Sport, and The Iconic, as well as our Chapel Street Upstate store.

You will team with our content creation lead, to build ads following the eCommerce Equation strategies, aimed at rapidly building the brands reach and sales. You will have the chance to be hands on with our growing influencer database, as well as working with our amazing Upstate Studio instructors, to supply and request content alongside our content creation team.

You will focus on following the eCommerce equation strategy, with daily learning tutorials, and instructor calls, designed to rapidly build your skillset in ecommerce. This daily interaction provides constant updates in what’s happening in the ecommerce market, and the training to maximise these opportunities. This is designed to help you meet sales and growth budgets by using sales forecasting skills and web data analysis to determine trade activity, and report on progress to ensure that we are meeting our targets and objectives. If you are excited by delivering results that impact the success of online trade, and inspired by the opportunity to build the UPSTATE SPORT brand, then this could be your new role!

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Demonstrated experience in an eCommerce and Digital Marketing environment, preferably within the fashion retail sector

• Experience with eCommerce platforms, tools (Shopify and eCommerce Equation) and technologies used for website merchandising and management, preferably within the retail sector.

• Excellent analytical skills, including the use of web analytics tool, financial analysis and forecasting

• A passion for the performance sport fashion industry

• Strong project management, planning, execution and problem solving skills, including the ability to adapt to a dynamic and ever-better environment

• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills

• Ability to work with cross-functional teams including merchants, marketing, creative and key stakeholders

OUR CULTURE

Our team members are a passionate group of people, committed to making a real difference in people’s lives through our philanthropic arm, the Cotton On Foundation. It is our shared belief that we can make a difference to lives of everyone we touch, from our backyard to the world.

BENEFITS

We are committed to personal and professional development, which is supported by an ever growing and expanding structure. We believe our people deserve the best space to their best work and to support this we provide:

50% team member discount off all brands (excl. Ceres Life which is 30% off)

A world class office with a state-of-the-art Wellness Centre featuring spa therapists, holistic health experts and free fitness classes (think reformer Pilates classes, personal training sessions, yoga studio, spin room and run club!)

A brand-new childcare centre onsite – incredible facilities, indoor and outdoor play areas, subsidised cost, and your kids are right next door!

The Beckley, our in-house café with chef prepared healthy meals, coffee and snacks. You can also grab a nutritious take home meal, taking the stress out of dinner time.

Flexible working – enabling you to find the right working rhythm to be at your best.

Competitive salary packaging – ensuring we are constantly benchmarking to industry.

On-site concierge, let us help you get your life sorted with dry cleaning, car wash and more.

An Employee Assistance Program for you and your family.

Returning from maternity leave (or primary carer parental leave)? Work part-time and get paid full-time for 2 months, all part of supporting you during your transition back to work.

Team mingle celebrations, speaker’s series, surprise and delight moments – the magic happens when we get together.

Do you have a dog? Bring them into the office. We love them!

At Cotton On, we are focused on building a culture centred in belonging, and we are committed to creating workplaces where each individual can show up as their whole self, having an equal opportunity to succeed with us.

We are proud of our diverse global workforce of 20,000 team members from countless nationalities, and we strongly welcome and encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply with us.

We are focused on bringing more voices, experiences and backgrounds to our workforce as we drive diverse and inclusive outcomes for our team and our customers.

If you have any individual needs in order to fully participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected] so we may support you in completing the job application process.