Senior Manager, Digital Shelf

Mars United Commerce Powered by Marilyn is a global commerce company that delivers all the solutions clients need to grow their business today and tomorrow. Founded by the late Marilyn Barnett, we’ve become global leaders in four key commerce disciplines – Strategy & Analytics, Digital Commerce, Content & Experiences, and Retail Consultancy – that together form a United Commerce Ecosystem that provides all the expertise clients need to navigate the commerce marketing landscape. Our 800 Martians across North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Asia exist to drive growth for our people, our clients, and our communities all across the globe.

Mars United Commerce is currently seeking a Senior Manager, Ecommerce to create impact and help support some of our agency’s largest clients in navigating the dynamic, fast-changing Ecommerce landscape and implementing their digital shelf vision across core customers including Amazon, Target, Walmart, Kroger, and other retailer.com platforms. Salsify or Syndigo experience is required. Profitero and Supplier One (Item 360) experience is required as well.

Candidates must reside in a commutable distance to one of these Mars United Commerce's hub locations: Detroit, Chicago, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Bentonville, New York or Dallas.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

You will provide critical support to our clients’ Ecommerce Centers of Excellence by:

• Supporting that broader team to determine customer specific Ecommerce needs and incorporating those into the longer-term strategy and initiatives
• Using analytics platforms and tools to uncover insights on keywords and digital shelf KPIs, turning them into strategy and wireframes for PDPs and Brand Stores
• Management of items and channels in syndication platforms, including daily work in the system, calls with Salsify/Syndigo Reps and reporting on progress
• Ensuring cross functional teams have visibility to, and are executing against, the digital shelf vision and strategy, including guiding principles on organic, PDP content, Brand Stores and ratings and review strategy.
• Keeping up to date with customer platform/Ecommerce ecosystem capabilities
• Coordinating measurement and performance reporting activities for the purposing of advancing our clients’ business
• Collecting data from retail teams for monthly measurement meetings
• Delivering periodic overarching overviews, learnings & POVs on what is working, what isn’t and why to help define and continuously improve the Ecommerce vision and strategy
• Keeping up to date with, and vetting, emerging platforms, vendors and innovation trends
• Tracking and managing agency scope and completing your own weekly timesheets
• Providing general support in day to day work of the Digital Shelf team and the broader Ecommerce team
• This role may have one direct report.
  
  

SKILLSETS REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree in advertising, marketing, business, or related field
• Minimum of 5 years of Ecommerce experience at a retailer, CPG or marketing or advertising agency.
• Deep expertise and experience managing content in syndication platforms - Salsify and/or Syndigo
• Good understanding of data and Ecommerce analytics
• A wealth of industry knowledge including current trends, retailer.com capabilities and business philosophies around Ecommerce
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage many projects simultaneously
• Strategic thinking in the Ecommerce space
• Sound decision making skills based in agency, client, and industry knowledge
• Passion about business and dissatisfaction with status quo – always thinking of ways to improve and grow
• Superior verbal, written, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Minimal travel required
  
  

Mars United Commerce is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, ancestry, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or handicap, HIV, veteran, marital or family status, or any other status or condition protected by applicable state and/or federal laws, except where a bonafide occupational qualification applies.

Mars United Commerce has developed a wide variety of inclusive benefit plans and policies that address and promote the needs of all employees and their family members, including comprehensive group health plans, a parental leave program that includes paid maternity and paternity benefits for pregnancy, adoption and surrogacy, flexible paid time off, a broad and confidential employee assistance program, ongoing wellness support initiatives, trusted financial health advice and guidance, promotion of education through tuition support and assistance, and a flexible and supportive work environment and culture.

Compensation Range: $75,000 - $90,000 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be January 31, 2025.

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