About the Role
Big Potato aims to Light Up the Moments We Share Together with easy-to-learn, laughter-first games. As the company scales globally, we are recruiting into our Ecommerce team to own the day-to-day trading of Amazon, TikTok, and Shopify accounts, focusing on forecasting, pricing, and margin. This role involves leading a team and collaborating across departments to ensure cohesive ecommerce strategies.
Responsibilities
- Manage and develop two Ecommerce Managers, setting clear priorities and fostering proactive commercial ownership.
- Lead the weekly ecommerce trading rhythm, ensuring actions are completed.
- Serve as the day-to-day escalation point for the team.
- Continuously improve team processes, exploring AI and automation opportunities.
- Own the delivery of ecommerce revenue and profit targets.
- Monitor marketplace and channel performance to identify opportunities and risks.
- Drive actions on key trading metrics including revenue, traffic, conversion, BSR/rank, availability, pricing, profitability, and promotions.
- Support forecasting and contribute to pricing, margin, and promotional strategy.
- Oversee commercial and operational performance across Amazon markets (US, UK, Germany, Canada, and beyond).
- Maintain marketplace fundamentals: availability, pricing, content, promotions, and catalogue health.
- Coordinate major trading moments such as Prime Day, Black Friday/Cyber Monday, and Q4.
- Support the growing presence on Walmart.com and Target.com, collaborating on promotional and discount planning.
- Partner closely with Performance Marketing, Retail/Sales, Operations/Supply Chain, International Sales, Creative, and Finance to coordinate ecommerce priorities.
Requirements
- Solid experience in Amazon ecommerce (typically around 6+ years, with achievement being more important than exact tenure).
- Experience managing and developing people.
- A track record of owning significant revenue targets.
- Strong commercial and analytical skills, with a good understanding of ecommerce KPIs.
- Confidence in prioritizing, making independent decisions, and constructively challenging others.
- A proactive, organized, and commercially curious approach.
- Comfortable using AI tools such as Claude or ChatGPT for increased effectiveness.
- Experience with Shopify, TikTok Shop, Walmart, or Target is a plus.
- Experience expanding into new international marketplaces is a plus.
- Advanced Excel/Sheets or BI tool experience is a plus.
- A relevant degree or equivalent experience is welcome.
Skills
- Amazon ecommerce
- Team leadership
- Forecasting
- Pricing strategy
- Margin management
- Performance marketing collaboration
- Operations collaboration
- Finance collaboration
- Brand marketing collaboration
- Commercial performance analysis
- Marketplace analysis
- KPI management
- AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT)
- Shopify
- TikTok Shop
- Walmart.com
- Target.com
- Excel/Sheets
- BI tools
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Full-time
- Four-day week
Experience Level
- 6+ years in Amazon ecommerce
Education Level
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience
Benefits
- 16 days annual leave, in addition to Bank and Public Holidays
- Employee Benefit Trust enrollment after 12 months
- Free BUPA private healthcare
- Access to the Government Pension Scheme
- £500 annual bonus (pro rata) for holidays
- Free fruit, snacks, soft drinks, office wine & beers, tea & coffee
- Discounted gym
- Free monthly yoga
- Monthly paid socials
- Summer and Christmas Party
- Free games
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free eye tests
- Dog friendly office
About the Company
- Big Potato's purpose is to Light Up the Moments We Share Together with easy-to-learn, laughter-first games played by millions globally.
- The company is dedicated to bringing people together through games, addressing the rarity of quality time together in modern life.
- The team is ambitious, creative, and committed to making brilliant games and challenging the industry.
- Big Potato values its People, Customers, Consumers, and the Planet, holding B-Corp Certification and achieving high employee NPS scores.
- It is one of the UK's fastest-growing games companies.
Equal Opportunity
- Big Potato welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences, and especially encourages applications from groups currently underrepresented in ecommerce and gaming.
- They encourage applications even if candidates do not meet every listed requirement.
- The company offers adjustments to the recruitment process upon request to support candidates.
