Trading and Strategy Manager, Google Store, EMEA

Trading and Strategy Manager, Google Store, EMEA Overview

The Trading and Strategy Manager position at Google Store for the EMEA region is a pivotal role focused on driving trading and strategic initiatives as the store expands. The team is responsible for managing all EMEA sites and ensuring an optimal customer experience while maximizing revenue across Google’s diverse portfolio of devices and services, including Pixel phones, smartwatches, and Google Nest products.

In this role, you will take charge of a specific category, ensuring its commercial success through product launches, promotional planning, and sales forecasting. You will be tasked with achieving quarterly sales targets while enhancing the customer experience at every interaction. As the primary contact for the Google Store, you will collaborate with various teams, including marketing, logistics, customer service, demand planning, product, engineering, legal, finance, and country teams.

Your leadership will be crucial in driving cross-category growth, developing strategic goals for the team, leading significant growth initiatives, and ensuring that quarterly business targets are exceeded. The Google Store operates as an omnichannel global retailer, utilizing Google’s advanced technology to enhance customer experiences from product discovery to device upgrades.

The Store team employs AI to address complex challenges across its online and physical storefronts, ensuring a seamless and intelligent customer journey. The role offers an opportunity to build applied AI skills, ultimately helping customers connect with the best of Google.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a growth category with complete accountability for its commercial success, including launch planning, sales forecasting, promotional strategies, budget management, and merchandising across EMEA.
• Drive daily trading performance to meet ambitious targets for product volumes and market share, utilizing data to enhance on-site key performance indicators.
• Lead cross-functional teams to enhance the overall customer experience for your category by collaborating with Customer Care, Operations, and Logistics.
• Develop and implement innovative growth initiatives to expand the business within the region.
• Manage critical campaign and business planning efforts to ensure a cohesive and integrated approach across all functions to surpass business objectives.
• Create and present strategic reviews for leadership, effectively synthesizing complex information from various business areas into a compelling narrative.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience is required.
• At least 10 years of experience in a commercial role within technology, retail, or e-commerce industries.
• Proven experience in leading cross-functional projects and presenting to technical stakeholders and executive leadership.
• An MBA is preferred.
• Experience in e-commerce, particularly in trading, business strategy, or category management within the consumer electronics sector and a leading management consultancy.
• Familiarity with European markets and established regional retail knowledge.
• Ability to operate autonomously in a fast-paced environment with a strategic mindset.
• Strong analytical and project management skills, with a track record of creating order from ambiguity.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and influencing abilities, capable of distilling complex commercial and operational data into insightful narratives for executives.

Degree Requirement: Not Specified

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