eCommerce Marketplace specialist
Position Summary
We are seeking organized and detail-oriented eCommerce Marketplace Specialists to manage the day-to-day operation of assigned online marketplaces. Potential assignments include Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, Target, Wayfair, and other eCommerce channels.
This posting may be used to fill multiple positions. Each specialist will receive a defined marketplace or operational focus based on company needs, experience, and individual strengths. Individual team members will not be expected to manage every marketplace listed.
Key Responsibilities
Marketplace & Account Operations
• Manage the day-to-day operation of assigned marketplace accounts.
• Monitor account notifications, policy requirements, performance standards, and account-health concerns.
• Maintain accurate pricing, inventory availability, fulfillment settings, and customer-facing information.
• Monitor orders, cancellations, returns, tracking, and applicable service measures.
• Open and manage marketplace support cases through resolution.
• Maintain current knowledge of assigned marketplace requirements and capabilities.
Product Listings & Catalog
• Create, publish, maintain, and optimize marketplace product listings.
• Adapt approved titles, descriptions, attributes, keywords, images, categories, and other product information to meet channel requirements.
• Coordinate new-product launches and ensure listings are published accurately and on schedule.
• Investigate rejected products, suppressed listings, missing attributes, variation problems, and other catalog issues.
• Use marketplace portals, bulk-upload templates, spreadsheets, feeds, and available integrations.
Inventory & Fulfillment
• Monitor inventory availability and identify potential stock-out, excess-inventory, or fulfillment risks.
• Coordinate marketplace needs with Production, Shipping, Customer Service, and other departments.
• Depending on assignment, assist with forecasting, replenishment, shipment planning, receiving follow-up, or merchant-fulfilled operations.
• Investigate applicable shipment, order, inventory, or receiving discrepancies.
Promotions & Reporting
• Implement approved pricing changes, promotions, coupons, deals, and marketplace merchandising activities.
• Pull and maintain sales, traffic, conversion, inventory, catalog, order, promotion, and account-health reports for assigned channels.
• Explain performance results, risks, and opportunities.
• Recommend practical operational, catalog, inventory, or promotional improvements.
Team Collaboration
• Coordinate with Product Design, Creative Marketing, Content Marketing, Paid Advertising, Production, Shipping, and Customer Service.
• Maintain organized marketplace records and documentation.
• Document repeatable processes and cross-train with other marketplace specialists for backup coverage.
Qualifications
• Associate or bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, eCommerce, supply chain, analytics, communications, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including the ability to organize, filter, sort, validate, and analyze large datasets.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret sales, traffic, conversion, inventory,
catalog, and operational data.
• Ability to identify trends, discrepancies, risks, and opportunities and turn findings into practical recommendations.
• High attention to detail when working with SKUs, product information, pricing, inventory, orders, and marketplace reports.
• Ability to learn marketplace systems, policies, terminology, and technical requirements.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage recurring responsibilities, product launches, support cases, and deadlines.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to investigate issues and manage them through resolution.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills with consistent follow-through.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with eCommerce, marketing, creative, production, shipping, and customer-service teams.
• Ability to work full-time on-site in Tremont, Illinois.
Preferred Skills
• Experience in eCommerce, online retail, supply chain, digital merchandising, catalog management, inventory planning, or data analysis through employment, internships, academic projects, or independent online selling.
• Familiarity with Amazon Seller Central, Walmart Seller Center, Target Plus, Best Buy Marketplace, Wayfair Partner Home, Shopify, or another eCommerce platform.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel functions, formulas, PivotTables, lookups, and other tools to organize and analyze data.
• Experience preparing recurring reports, dashboards, or performance summaries to support business decisions.
• Familiarity with marketplace product listings, item setup, variations, product attributes, bulk-upload templates, inventory management, or order processing.
• Experience working with large product catalogs or structured product data.
• Basic knowledge of marketplace search optimization, conversion, pricing, promotions, account health, or inventory performance.
• Experience identifying data discrepancies, troubleshooting platform issues, or managing support cases.
• Experience working with physical consumer products, retail merchandise, or licensed products.
Performance Expectations
• Accurate and timely marketplace product listings.
• Consistent monitoring of account health, orders, inventory, and platform notifications.
• Timely resolution of support cases and marketplace issues.
• Accurate implementation of approved pricing and promotions.
• Organized and reliable marketplace reporting.
• Clear identification of performance risks and opportunities.
• Effective coordination with other departments.
• Accurate maintenance of marketplace records and processes.
Compensation & Benefits
• Competitive compensation.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Career growth within the organization.
