At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead marketplace trading, manage product data, and resolve issues in a dynamic ecommerce environment.
- Company: Join Handy, a leading independent garden machinery distributor with a rich history.
- Benefits: Enjoy training opportunities, industry events, and a chance to work with top brands.
- Other info: Be part of a family-owned business with excellent career growth potential.
- Why this job: Make an impact in ecommerce while developing your skills in a supportive team.
- Qualifications: Ecommerce experience, strong Excel skills, and a keen eye for detail are essential.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
We are looking for a hands‑on
Marketplace Trading Lead to support the growth of our ecommerce and marketplace channels.
This is a practical lead role within a small team.
The successful candidate will support our Data & Ecommerce Executive while also being directly involved in product onboarding, pricing checks, marketplace uploads, order processing checks, marketplace advertising and issue resolution.
This role would suit someone who is commercially aware, strong with data and Excel, and happy to get involved in the detail.
Key Responsibilities
- Review and improve product specifications and marketplace data before upload.
- Maintain accurate product data across all marketplace channels.
- Create and manage pricing files, ensuring products are competitive while protecting margin.
- Check product cost, VAT, delivery costs, marketplace fees and promotional pricing before products go live.
- Monitor order processing and investigate failed, missing or incorrect marketplace orders.
- Identify and resolve marketplace issues including listing errors, feed problems, pricing errors and rejected products.
- Review competitor pricing and product listings to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Support marketplace advertising activity, including sponsored listings, campaign setup, performance checks and reporting.
- Support marketplace trading activity, promotions, seasonal campaigns and product launches.
- Lead and support the Data & Ecommerce Executive with priorities, training and day‑to‑day work.
- Work closely with Senior Leadership team, Brand Partners, Product, Sales, Finance, IT and Operations to keep ecommerce activity moving.
Skills, qualifications and experience
- Experience in ecommerce, marketplaces, product data, digital trading or ecommerce operations.
- Marketplace experience across platforms such as e Bay, Amazon, B&Q, Tesco, Debenhams or similar would be beneficial.
- Strong Excel skills are essential.
- Confident working with large product files, pricing files and marketplace upload data.
- Able to use Excel to check data, compare pricing, identify errors and calculate margin.
- Experience with formulas such as VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP would be beneficial.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Commercial understanding of pricing, margin, marketplace fees, advertising costs and delivery costs.
- Practical, organised and willing to get involved in day‑to‑day ecommerce tasks.
- Good problem‑solving skills and able to investigate issues properly.
- Confident supporting and guiding another team member.
- Educated to A‑level standard / Level 3 equivalent as a minimum.
- Training and development opportunities.
- Opportunity to attend relevant industry events, training days and conferences.
- Opportunity to work across well‑known garden machinery brands and major online marketplaces.
- About Handy
Handy is one of the UK’s largest independent garden machinery wholesale distributors and manufacturers.
Founded in 1938, the business supplies specialist dealers, national retailers, garden centres and online retailers from its purpose‑built 70,000 sq ft site in Swindon.
Handy is the UK‑appointed distributor for Greenworks cordless equipment and also owns successful garden machinery brands including Webb Garden Power, The Handy and Q Garden.
Still family‑owned, Handy combines strong product knowledge, dedicated customer service and over 20,000 spare part lines to support its customers across the garden machinery market.
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Marketplace Trading Lead in Swindon employer: Handy
Handy is an excellent employer, offering a dynamic work environment where employees can thrive in their careers while contributing to the growth of a leading garden machinery distributor. With a strong focus on employee development, opportunities for training and industry engagement, and a supportive team culture, Handy ensures that its staff are well-equipped to succeed in their roles. Located in Swindon, employees benefit from being part of a family-owned business that values product knowledge and customer service, making it a rewarding place to work.
