Naylor's Equestrian Llp

Product Manager About the Company: JD Group is currently embarking on an exciting phase of transformation, aimed at supporting our ambitious global expansion plans and sustaining our robust growth. As a leading name in retail sports fashion, JD Group has successfully established a significant presence worldwide, resonating especially with a loyal customer base aged 16-24. Our strong relationships with top-tier brands like Nike and Adidas enhance our market standing, and we continue to bolster our global footprint with new store openings each week. Within JD Group, the Size? group of brands specialises in supplying the finest products from the best brands in footwear, apparel and accessories. Initially set up to trial edgier product collections before introducing them to the mass market through the JD fascia, the size? offer has since grown to include its own roster of highly sought-after worldwide exclusive product releases. Outside of the UK, size? has stores in Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. About the Role: We are looking for a Product Manager to join our Product function, responsible for delivering the end-to-end omnichannel roadmap across the size? group of brands. You will focus on shaping, developing and delivering the customer experience across Web and App, driving continued growth and strengthening market leadership. You will be accountable for defining, launching and measuring the impact of new customer-facing capabilities across our digital ecosystem, ensuring a seamless and commercially optimised journey across all touchpoints. In doing so, you will work at the centre of key technology and platform partnerships, bringing best-in-class experiences to size? customers. You must be adept at identifying opportunities across the full customer funnel, balancing new opportunities with the delivery of existing commitments. You will be expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy, proactively identifying areas for innovation and driving progress across a broad and complex domain. You will collaborate closely with product, engineering and design, as well as commercial stakeholders, ensuring priorities are clearly understood, aligned and delivered across teams and leadership. This role is well suited to a high-potential individual who is motivated to take ownership, move at pace and make a tangible impact, with significant scope to grow and expand their remit over time. You will also be responsible for managing key partner relationships and associated budgets within your domain, ensuring strong commercial and delivery outcomes. Key Responsibilities: Product Vision and Roadmap Development: Define and articulate the vision for your Product translating strategic business objectives into actionable plans. Prioritise the roadmap according to value and effort, balancing short term wins with longer term scale. Drive innovation: Utilise extensive experience, and wider market knowledge to bring innovative solutions to business problems. Work with our Product Design & Research team to ensure solutions drive JD Group towards a best-in-class omnichannel offering. Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate closely with the wider Product team, technical teams, and commercial stakeholders to ensure product features align with business needs, customer expectations, and Group strategy. Execution & delivery: Prioritise and manage the product backlog. Run sprints, manage requirements, refine user stories, ensure technical feasibility and ensure end-to-end delivery of features on time and to quality. Performance monitoring and experimentation: Use data analytics to assess the value and efficacy of digital features to make informed decisions and drive continuous improvement. Supplier management: Form strong collaborations with digital suppliers, ensuring JD is at the forefront of innovative releases while operating with robust commercial constructs and efficient spend. Agile Leadership: Champion Agile practices within the team, facilitating scrum meetings and ensuring an efficient iterative development process with clear reporting. Requirements: Proven Experience: At least 3 years of experience as a Product Manager or similar role in a digital/ecommerce environment. Technical Proficiency: Strong understanding of ecommerce and retail technologies, Agile methodologies, and experience using tools such as JIRA and Confluence. Delivery track record: Proven ability to develop and deliver complex product development goals. Leadership Skills: Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate cross-functional teams, driving collaboration, innovation and delivery. Customer-Centric Approach: Deep commitment to enhancing customer engagement through innovative digital experiences. Analytical Abilities: Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with a track record of data-driven decision-making.

DIGITALASSISTANTMERCHANDISER Role overview: Working within the Digital Merchandising team, to manage the merchandising across our digital channels ensuring the Visual Merchandising is accurate and commercial. Analysing product sales and stock to drive Trade and stock sell-through. Managing the relationship with Trade, Digital Marketing and Buying teams to deliver high quality site performance Key Responsibilities: Web and store sales analysis to identify key opportunities/pushes for site Content and the various Digital Marketing channels. Identify and drive underperforming brands/categories/products Stock analysis to maximise opportunities and sell-through Own the on-site Merchandising tool, Algolia, to manage all Visual Merchandising, product rankings, navigation, cross sell/upsell and search optimisation, overseen by the Senior Merchandiser Manage commercial collections and campaign links Regular site walks to identify/flag any issues Role objectives and KPI's: Product & Franchise performance & sell-through Manage key product launches Campaign creation and merchandising Managing merchandising rules Add-to-basket rate Conversion Rate optimisation Skills and Experience: Confident working with datasets and various reporting tools (eg Excel, Power Bi, Google Analytics, etc). A working understanding of other areas of an ecommerce business Self-motivated, able to deliver work to a high standard within a deadline. Good organisation and time-management skills. Exceptional interpersonal skills and good team player. Sales Analysis. Cross function coordination. Wider market knowledge (key Periods, Competitors) Good excel skills

About the Company JD Sports is currently embarking on an exciting phase of transformation, aimed at supporting our ambitious global expansion plans and sustaining our robust growth. As a leading name in retail sports fashion, JD Sports has successfully established a significant presence worldwide, resonating especially with a loyal customer base aged 16-24. Our strong relationships with top-tier brands like Nike and Adidas enhance our market standing, and we continue to bolster our global footprint with new store openings each week. Core to the JD Group strategy is bringing the best omnichannel experience possible to our customers, with ambitious agentic commerce plans. With such a young customer base, it's imperative we are at the forefront of this new sales channel. The Product function is at the heart of this effort, developing and delivering the roadmap to bring a seamless experience across all channels. Our philosophy is hypothesis-driven, and data-led, looking to empower the business to provide the best possible customer experience, and keep improving on that experience with every release. About the Role We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to join our Product Function. You will focus on creating, developing and executing our agentic commerce roadmap, strengthening JD Sports' leadership in this emerging field. There will be a high likelihood of a permanent role after the fixed term ends. You will be responsible for developing, launching and measuring the impact of new functionality for both on-site and off-site agentic experiences. In doing this, you will be at the heart of partnerships with some of the largest technology companies in the world, bringing the best possible experience to JD customers. You must be adept at spotting opportunities across the customer funnel, balancing new opportunities with execution of existing commitments. You will be expected to collaborate with the wider product and tech team, as well as commercial stakeholders on relevant areas, ensuring priorities are well understood and shared across teams and leadership. You will also be responsible for managing the relationships and budget for our partners and suppliers in the agentic domain. Key Responsibilities Product Vision and Roadmap Development: Define and articulate the vision for your Product, translating strategic business objectives into actionable plans. Prioritise roadmap according to value and effort, balancing short term wins with longer term scale. Drive innovation: Utilise extensive experience, and wider market knowledge to bring innovative solutions to business problems. Work with our Product Design & Research team to ensure solutions drive JD Group towards a best-in-class omnichannel offering. Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate closely with the wider Product team, technical teams, and commercial stakeholders to ensure product features align with business needs, customer expectations, and Group strategy. Execution & delivery: Prioritise and manage the product backlog. Run sprints, manage requirements, refine user stories, ensure technical feasibility and ensure end-to-end delivery of features on time and to quality. Performance monitoring and experimentation: Use data analytics to assess the value and efficacy of digital features to make informed decisions and drive continuous improvement. Supplier management: Form strong collaborations with digital suppliers, ensuring JD is at the forefront of innovative releases while operating with robust commercial constructs and efficient spend. Agile Leadership: Champion Agile practices within the team, facilitating scrum meetings and ensuring an efficient iterative development process with clear reporting. Requirements Proven Experience: At least 3 years of experience as a Product Manager or similar role in a digital/ecommerce environment. Technical Proficiency: Strong understanding of AI and ecommerce technologies, Agile methodologies, and experience using tools such as JIRA and Confluence. Delivery track record: Proven ability to develop and deliver complex product development goals. Leadership Skills: Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate cross functional teams, driving collaboration, innovation and delivery. Customer-Centric Approach: Deep commitment to enhancing customer engagement through innovative digital experiences. Analytical Abilities: Exceptional analytical and problem solving skills, with a track record of data driven decision making.

Naylor's Equestrian Llp is seeking a Profit and Asset Protection Supervisor located at Kingsway Distribution Centre in Bury, England. This position requires managing security operations, leading a team effectively, and ensuring compliance with site security policies. The ideal candidate should have supervisory experience in a security officer position, excellent people management skills, and the ability to conduct thorough investigations. The role operates on a 4 on 4 off schedule, with both day and night shifts, offering a competitive salary and benefits.

Naylor's Equestrian Llp is looking for a Digital Assistant Merchandiser to manage merchandising across digital channels in Bury, England. The role involves analyzing sales, optimizing stock sell-through, and ensuring visual merchandising is accurate. The ideal candidate should possess strong data handling skills, be self-motivated, and able to collaborate effectively with various teams. Experience with tools like Excel and Google Analytics is essential for success in this role.

JD Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a hands-on BI Developer to design, build, and maintain dashboards, reports, and self service analytics. You will collaborate with BI colleagues, Data Engineering, and Data Science teams to ensure BI solutions are trusted, well governed, and scalable. You will translate data into insight, contribute to enterprise BI standards, optimise performance, and mentor junior developers as needed.

Role Overview We are seeking a hands on, delivery focused Business Intelligence (BI) Developer to design, build, and maintain dashboards, reports, and self service analytics within JD Group. Reporting to a Business Intelligence Area Lead, you will play a key role in delivering high quality BI products that enable effective decision making across the business. You will work closely with BI colleagues, business stakeholders, Data Engineering, and Data Science & AI teams to ensure BI solutions are built on trusted data, follow enterprise standards, and are intuitive, performant, and widely adopted. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys translating data into insight and takes pride in quality, usability, and clarity. Responsibilities BI Delivery Design, build, test, and maintain dashboards, reports, and self service analytics solutions aligned to business requirements Deliver high quality BI outputs using shared semantic layers and governed datasets Work from defined backlogs and requirements, contributing estimates, technical input, and delivery plans Take ownership of assigned BI deliverables, ensuring they are accurate, performant, and user friendly Support incremental delivery and continuous improvement of BI products BI Design & Best Practice Apply best practice in data visualisation, storytelling, accessibility, and user experience Ensure dashboards and reports are consistent, intuitive, and aligned to enterprise BI standards Optimise BI solutions for performance and scalability Contribute to the development and reuse of standard dashboard patterns, templates, and components Actively identify and reduce technical debt, usability issues, and performance risks in owned BI assets Data Quality, Governance & Operations Validate data accuracy and consistency within dashboards and reports Ensure BI outputs comply with data governance, security, and access control standards Maintain clear documentation for dashboards, reports, and semantic models Support monitoring, incident investigation, and resolution of BI related issues Contribute to ongoing improvements in BI reliability and trust Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement Work closely with business stakeholders to clarify requirements and validate outputs Partner with Data Engineering to ensure BI products are built on robust, well modelled, and governed data assets Collaborate with Data Science & AI teams to support visualisation of advanced analytics outputs where required Communicate progress, risks, and design decisions clearly to your Area Lead and wider team Participate constructively in team ceremonies, design reviews, and peer reviews Learning & Continuous Improvement Continuously develop BI, data modelling, and visualisation skills Learn and adopt new BI tools, features, and patterns as agreed within the BI function Build understanding of the business domain and how insight supports decision making Share knowledge, best practices, and learnings with the wider BI community Support junior BI developers where appropriate Role Objectives & KPIs Timely, high quality delivery of assigned BI outputs Accurate, performant, and well adopted dashboards and reports Improved trust and confidence in BI outputs among business users Reduced BI defects, rework, and incidents Positive feedback from stakeholders and peers Consistent adherence to enterprise BI standards and best practices Skills and Experience Proven experience in a Business Intelligence role Hands on experience with modern BI tools, particularly Power BI and/or Looker Solid working knowledge of SQL and analytics data modelling concepts Experience building dashboards and reports on shared semantic layers or curated datasets Strong understanding of data visualisation best practices and UX principles Experience working with governed data and enterprise BI standards Ability to deliver well scoped BI work independently and to a high standard Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy and quality

Profitand AssetProtectionSupervisor Responsible To: Profitand AssetProtectionManager Department: Profitand AssetProtection Location: Kingsway Distribution Centre Hours: 4 on 4 off (rotating 2 days / 2 nights) Salary & Benefits: Competitive/night shift premium/staff discount Key Duties / Responsibilities: Take full ownership of the security operation during the shift making sure the team are deployed effectivelyand all posts are covered. Brief the team at the start ofeach shift providing clear communication of all tasks, priorities and relevant updates. Monitor task completion throughout the shift making sure all activity is carried out in line with Standard Operating Procedures. Enforce task rotation to support team development and maintain operational awareness across the department. Remain active and visible on site, this is not a supervisory role conducted from an office. Identify capable officers and delegate administrative tasks to them, making sure all records are completed accurately and in confidence. Conduct regular one-to-one meetings with officers, documenting outcomes and any agreed actions. Identify and address gaps in individual performance in a timely and constructive manner. Support officer development by recognising strengths and providing clear direction where improvement is needed. Addressfirst levelconductand performanceconcerns promptly and fairly at the appropriate level,documenting fairly and appropriately. Escalate matters beyond a warning or counselling to the Assistant Security Manager Carry out initial investigations into security incidents, conduct matters and policy breaches, gathering evidence and speaking to relevant parties. Complete incident reports accurately andin a timely manner making sure all required information is captured. Enforce the site security policy consistently, challengingnon-compliance and taking appropriate action. Where an investigation has the potential to result in a formal outcome beyondcounselling, compile all evidence and hand off to the Assistant Security Manager for progression. Maintain the highest confidentiality at all times throughout the investigation process Make sure the site remains safe, secure and compliant throughout the shift, capturing all key information within theshift handover. Respond to and manage incidents during the shift, escalating to the Assistant Security Manager or Site Security Manager as appropriate. Make sure the teamconductingsearches,patrols, managingsecurity equipmentsuch as CCTV and access control,in line with the SOPs. Report any risks, hazards or concerns promptly and accurately. Overseeing management ofvisitor/contractor/staffprocessesensuring all are booked in/outin line with policies/procedures. Oversee gatehouse processes ensuring supplier vehicles are booked in/out,and checkingallvehicles are security sealed on arrival and departure. Skills/Experience/Knowledge needed: Proven experience in a securityofficer role with supervisory experience or a strong readiness to step into supervision Confident, hands on leadership style, comfortable managing a team on the ground Strong people management skillswith the ability to have direct and constructive conversations about performance Experienceor understanding of first level HR processes including return to worksand absence management Ability to carry out thorough, fairand objective investigations and produce clear written records Organised and detail-oriented, with the ability to make sure admin is completed to a high standard Professional, calm and decisive Strong written and verbal communication skills SIA Licensingis advantageous however not essential Experience in a distribution, logistics or corporate security environment Must be proficient with Microsoft packages such as emails, excel and word

Engineering Stores Assistant Department - Engineering Responsible to: Engineering Parts Manager Location: Kingsway Distribution Centre Hours: Days - 40 hours a week ( Mon-Fri 07:00 - 15:30) Role Purpose We are seeking a candidate to provide support to the Engineering Department with the day-to-day running of the Engineering Stores. The candidate will be able to maintain the required level of spares and spare equipment in line with production demands. Contribute towards the delivery of the business objectives & KPIs Key Responsibilities To maintain and support the engineering spare parts stores and consumable stores To ensure timely and accurate procurement of Engineering spare parts and consumable requirements To receive, inspect, book parts in; receipt goods, ensure all paperwork available for audit To continuously monitor and analyze spare parts and consumables demand in line with changing operational and planning demands to ensure the minimum stock levels are always maintained To liaise directly with nominated external suppliers across the UK and Europe to ensure stock is available when required Inventory Management -to complete regular stock takes via our CMMS, generate stock replenishment reports to ensure min/max levels are managed Document and send faulty parts for repair with selected suppliers To complete all associated documentation involved with the procurement process, ensure filed away and stored for audit purposes To undertake the management of all chemicals used within engineering to the standards set out in the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) regulations Ensure all Health & Safety procedures are followed, including manual handling (reviewed annually) To communicate clearly and confidently on all matters related to engineering stock/stores. Ability to work independently Key Skills, Knowledge & Experience Good analytical and numeracy skills Excellent computer literacy skills including Microsoft package Good understanding of stock control processes and budget control measures Good understanding of Health & Safety and COSHH regulations Ability to communicate at all levels Experience using procurement systems CMMS - Agility experience preferable but not essential Experience in working within Engineering stores is essential

Naylor's Equestrian Llp is seeking an Engineering Stores Assistant to support the Engineering Department at Kingsway Distribution Centre in Rochdale, England. The successful candidate will maintain spare parts inventory and ensure compliance with Health & Safety standards while contributing towards operational efficiency. Key responsibilities include procurement, inventory management, and effective communication with suppliers. The role requires good analytical, computer literacy, and health regulations knowledge.

AI Engineer Role Overview The AI Engineer is responsible for developing, deploying and supporting production grade AI and generative AI solutions across JD Group. Reporting into the Head of Data Science & AI, the role focuses on hands on engineering delivery of AI systems, including LLM based applications, retrieval augmented generation pipelines and supporting AI services. Working closely with Senior AI Engineers, Senior Data Scientists, Data Engineering, Platform and Product teams, the AI Engineer contributes to the build and operation of scalable, secure and cost effective AI solutions embedded into core business processes. This role sits between Junior and Senior AI Engineer, with increasing accountability for solution delivery, production readiness and technical decision making within defined problem areas. Responsibilities AI Solution Development Design, build and support AI and GenAI solutions under the guidance of Senior AI Engineers Develop LLM based applications, RAG pipelines and AI services using established architectures and patterns Implement inference pipelines, APIs and microservices to support AI driven use cases Contribute to technical decisions within defined components or services Production Readiness, LLMOps & MLOps Support deployment of AI systems into production environments Implement monitoring, logging and basic observability for AI services Ensure code, configurations and pipelines are version controlled, tested and documented Follow established LLMOps, MLOps and CI/CD standards and practices Assist with performance optimisation, cost management and reliability improvements Governance, Risk & Responsible AI Build AI systems in line with responsible AI principles, security and data protection requirements Support model evaluation, testing and quality assurance activities Ensure AI services comply with agreed governance, auditability and risk controls Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement Work closely with Senior Data Scientists to support productionisation of AI driven analytical and decisioning solutions Collaborate with Data Engineering, Platform and DevOps teams as part of delivery squads Communicate technical concepts, progress and risks clearly within the delivery team Support Product and Engineering teams in integrating AI capabilities into applications and workflows Learning & Capability Development Continuously develop skills in AI engineering, generative AI, cloud platforms and modern engineering practices Learn from Senior AI Engineers through design reviews, code reviews and delivery feedback Contribute to shared components, documentation and reusable assets as capability grows Stay informed on developments in AI tooling and platforms, applying learning where appropriate Role Objectives & KPIs Deliver high quality AI engineering outputs that support production AI solutions Successful contribution to end to end delivery of AI initiatives Reliability, performance and maintainability of AI services owned Adherence to engineering, security and governance standards Positive feedback from Senior AI Engineers and delivery stakeholders Demonstrated progression in technical capability, autonomy and delivery ownership Skills and Experience 2-3 years experience in AI Engineering, ML Engineering or Software Engineering roles Practical experience building and supporting AI or ML driven applications Good Python skills and experience developing backend services or pipelines Understanding of LLMs, generative AI concepts and RAG patterns Experience working with cloud platforms, with GCP preferred Familiarity with CI/CD, version control and modern engineering practices Ability to work collaboratively in cross functional teams Experience in large scale, multi brand, or global enterprises; retail experience is advantageous Curious, delivery focused and keen to learn

Naylor's Equestrian Llp is seeking an AI Engineer to develop and support AI solutions. The role involves hands-on engineering delivery of AI systems, collaboration with Senior AI Engineers and other teams. Key responsibilities include designing AI applications, supporting deployment into production, and ensuring compliance with governance standards. Candidates should have 2-3 years of experience in AI or ML Engineering, good Python skills, and familiarity with cloud platforms like GCP. This position is located in Bury St Edmunds, UK.

Digital Trading Manager - JD IE Role overview: Working with the Head of Trading, this role will drive activities to ensure we achieve Revenue, Profit and EBIT targets for our Digital business. The role will work with Buying & Merchandising & Digital Marketing functions to appropriately plan & deliver the activity. Responsibilities: Working with the Trade Lead & Commercial Finance Teams to Plan market targets & phasing. Responsible for the digital trading calendar for the market. Own & drive the key projects and enhancements for the market website & app channels. Be aware of what competitors are doing, looking for new trends and developments. Create the weekly trading summary and daily progress updates. Review previous week's performance and propose and agree actions for the week. Review daily sales identifying areas of weakness, proposing and taking action to increase sales and ensuring optimal stock availability at all times. Tracking, reporting and recommending solutions for slow sellers. Suggesting markdown and promotional events in line with brand strategy and tracking performance and reporting on successes and missed opportunities. Propose stories and sign off products selected by the Merchandisers to feature on mailers. Propose features and sign off products selected by Merchandiser to promote on the site. Review stores best sellers to promote the best of the stores lines. Refine and optimise merchandising activity by analysing traffic and sales data to improve overall effectiveness across categories. Build strong relationships with colleagues across Digital Marketing, Retail and Marketing teams. Develop & train the trading exec and their weekly workload. Manage the relationship with Operational teams to ensure local warehouse fulfilment is maximised. Manage the relationship with Customer Care to improve the customer experience. Role objectives and KPI's: Assist the Digital Trading Head to deliver agreed sales targets Own the coordination of all channel and digital teams to effectively execute launches & Campaigns. Build upon existing strong relationships with various digital teams Responsible for delivering the JD Digital P&L Strong Analytical skill set and confident working across a range of analytical platforms Skills and Experience: Experience managing a business P&L. Confident working with large datasets and reporting tools (eg Excel, Power Bi, Google Analytics, etc). Experience working with within a Trading function. A good understanding of other areas of an ecommerce business including Merchandising, Content, performance marketing and Customer Logistics. Able to develop and upskill more junior members of the team. Commercial brand awareness. Exceptional interpersonal skills and good team player. Forecasting. Reconciliation. Trading Calendar. Profit & loss Understanding. Launch Management. Sales Analysis. Cross function coordination. Managing a Team. Marketing Channel Coordination. Team Training and Roles. Building Blocks. Good Analysis Skills Good Digital Marketing Channel Knowledge Decision-making skills

Naylor's Equestrian Llp in Bury is seeking a Digital Trading Manager to drive digital business activities, achieving revenue and profit targets. The role collaborates with Buying, Merchandising, and Digital Marketing teams. The successful candidate will manage the trading calendar, optimize merchandising activities, and lead key digital projects. Exceptional analytical skills and team management experience are essential.

Naylor's Equestrian Llp seeks a Digital Trading Executive in Bury. The successful candidate will work closely with the Trading Manager to meet commercial targets through effective trading strategies and strong collaboration with digital channels. Key responsibilities include reviewing website content for effectiveness, analyzing sales performance, and maintaining relationships with teams across merchandising and marketing. Strong skills in data analysis and reporting tools are essential.

Digital Trading Executive - JDUK Role overview: Working with the Trading Manager to ensure commercial targets are met, for sales, GPV and EBIT. Creating a trading plan and building relationships with digital channel teams and buying & merchandising functions. Responsibilities: Review the website content & customer journey to ensure relevancy across all devices (web, mobile, app). Constantly review the navigation and structure of all channels looking for ways to improve visitor/buyer conversion rates. Review the seasons trading, looking for opportunities to drive sales, through new brands and ranges. Regular website walk-throughs across all devices. Understand the Retail performance and adjust plans accordingly. Be aware of what competitors are doing, looking for new trends and developments. Testing & tracking promotional mechanics. Additional support across key trading periods. Review previous week's performance and propose and agree actions for the week. Review daily sales identifying areas of weakness, proposing, and taking action to increase sales and ensuring optimal stock availability at all times. Tracking, reporting and recommending solutions for slow sellers. Suggesting markdown and promotional events in line with brand strategy and tracking performance and reporting on successes and missed opportunities. Working with Merchandising to drive order fulfilment from Digital warehouses. Working with digital channel teams to ensure campaigns are consistent and successful. Work with Marketing to support 3rd party brand campaign execution. Manage the key website metrics across each financial period to ensure all targets are met. Support and share learnings with wider trading & country teams. Manage the relationship with digital merchandising counterparts. Support across key brand relationships. Establish working relationships with divisional Buying & Merchandise teams. Work closely with all Digital functions across Digital Marketing functions, Content, Social and Copywriting. Create strong relationships with Marketing function. Role objectives and KPI's: Drive trading to agreed plans. Implement and apply good practice. Build skills & development from working with wider trading team. Build strong relationships with B&M team. Identify opportunities. Identify threats and look to resolve. Skills and Experience: Experience working with within a Trading function. Confident working with datasets and various reporting tools (eg Excel, Power Bi, Google Analytics, etc). A working understanding of other areas of an ecommerce business including Merchandising, Content, and performance marketing. Self-motivated, able to deliver work to a high standard within a deadline. Good organisation and time-management skills. Exceptional interpersonal skills and good team player. Trading Calendar. Profit & loss Understanding. Launch Management. Sales Analysis. Cross function coordination. Marketing Channel Coordination. Experience on core reporting tools (Power BI, GA, Grafana). Wider market knowledge (key Periods, Competitors). Good excel & PowerPoint skills.

Naylor's Equestrian Llp in Greater Manchester is seeking a Senior Digital Analyst to enhance data-driven decision-making within our digital business. The role involves delivering actionable insights and supporting optimization across the customer journey. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in digital analytics, particularly within eCommerce, with solid skills in web analytics tools like GA4, and the ability to communicate insights to stakeholders effectively.

Department: JD DigitalLocation: Bury, ManchesterReporting To: Head of Digital Analytics About JD Group Founded in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, JD Group has grown into a leading global omni-channel retailer in Sports Fashion, Outdoors, and Gyms. Our diverse and dedicated teams operate across a portfolio of renowned retail brands in multiple international markets. Listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1996 and a proud member of the FTSE100 since 2019, JD Group continues to expand both in the UK and globally driven by a commitment to innovation, excellence, and possibility. Our vision is to become the world's most trusted and dynamic omni-channel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us in shaping this future. If you're passionate about contributing to an inclusive, people first, and customer centric organisation and are motivated by continuous growth and operational excellence we'd love to hear from you. Role Purpose We are looking for a Senior Digital Analyst to support data driven decision making across our digital business here at the JD Group. This role will focus on delivering actionable insights, improving trading decisions, marketing performance, and supporting optimisation of the end to end customer journey. You will work closely with marketing, trading, and product teams to analyse performance, identify opportunities, and enable continuous improvement through robust measurement and experimentation. Key Responsibilities Analytics & Insight Deliver regular and ad hoc analysis on digital trading and marketing performance Identify trends, risks, and opportunities across acquisition channels and onsite behaviour Analyse customer journeys, funnels, and conversion performance to support growth initiatives Translate data into clear recommendations for non technical stakeholders Performance Marketing Support Analyse performance across channels (Paid Search, Paid Social, Display, Affiliates, SEO) Support optimisation of key metrics such as CAC, ROAS, and conversion rate Assist in evaluating marketing effectiveness, including attribution and incrementality approaches Testing & Optimisation Support a testing roadmap and execution across digital platforms Analyse test results and provide clear recommendations on scaling or iteration Promote a test and learn mindset across marketing and trading teams Data & Tools Ensure tracking accuracy and data quality in collaboration with engineering teams Use analytics platforms (GA4) to monitor and diagnose performance Stakeholder Collaboration Partner with marketing, trading, and product teams to understand business needs Present insights in a clear, concise, and commercially relevant way Support senior analysts/managers in delivering larger strategic projects Skills & Experience Required Essential Strong experience in fast paced digital analytics, ideally within eCommerce Hands on experience with web analytics tools (e.g. GA4) Experience analysing paid media performance and digital channels Solid SQL skills (or equivalent data querying capability) Strong analytical and problem solving skills with attention to detail Ability to translate data into actionable insights Good stakeholder communication skills Desirable Knowledge of attribution models and incrementality testing Experience working with large datasets or cloud platforms (e.g. BigQuery, Snowflake) Key Competencies Strong analytical mindset Commercial awareness Curiosity and proactive problem solving Clear communication and data storytelling Ability to work in a fast paced, cross functional environment What Success Looks Like (First 6-12 Months) Reliable and insightful outputs in place for trade and marketing channels Clear contributions to improving marketing performance (e.g. ROAS, conversion) Strong relationships with stakeholders Consistent delivery of high quality analysis and actionable recommendations What We Offer We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating a workplace where every colleague is valued, respected, and empowered. We celebrate the diversity of our teams and strive to ensure that all colleagues regardless of background, identity, or lived experience can thrive and contribute meaningfully. As a part of our successful and continually evolving company, you'll be encouraged to embrace and uphold our strategic priorities: putting people first, at the forefront of digital innovation, staying deeply attuned to our customers, and pursuing operational excellence. We are always exploring new avenues for growth, and we welcome individuals who are passionate about making a positive impact every day. We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits: Incremental Holiday Allowance Staff Discount on qualifying purchases across Group retail stores and online Exclusive Colleague Bike Discount scheme Discounted Gym membership Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work Access to Apprenticeships and accredited qualifications

Procurement - Technology Lead inc. Infrastructure and Professional Services Responsible to: Procurement Director UK & Europe Department: Finance Location: JD Sports Fashion plc, Bury Head Office Role Background: This is a senior leadership role within the JD Group Procurement function, accountable for all Technology procurement activity across the Group. The Tech Procurement Lead will have direct ownership of the Infrastructure and Professional Services category whilst also providing strategic direction and day-to-day leadership to the Procurement Manager for Digital (SAAS & Digital) and the Technology Supplier Relationship Manger, ensuring a cohesive and commercially aligned Technology procurement strategy is delivered across all categories. The Tech Procurement Lead will operate at executive level, acting as a key commercial partner to the CTO and Technology leadership team. This role requires the confidence and gravitas to engage credibly at C-suite level - advising on commercial strategy, challenging technology investment decisions, and representing the Procurement function in senior forums. The successful candidate will be comfortable sitting alongside the CTO in supplier negotiations, steering groups and Exec led discussions, bringing commercial insight that directly shapes the Group's Technology agenda. Within the role, the successful candidate will drive margin, operational, and performance improvements to support our Technology sourcing strategy. This will primarily involve expenditure managed from our UK and European businesses but may expand globally where Group leverage opportunities exist. The successful candidate will bring both category expertise and people leadership capability - able to work alongside, develop, and challenge experienced colleagues to collectively improve sourcing processes, commercial terms, supplier performance and innovation across the full Technology spend portfolio. Responsibilities: Acting as the commercial lead for all Technology sourcing, the successful candidate shall ensure that negotiation, contract work and ongoing vendor management activities are delivered in accordance with Group and sector best practice, including but not limited to: Lead, develop and provide day-to-day direction to the Procurement Manager - Digital (SAAS & Digital), ensuring consistent procurement standards, commercial rigour and strategic alignment across all Technology categories. Refine and own the overarching Technology Procurement strategy, aligning Infrastructure, Professional Services and Digital categories into a coherent, prioritised plan. Operate as the primary commercial interface for the CTO and Technology leadership team, providing executive-level counsel on supplier strategy, commercial risk, and investment decisions - with the presence and credibility to influence at the highest levels of the business. Close engagement with senior colleagues including Technology leadership, Finance and Legal on matters including revenue/capex budgets, embedding savings, and supporting business cases for new projects and/or investments. Utilising Group Finance platforms and templates for Purchase Orders, tenders and eAuctions to ensure financial and operational transparency. Regular engagement with the Group Legal team to minimise risk and maximise commercial leverage via agreements with clearly defined service levels, KPIs and appropriate remedies for non-performance. Engage acquisition business contacts to ensure rapid delivery of financial benefits arising from wider JD-Group commercial leverage. Work with the Group Sustainability team to ensure sourcing activity contributes to Group ESG goals such as: i) Climate Change, ii) Sustainable Sourcing and iii) Recycling and the Circular Economy. Act as a trusted adviser and subject matter expert, leading complex procurement projects and providing strategic guidance across all Technology services. Own and drive the Technology procurement pipeline, ensuring the team has visibility of upcoming renewals, re-tenders and new requirements across both Infrastructure and Digital categories. Set and maintain procurement process and policy standards across the Technology team, holding team members to account for delivery and compliance. Partner with the relevant teams to formulate complex service requirements and scope, identify vendors, manage end-to-end RFP processes, provide supplier evaluation frameworks, and make recommendations on vendor selection. Key Relationships: CTO and Technology leadership team - primary commercial partner, providing executive-level counsel on supplier strategy, commercial risk and investment decisions. Group Procurement Director and wider Procurement leadership team - peer collaboration on category strategy, governance, reporting and savings delivery. Procurement Manager - Digital (SaaS & Digital) and Technology Supplier Relationship Manager - direct reports; day-to-day leadership, coaching and performance management. Technology function leads across Infrastructure, Networks, IT Operations, Core Tech and Transformation - business partners on demand planning, sourcing pipeline and supplier performance. Finance, Legal, Risk and Group Sustainability - cross-functional partners on budgets, contractual risk, savings validation and ESG alignment. UK and international colleagues across the JD Group, including recently acquired businesses, to surface and convert Group leverage opportunities. Strategic external suppliers and partners across the Technology supply base - relationship ownership, performance management, governance and innovation engagement. Skills/Experience/Knowledge required: Commercial experience within fast-paced omni-channel retail and/or relevant commodity/services experience with the ability to manage a high level of ambiguity or change. Confidence to own problems and issues, propose solutions and ensure deadlines and/or business goals are achieved. A self starter who has the initiative and confidence to seek out opportunities to deliver value. Influence - engage and drive change, owning and resolving issues and challenges. Strong engagement and communication skills and experience of successfully delivering process improvements and efficiencies. Attention to detail - focused and confident with a breadth of experience in related categories. Driven by data and analytics. You bring strong analytical skills with a passion for using data to develop innovative, effective solutions to address business needs, initiate opportunities and deliver margin improvement. A strong negotiator with the ability to influence using excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills. A natural relationship builder - able to establish credibility quickly with senior internal stakeholders (including C suite), peers across the Group, and strategic suppliers, and to sustain those relationships through both commercial negotiation and day to day delivery. Organised and deadline driven, bringing strong project management and analytical skills. Autonomous self starter with high levels of drive and energy - comfortable setting own direction, prioritising across a broad portfolio and progressing multiple workstreams in parallel without close supervision. Strategic: you recognise and resolve situations that are ambiguous or challenging and use logic to identify alternatives, evaluate, and present solutions while thinking about contingency plans. Confidence and credibility to constructively challenge senior business and Technology stakeholders - pushing back on assumptions, surfacing commercial risk, and holding the line on procurement governance while preserving strong working relationships. The Successful Applicant: Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, Engineering or a related discipline; relevant professional accreditation (e.g. CIPS / MCIPS) preferred. A minimum of 4+ years' experience as a Procurement Manager (or equivalent senior category role) leading Technology procurement, with deep category knowledge across Infrastructure and Professional Services and exposure to SaaS & Digital categories. Demonstrable track record of leading high-value, high complexity Technology negotiations and contract structures - including managed services, multi year SaaS, professional services and outsourcing arrangements. Proven people leadership experience, including direct line management or matrix leadership of experienced procurement professionals, with the ability to coach, develop and hold to account. Excellent decision-making and strategic thinking, with the ability to balance commercial, operational and risk considerations under tight deadlines and in ambiguous situations. Proven track record of building and sustaining complex stakeholder relationships at senior leadership and C suite level, both internally and across the supplier base. Thorough understanding of end to end procurement procedures, governance frameworks and best practice category management, with the judgement to know when to apply rigour and when to flex. Confident user of Microsoft Office (particularly Excel and PowerPoint); experience with sourcing, contract lifecycle and spend analytics tools (e.g. Coupa, Ariba, Ivalua, SAP) is advantageous. Comfortable operating in a fast paced, rapidly changing omni channel retail environment with shifting priorities and high stakeholder visibility.

Overview Working within the Digital Merchandising team to launch new products onsite. Building strong relationships with the Warehouse, Studio, Buying & Merchandising teams to deliver high quality product availability across digital channels. Responsibilities Updating and maintaining product trackers to ensure products go onsite quickly and efficiently Ownership of product set up and attribution Working closely with the wider digital merch team alongside buying and core merchandising to review intake and launch calendars Monitoring sales and stock for product launches Use analytics tools such as GA, Contentsquare and Power Bi to review product performance Identify key products for CRM and Homepage activity Use merchandising tools (such as fredhopper) to roll out visual merchandising standards & optimise the customer journey Daily Site walks to flag any potential issues - incorrect imagery, broken links, incorrect product descriptions, incorrect category attribution and general housekeeping Review new products once they are onsite and ensure they are visible across all relevant touchpoints Troubleshooting products that are not online Assisting the wider Digital Merchandising team with day to day tasking and adhoc requests Objectives & KPIS Approving products in line with time to site expectations and launch dates Update daily reports and communicate key information to the wider teamBuild a strong relationship across Digital and B&M teams Maintaining product attribution Skills & Experience Good excel skills A close attention to detail Data analysis skills to gain insight and inform actions Self-motivated, able to deliver work to a high standard within a deadline. Good organisation and time-management skills. Exceptional interpersonal skills and good team player. Wider market commercial knowledge (Key Periods, Competitors).