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We’re looking for a Product Channel Manager to join our Developments team in eCommerce, on a 12 month FTC (Maternity Cover)!
The NEXT websites are pretty good (at least we think so) but we’re always striving to make them even better. This role is for someone who shares our vision and who has the enthusiasm and drive to help us move things forward.
Working as the Product Channel Manager within the eCommerce team, you will be responsible for heading up a digital product area, collaborative working with a mixture of both systems and business teams. You will lead a team of Product Channels managers, lead product owners and product / junior product owner/s to deliver NEXT’s vision, tracking key project success KPIs and continual analysis of features delivered and their impact to the customer experience.
We can offer hybrid working, with part of the week working at NEXT Head Office in Enderby, Leicestershire and part of the week working remotely.
This role is a 12 month FTC.
About the role
- Fundamentally, you will be supporting the Head of Development / Head of Product Channels in taking ownership of a Product Channel, delivering across multiple streams and projects, 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.
- 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.
About you
- 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
Benefits
- Competitive salary range of upto £73,000
- Annual company performance based bonus
- Share options - opt in at 90% OR 7% cash alternative
- Private medical insurance OR cash alternative at £1800
- Next product allowance at £450 p/a OR £315 cash alternative
- Company car OR Cash allowance £5,760 p/a
- Sharesave scheme
- Pension 3% Employer/ 5% Employee
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (can also buy/sell up to 3 days)
- 25% staff discount and free next day delivery to desk for online purchases
- Fantastic restaurant, coffee shop and juice bar all onsite at head office
- Free car parking
- Outstanding subsidised Nursery onsite at head office
- Staff shop onsite at head office
- Gympass
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 SOME OF OUR BENEFITS
- 25% off a huge selection of Next, Lipsy & Victoria's Secret products
- 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 24/7 digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
- Free on-site parking
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.
