Senior Digital and E-commerce Manager in Newton Aycliffe

About Danesmoor Group

The Danesmoor Group is one of the UK’s leading kitchen and bedroom businesses. We’re a fifth generation, family‑owned company with a long track record, but with a clear focus on what is next. Our ambition is to combine the stability, investment and long term thinking of a heritage business with the pace, mindset and capability of a modern, digital first organisation. With a turnover of c.£70m and a strong reputation for service, innovation, design‑led products and advanced UK manufacturing, we’ve built a solid platform across trade, retail and international agency channels. Today, the focus is firmly on the next stage of growth. Together, this creates a genuinely interesting and complex environment spanning B2B and B2C, trade and retail, design, manufacturing and distribution – all within one group.

The group operates across multiple routes to market and audiences:

• PWS: a market‑leading kitchen and bedroom components distributor, operating at scale across the UK.
• Life Kitchens: a fast‑growing complete kitchen manufacturer with a premium consumer brand, showrooms in Waterloo, Wimbledon and York, alongside established B2B trade and contract channels.
• Danesmoor Agency: exclusive UK representation for leading European OEMs.

The Opportunity

What makes this opportunity particularly compelling is where we are in the journey. We’re actively reshaping the business around digital, data and customer experience, not as an add‑on, but as a core driver of future growth. A dedicated digital transformation programme is already underway, covering ecommerce, platforms, AI adoption, data capability and the way we work day to day. This isn’t about simply maintaining websites or making incremental improvements. It’s about building a stronger digital engine for the business, turning ecommerce into a meaningful commercial growth driver, creating more connected journeys across trade and consumer channels, and continuing to elevate our brands through content, experience and insight, while embedding a digital first mindset across the organisation. Joining Danesmoor Group now means joining at a point of real momentum; a profitable, established business with scale, clear backing from the leadership team, and a genuine commitment to building a modern, digitally enabled organisation. For the right person, this role carries a clear and genuine path to a Head of Digital position as our capability grows.

What You'll Own

• E-commerce & Digital Channel Performance: Full trading ownership of the PWS trade platform and our broader digital channel performance. Drive traffic, conversion and revenue across all digital touchpoints. Lead digital merchandising and product presentation in partnership with the Product team.
• Digital Marketing & Campaigns: Plan and execute integrated digital campaigns aligned with product and commercial priorities. Own the social media strategy across the Group, using it as one channel within a broader omnichannel mix to drive brand awareness, lead generation and trade activation. Manage external agency partners and hold them to clear performance standards. Ensure all digital channels are joined up and fully aligned with wider marketing activity across the Group.
• Data & Insight: Build robust reporting frameworks and a culture of data led decision making. Analyse campaign performance, customer behaviour and e-commerce metrics to drive continuous improvement. Provide regular, clear performance insight to senior leadership.
• Team & Capability Leadership: Lead and develop the digital marketing team including social media and digital marketing specialists. Foster a culture of experimentation, learning and continuous improvement. Help build the digital capability of the wider business as new platforms and tools are introduced.

Who We’re Looking For

You are an experienced digital and e‑commerce professional who is as comfortable in the data as you are leading a team and shaping creative direction. You have a track record of moving the numbers, not just managing activity, and you know how to translate commercial goals into smart digital execution.

Experience:

• Proven background in digital marketing and e-commerce, with strong multi channel experience across trade, retail or similar complex commercial environments.
• Demonstrable record of improving digital performance, conversion and lead generation across more than one channel or audience.
• Experience managing paid media, SEO, social and e-commerce platforms, and joining them up into coherent multi channel strategies.
• Agency management and digital budget ownership.
• Comfortable working in a business where product quality and brand matter, and able to reflect that commercially online.

Skills & Approach:

• Strong commercial mindset — you think about revenue, not just metrics.
• Data led, with the ability to build insight frameworks and act on what they tell you.
• Able to balance big picture strategy with hands on delivery.
• A natural collaborator who builds strong relationships across product, commercial and marketing teams.
• Ambitious, curious and energised by building something, not just managing it.

Why Join Danesmoor?

• Trading ownership of a major trade platform and the key player in the digital direction of a £70m business.
• A multifaceted business spanning trade distribution, branded retail showrooms and a European agency, offering unmatched breadth and variety.
• A business with genuine ambition and the commercial foundation to back it.
• A clear and credible path to Head of Digital as the function grows.
• Family owned culture with long term thinking and genuine investment in its people.
• Senior leadership visibility and genuine influence over the Group's digital future.