We are looking for an Ecommerce Account Executive to join our growing Ecommerce Marketing team at our Head Office in York on a full-time basis (39.5 hours per week). This is a new role which we are looking to fill with someone who wants to help us maximise online sales and profitability by managing key trading accounts such as Next and M&S, whilst actively looking to pursue new business opportunities and supporting expansion through partnerships and collaboration. This role’s responsibilities span both Pavers and Jones Bootmaker brands.

We offer flexible start and end times to the working day; core office hours are 9.30-3.30pm and some hybrid working once induction is complete and free Parking onsite.

Pavers has been trading for 50 years and is a highly profitable family owned-and-run retail business with a strong balance sheet, over 170 retail locations, and a rapidly expanding digital presence. We also own the Jones Bootmaker and Herring Shoes footwear businesses, remain acquisitive, and employ over 1600 people. We were recently recognised by Best Companies as one of the UK’s Top 10 Retail Employers, are Carbon Neutral, have donated more than £1m to charity in the past 3 years, are currently applying for B Corp accreditation, and are imminently undertaking a significant expansion and modernisation of our Warehouse, Head Office, and Retail estates.

You’ll join a growing team and an environment where there is a healthy balance of fun and hard work! Pavers is a growing retail business, and this is an excellent time to join! We love to invest in our people and actively encourage personal and professional development across the business!

Key Responsibilities of our Ecommerce Account Executive:

• Manage and enhance the Pavers & Jones Bootmaker presence across established marketplaces, actively auditing websites and proposing change to improve performance
• Actively research and initiate discussions with new marketplaces, approaching opportunities with a commercial mindset and using analytical skills to present opportunities to key stakeholders
• Create and manage a directory of all marketplaces and partner sites, including key contacts and commercial agreements
• Ensure that all product information and imagery is up to date, accurate and in keeping with all legal requirements
• Create a roadmap of future launches, working closely with the Senior Ecommerce Trading Executive and other internal departments to optimise performance across new and existing marketplaces
• Develop critical path’s and identify key milestones for all key stakeholders to work to, when integrating with new Marketplaces

Requirements to be our Ecommerce Account Executive:

This role would suit an individual with strong experience in building and managing relationships, with a trading mentality and a commercial approach to business. You’ll ideally have 1-2 years’ experience in marketing or managing marketplace accounts and have the drive to further your career in an exciting area of the business.

You’ll need to be highly analytical, be able to work at a fast pace and adapt to an ever-changing retail environment. Communication, both written and verbal, will be key skill to display, to work with cross functional teams to maximise website performance, driving those all-important sales and aiding in the delivery of sales and profit growth in line with the business’s 5 year marketing plan.

We look for positive individuals with a ‘can do’ attitude and a passion for footwear and marketing! You’ll need strong excel skills and a high attention to detail to make a success of this role.

Salary & Benefits of our Ecommerce Account Executive:

Salary: circa £24,000 depending on experience

• Flexible Working core office hours 9.30am-3.30pm
• Hybrid Working 1 day per week working from home after induction
• Generous Staff Discount
• Free onsite parking at our York Office
• Discretionary Annual Bonus
• Holiday Entitlement (Increases with service)
• Company Contribution Pension
• Access to RetailTRUST (Wellbeing Support)
• Access to RetailCURE (Financial Support)
• Access to the Pavers Foundation: an employee-led grant application and charitable giving scheme

About Us

We are passionate about providing comfort and happiness to our customers, and we make sure to employ people who are as passionate as we are. We always look for happy, confident, upbeat people, and we provide great jobs in a supportive family environment for them. We know that without our colleagues there is no business, and so the better we look after you, the better service you will provide our customers. We always try and do the right thing by our people.

We strive for diversity of thinking across the business and believe strongly in supporting our local communities. In 2018 we donated over £2.2m to establish the Pavers Foundation, with the specific purpose of providing grants for causes important to all our colleagues in the areas of health, education, and community. In terms of the environment, we are constantly seeking to reduce our impact. Since 2021 we have been fully carbon neutral, and we also have one of the largest solar arrays in the North-East of England on our warehouse generating clean energy. Because every year we give a percentage of our annual profits to our Foundation, our overarching aim is to be financially successful, but to achieve this in an environmentally and socially responsible manner.

If this sounds like the kind of business you’d like to know more about, we’d love to hear from you - please apply today for the role of Ecommerce Account Executive!