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The AVP, eCommerce will lead all planning and programing strategy for Kiehls.com s as well as all customer discoverability through SEO/SEM, affiliate and working closely with digital marketing on owned, paid, and earned media. , merchandising, content management, analytics, website development, and product strategy.

The AVP is responsible for the overall planning on the site, working with brand marketing on launch and animation cadence in sizing on new product, managing the promotional plan and rationale – testing new mechanism to reduce overall promotional levels will reaching sales target. With support of sales planner, the AVP manages the sales forecasting and trending, calling out risk and opportunities weekly and highlight new opportunity to close the gap.

Developing the promotional sales plan and cadence from large sitewide discounted to segmented audience promotions and generosity offers such as deluxe sample or collateral is a key responsible and focus for this role. The AVP is accountable for managing and delivering against all budgets/trends (sales and spend) – monthly flow of sales + assumptions, monthly flow of allowances by program and monthly flow of spend + assumptions. Additionally, this role is responsible, supported by a manager of planning oversee the product forecast working with demand planning to ensure right stock and inventory for key promotions and launches.

The AVP oversees an SEO/SEM analyst who creates and manage are search strategy to drive maximize paid and organic search traffic and revenue. The analysts also oversee merchandising insights understanding customer behavior to inform the site calendar. Develop high level site merchandising plan each month and where are the optimal places on site to push what (monthly).  Work with site experience director to ensure optimal products are surfacing. Identify product/set opp for site based on insights & sales.

• BS/BA degree in Finance, Mathematics, or other analytical background.
• Minimum of 8 years in Digital and Ecommerce or similar function.
• Must demonstrate strong knowledge in technical proficiency with Microsoft Excel. Knowledge of MS Office is a plus
• Must demonstrate knowledge with financial statements, pricing and margin performance
• Must demonstrate strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Must demonstrate solid experience in pulling, mining, and synthesizing data into stories
• Must be skilled at executing within tight timeframes with attention to detail and accuracy
• Must demonstrate ability to negotiate with positive outcomes for the organization
• Must be able to identify and drive new or improved processes and structure
• Highly organized with proven multi-tasking ability
• Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Experience with Demandware a plus
• Strong experience in web analytics tools such as Google Analytics

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