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As the Manager of Marketplace & 3rd party sellers, you will lead the total strategy and execution of our online marketplace platform, overseeing a team tasked with defining category strategies, expanding our product assortment, optimizing seller performance, and enhancing the customer experience. You will also lead the digital roadmap strategy and lead a team that plans and deploys enhancements and new capabilities for the marketplace (Meijer.com & Meijer mobile apps). Your leadership will be critical in positioning Meijer's marketplace as a key component of our digital transformation strategy while achieving aggressive topline and bottom-line results.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Responsible for the P&L of the entire 3P Marketplace business with expectations of achieving ambitious revenue and profitability goals
- Lead the efforts to evangelize the importance and success of the Marketplace business both before and after launch
- Partner with 1P Merchandising desks to ensure alignment on strategies as we evolve both our 1P merchandising and 3rd party marketplace strategies.
- Successfully recruit, hire, and retain top talent to fill key positions within the org. Develop the long term strategic org necessary to scale the marketplace for sustained success.
- Develop, own, and execute the end-to-end strategic plan of the Marketplace including setting and achieving key KPIs and growth targets
- Create a robust seller recruitment strategy and identify key vendors and partners to onboard to meet category and SKU goals. This also must be done in close alignment & partnership with our internal merchandising buying desks. (Over 100 sellers to be onboarded within the first year)
- Own the partnership with our Marketplace technology partner and ensure Meijer is leveraging the full capabilities of the platform and expertise
- Identify and track key performance management metrics and create robust reporting to ensure actions are taken to improve performance across the business
- Ensure seamless integration of marketplace offerings with Meijer's existing eCommerce platform and brick-and-mortar operations.
- You will routinely present business & planning updates to senior and executive level leaders
- Use data-driven insights to continuously improve the Marketplace platform and our overall digital user experience.
- Create and execute a marketing and communications strategy in partnership with Meijer functional SMEs to help generate seller leads, educate consumers / drive traffic, and enable Meijer associates Partner closely with key cross-functional teams who will be critical to the team's success (i.e. legal, finance. HR, supply chain, store ops, etc.)
What You'll Bring With You:
- Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred
- 5+ years of experience in retail. Must have experience working within either Merchandising or eCommerce
- Experience in managing teams, either directly or through project/contractor teams.
- Proven track record of driving significant revenue growth and scaling operations in a fast-paced digital retail environment.
- Strong understanding of the ecommerce ecosystem of vendors, manufacturers, distributors, etc.
- Excellent strategic thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to translate data insights into actionable plans.
- Outstanding leadership and team management abilities, with experience building and motivating high-performing teams.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across all levels of the organization.
- Experience in vendor negotiations and partnership development.
- Familiarity with e-commerce technologies, platform integration, and digital marketing strategies.
- Demonstrated ability to drive innovation and adapt to rapidly changing market conditions.
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