Contract - Digital Commerce Consultant/Strategist
- Greater London
- £70,000 per year
- Contract
- Full-time
Location: London, hybrid with global stakeholders
Start: ASAPIntroduction
I am partnering with an award-winning, global commerce marketing organisation to find a Digital Commerce Consultant, Strategist. The team works across Europe, the Americas, and Asia, delivering connected commerce solutions for blue-chip brands, with a growth focus at the heart of everything they do.The Role
You will accelerate digital commerce performance across priority markets, shaping strategy, translating data into action, and ensuring global to local alignment. You will design market playbooks, stand up reporting in new markets, and collaborate across internal and external teams to drive measurable commercial outcomes. Expect to combine advanced analytics with pragmatic execution, balancing quick wins with long-term growth initiatives, while influencing senior stakeholders and developing scalable best practice.Responsibilities include:Lead digital commerce excellence, providing a consultative viewpoint on where and how to win across markets, portfolios, and channelsOwn expert guidance across key channels, for example eGrocery, pureplay, q-commerce, and specialist beverage retailersTurn digital shelf reporting into clear, commercial narratives, deploying reporting tech in new markets and embedding adoptionBuild market and customer blueprints for repeatable, best-in-class rollout, using agile test and learn to refine strategyAlign global and local teams, maintain prioritisation frameworks, and communicate progress to leadershipManage scope and delivery end-to-end, contribute to QBRs, award entries, and new business materialsStay on top of retail media and commerce trends, identifying growth opportunities and partner solutionsFeed client insights to the solutions roadmap and help maintain knowledge assets across the teamSupport and mentor junior talent, foster collaboration with adjacent teams such as Retail Media and Commerce StrategyYou, skills and experience:Broad experience across digital commerce channels, with practical knowledge of how to activate and win with key retailersTrack record across retail media, content, data and analytics, shopper and in-store, and retailer relationshipsKnowledge of building eJBP programmes for priority customersHands-on exposure to digital shelf technologies and content management systemsComfortable partnering with diverse client functions, for example sales and marketing, and navigating common challengesStrategic mindset, able to spot opportunities to hit KPIs, streamline delivery, and automate where sensibleStrong multi-project management, delivering on time and within budget to client expectationsBehavioursEntrepreneurial, proactive, resilient, growth-mindedCurious, ownership of learning, uplifting team capabilityClear communicator, expectation management, builds rapportAdaptable, collaborative, comfortable in a fast-paced agency settingCreative and strategic thinker, brings new ideas to overcome challengesHow to apply
Send your CV and a short note on your most impactful ecommerce initiative, including the problem, your approach, and the commercial outcome. Shortlisted profiles will be contacted for an initial conversation.Client name has been anonymised. Full details shared with qualified candidates under NDA if required.Sphere Digital Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.