VP Strategy & Planning eCommerce

Medline Industries, LP • Northfield, IL

96d • $201,760 - $302,640

About The Position

Lead cross-functional e-Commerce initiatives and manage all aspects of e-Commerce from planning, executing, and evaluating strategy. Provide expertise on e-Commerce best practices and identity new areas of opportunity.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 10 years of e-Commerce experience to include at least 5 years of e-Commerce operational or project leadership experience.
• At least 5 years of experience directly managing people, including hiring, developing, motivating and directing them as they work.
• Experience developing strategic initiatives which align with business goals and budget.
• Experience working across multiple strategic business units and functional groups, e.g. IS, Retail Marketing, Finance, Sales, etc., to influence others without direct authority.
• Experience managing and conducting qualitative and quantitative analysis on complex data.
• Experience presenting to senior management or C-suite with the purpose of influencing company or client decisions.
• Position requires travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Nice To Haves

• MBA
• At least 5 years of Direct-to-Consumer/B2C e-Commerce experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to manage all aspects of the e-Commerce business including, business planning, catalog / product content strategy, website & web product development, execution of e-retail marketing strategy, and web analytics & technologies.
• Serve as primary point of contact for the e-Commerce organization to internal customers (product and sales divisions) acting as a project manager to evaluate, prioritize, develop, manage, implement and test e-Commerce initiatives.
• Provide expertise on current e-Commerce industry best practices and serve as thought-leader for identifying new areas of opportunity beyond current organizational thinking.
• Develop and oversee the effective planning, QA and execution of content across the websites and online marketing campaigns to ensure efficiency, accuracy and timeliness of all web content publishing.
• Partner with key internal customers to ensure all relevant organizational goals and implications are factored into e-Commerce projects. Consult on projects to ensure e-Commerce principles are incorporated.
• Collaborate with sales leadership to drive Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) e-Commerce sales.
• Partner with Web Analytics related to D2C and communicate relevant information to executive leadership and internal customers.
• Management responsibilities include: Typically, manages through Directors. Provides leadership and management to one or more major departments of an operating unit or to a department that has system-wide accountability.
• Strategic, tactical and operational planning (24 + months) for the function or department.
• Direct budgetary responsibility for one or more departments, functions or major projects/programs.
• Interpret and execute policies for departments/projects and develops.
• Recommend and implement new policies or modifications to existing policies.
• Hiring staff, recommending pay increases, performing performance reviews, training and development of staff, estimating personnel needs, assigning work, meeting completion dates, interpreting and ensuring consistent application of organizational policies.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k) contributions
• Paid time off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees