We are at the beginning of a new era in E-commerce. We are currently rolling out international sales via Marketplaces. The Marketplaces team consists of 4 colleagues, and you will be joining this growing team as a marketplaces specialist. This means that there are plenty of challenges in which you can apply your expertise and there is also plenty of room for self-development. So, are you a self-starter who knows how to get things done, and are you willing to build a startup department within an international corporate organization that has sufficient budget to grow? If your answer is ‘YES’, then we would like to hear from you.

marketplaces specialist

what will you do?

As a Marketplaces Specialist, you will be responsible for developing further success by growing sales on European marketplaces such as Amazon. You will be responsible for setting up listings, creating and monitoring campaigns, price optimization, and content creation which includes product content, A+ content & setting up brand stores. Furthermore, you are usually kept busy with monitoring and analyzing marketplace metrics and sales, which includes monitoring product pricing, customer feedback, and marketplace health. Together with the other colleagues in the Marketplaces team, you will set priorities to improve.

In your role, you will work with your own team and many different departments. For example, you will work closely with the supply chain analyst for input on stocks, and the product information management team ensures the delivery of the correct product information. This enables you to fine-tune and adjust the digital sales processes to ensure that all our brands can grow online on our marketplace channels.

As a Marketplace Specialist, you will also conduct research and identify the growth strategy for other marketplace channels within Europe. This includes identifying logistical needs, pricing, and issuing advisory reports for internal stakeholders.
Finally, you will participate in projects related to order automation, ensuring a flawless connection to the supply chain and external warehouses. It is therefore important that you have experience with stakeholder management and process management.

where will you be working as a marketplaces specialist

You will be working in our brand-new office in Almere, which we moved into in June this year. Our building is in the top 5 of most sustainable buildings in the world and we are proud of that. The Marketplaces team is a startup department, which falls under the central Digital Marketing team. Tim is the cooperating foreman of this startup department and will be your coach to guide you in your role. He will do this by giving you the confidence and responsibility you need to fulfill this role. Self-development and self-starting are central to Tim and he is always willing to help you with this.

From the heat source to heat emission to heat distribution, this company covers a broad spectrum of innovative building technology systems. We have specialized in technical products and systems in the fields of installations, heating, cooling, and solar solutions. In more than 70 countries we offer successful, innovative solutions for residential and commercial buildings and sustainable energy.

We are a Dutch listed company and global specialist in high-quality industrial products and processes. With some 15,000 employees we operate worldwide.

what we expect from you as a marketplaces specialist

You are a self-starter with a hands-on mentality who is driven by customer insight and enjoys taking on a challenge. You are continuously working on development and innovation. You like to do all this in an organization that is very open to change. Your success in this role is determined by your pioneering mentality, proactive attitude, and ability to connect with people. You also have:

  • a bachelor or master’s degree (in marketing)
  • an excellent command of English and at least 1 foreign language, such as German or French. Dutch is not a requirement.
  • experience with online marketplaces for the B2C market and understanding of the mechanics of all back-end tools, processes and systems.
  • experience with advertising on marketplaces
  • you love working in an unstructured and complex environment allowing you to have influence over the structure of your work and department

what we offer you

We offer you a dynamic working environment where you get all the space you need to take the initiative and to develop personally. We are financially very healthy, which means that we can and will continue to invest in a better future. Besides the possibility of a permanent contract, we offer excellent working conditions. These include:

  • 8% holiday money
  • Profit share
  • 27 holidays and 13 collective ADV days
  • Pension scheme with 50% employer’s contribution
  • Travel allowance
  • Collective health insurance