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Head of ECommerce

Job Category: Sales & Marketing
Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: South India
Reporting Relationship: Managing Director & CEO
Opportunities With: Our Clients

Job Purpose

  • The Executive will own and accelerate the ECommerce business across the online platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership & P&L Ownership

  • Define and execute a unified e-commerce strategy across marketplaces, D2C channels, and emerging channels next to B2B channels
  • Own full P&L accountability—revenue growth, margin optimization, expense management, and ROI on technology investments
  • Lead forecasting, budgeting processes aligned with corporate goals. & provide market int. competitor analysis.

Technology & Innovation

  • Lead selection, implementation, and integration of the D2C & E-Commerce tech stack (D2C platform, CRM, marketing automation, personalization engines)
  • Leverage AI and advanced analytics for demand forecasting, dynamic pricing, customer segmentation, and personalized merchandising
  • Manage digital transformation to ensure scalable, secure, and data-driven operations, making sure tech investments align with business goals.

Omnichannel & Customer Experience

  • Architect seamless journeys across online and offline touchpoints
  • Drive exceptional site performance, content strategy, and fulfilment SLAs to maximize conversion and retention
  • Resolve escalations proactively, using analytics and customer insights to refine assortment, pricing, and promotional tactics
  • Manage marketplace vendor relationships, ensuring compliance, quality, and optimal product visibility.

Go-to-Market & Growth Execution

  • Oversee assortment planning, demand forecasting, stock allocation, and replenishment to meet sell-in and sell-out targets
  • Lead product launches, exclusive campaigns, and performance-driven marketing (SEM, social, affiliate, display) to acquire and engage customers
  • Track and report on KPIs: Gross merchandise value, revenue growth, customer acquisition cost, fulfilment efficiency & CSAT
  • Continuously seek opportunities of launching new channels by considering market and consumer trends and following channel development plans

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Governance

  • Align with finance, supply chain, product, marketing, and legal teams for forecasting, budget control, compliance, and launch readiness
  • Establish e-commerce policies, data-privacy standards, and marketplace governance frameworks
  • Provide market intelligence and competitor benchmarking to ensure informed strategic decisions
  • Foster a culture of innovation, agility, and continuous improvement across the e-commerce organization
  • Champion change management and digital adoption to future-proof retail capabilities

Key Skills & Attributes

  • Proven track record of building and scaling ecommerce businesses, preferably in consumer durables, or adjacent consumer electronics categories (e.g. audio-visual, laptops, mobiles etc.)
  • Strong relationships with marketplaces
  • Ability to design and execute joint business plans with marketplaces
  • Ecommerce levers – pricing, promotions, digital content, traffic-to-conversion analytics & supply chain integration
  • Team leadership & mentoring abilities
  • Hands-on, agile, and entrepreneurial, with people-centric approach
  • Strong stakeholder management
  • Blend of strategy & operations
  • Self-driven & Result oriented
  • Negotiations skills
  • Customer Centric & value-based selling approach
  • Good interpersonal skills

Qualifications & Experience

  • Master’s degree in business, Marketing, Engineering, or related field
  • 15+ years of leadership experience in e-commerce from consumer durables / consumer electronics space.
  • Demonstrated track record of P&L ownership, digital transformation, and marketplace/D2C growth; Should have directly handled a sizable ecommerce revenue.
  • Expertise in e-commerce platforms, CRM
  • Strong analytical skills with hands-on experience in AI-driven forecasting, performance modelling, and e-commerce analytics

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