Commerce Operations Supervisor - Multi Retailer
Bav Group México · Chicago, IL · Today
Management$60k–$140k/yrFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Digital Shelf Operations & Content Stewardship
- Own operational health of the digital shelf across Target, Kroger, Sam's Club, and assigned mid-tail retailers
- Execute product content updates
- Submit and maintain content through retailer portals, Salsify, and syndication platforms
- Verify syndication outcomes and monitor publication status
- Validate product data accuracy, taxonomy, and retailer-specific requirements prior to publication
- Implement pre-syndication readiness checklist
- Content Monitoring, Alert Triage & Quality Assurance
- Assess alert severity, identify root cause (retailer overwrite vs. syndication failure vs. data quality issue), and route to appropriate owner with recommended action
- Perform manual PDP audits for retailers not covered by Profitero (Food, Drug, DIY) on monthly cadence
- Maintain quarterly category share tracking: is client gaining or losing vs. competition at total category level
- Flag new entrant detections, delistings, and major competitive price shifts within 1 week of occurrence
- Support line review preparation and QBR data pulls for Target and Kroger Sales teams
- Client Reporting & Insight Delivery
- Deliver monthly structured reporting meetings to Omni-marketing and Sales teams for assigned retailers
- Reports include: content health scorecard, search visibility trends, competitive positioning, and trading metrics — each with written "so what" and recommended actions
- Execute approved content changes resulting from search/keyword recommendations (title rewrites, bullet updates, image swaps)
- Brief the creative agency
- Pre-campaign retail-readiness verification: confirm products are content-complete and compliant before media spend activates
- Search & Optimisation Execution
- Execute approved keyword and content optimisations
- Receive and apply cross-retailer optimisation learnings from Amazon/Walmart teams
- Monitor share of search and organic rank for priority keywords (where data available via Profitero/retailer portals)
- Flag optimisation opportunities when data suggests content underperformance
- Ticket & Workflow Management
- Manage daily ticket queues across retailer portals; prioritise by SLA and business impact
- Cook up coordination
- Coordinate execution across Brand, Omni-marketing and Sales teams
- Track work through completion; provide status updates to stakeholders
- Resolve retailer publication issues, validation errors, and operational roadblocks
- Document recurring issues for root cause analysis and continuous improvement
- Documentation & Process Improvement
- Maintain retailer execution guides: portal processes, content requirements, ticket workflows, escalation paths
- Document brand-specific standards, retailer nuances, and client preferences for consistent execution
- Identify recurring manual activities and recommend automation opportunities (partner with Tech team)
- Contribute to ongoing refinement of managed service offerings based on client needs and retailer changes
- Cross-Retailer Coordination
- Receive monthly insight cascade, assess applicability to assigned retailers and execute relevant optimisations
- Share Tier 2-3 retailer insights back to Tier 1-2 teams where relevant
- Support Amazon/Walmart teams on overflow during peak periods (holiday, NPD surges) — cross-trained on core VC/SupplierOne workflows
- Participate in quarterly cross-retailer strategy review alongside full Retail Services team
Qualifications
- 3-5 years in eCommerce operations, digital shelf management, PIM or retail services
- Experience with Target and/or Kroger retailer portals and content requirements
- Proficiency with digital shelf intelligence platforms (Profitero, Stackline or equivalent)
- Experience with PIM/syndication platforms (Salsify, Syndigo or equivalent)
- Strong data fluency: can read dashboards, spot anomalies and write actionable "so whats"
- Client-facing communication skills: comfortable presenting findings and recommendations
- Exceptional attention to detail with ability to manage multiple concurrent retailer priorities
- Advanced Excel; comfortable with structured reporting
- CPG industry experience (Home Care, Laundry, Air Care, Consumer Health or Food categories) preferred
- Familiarity with GS1 standards and retailer content scorecards
- Experience with syndicated data sources (Nielsen, Circana, 84.51°) preferred
- Understanding of retail media fundamentals (how content performance connects to paid search ROI) preferred
- Experience in agency or managed services environment preferred