Motion · 15 hours ago
VP E Commerce
Birmingham, AL
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
15+ years expMotion is a leading global service provider of replacement parts and value-added solutions. The Vice President of eCommerce will direct all business activities related to Motion's eCommerce operations, ensuring customer satisfaction and achieving business objectives while leading a large team and driving digital commerce transformation.
Industrial
Hiring Manager
Alissa Hawkins
Responsibilities
The Vice President of eCommerce directs all business activities related to Motion’s eCommerce operations, ensuring that customer satisfaction, return on capital, and both short- and long-term business objectives are consistently achieved or exceeded
This leader collaborates cross-functionally with sales, marketing, operations, and finance teams to optimize funnel velocity, conversion rates, and overall commercial performance
A key focus of this role is prioritizing initiatives that enhance the user experience, operational efficiency, and the scalability of Motion’s eCommerce platform
This position leads the creation and continuous refinement of the eCommerce product roadmap, integrating customer feedback, market trends, and competitive intelligence to drive strategic direction
The Vice President is accountable for eCommerce channel profitability across the organization and is responsible for designing and delivering an exceptional customer experience for a variety of internal and external personas across diverse industries
The role requires close partnership with technology teams to ensure that product vision aligns seamlessly with technical execution and platform capabilities
In addition, the Vice President leads Motion’s digital commerce transformation, engaging stakeholders across the organization to drive adoption and deliver measurable business value with P&L responsibilities for the channel
The leader identifies and capitalizes on new market opportunities - leveraging data-driven insights to expand the customer base, increases market penetration, and accelerates growth across all eCommerce channels
The Vice President of eCommerce builds, mentors, and retains a world-class team spanning eCommerce, product management, and commercial growth functions
This leader drives performance management and professional development initiatives to cultivate the next generation of business leaders fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning throughout the organization
As the company’s internal expert on eCommerce product technologies, architecture, and customer experience best practices, the Vice President ensures that Motion’s eCommerce platform leverages modern, scalable, and secure technologies
They champion cloud-native solutions and agile development methodologies to enable rapid innovation and adaptability
This leader also stays at the forefront of emerging eCommerce trends, tools, and technologies to proactively position the company as a digital commerce leader
Moreover, the Vice President establishes and enhances digital marketing capabilities, including email marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), online advertising, web analytics, social media marketing, experimentation and testing, and customer experience optimization
They ensure all online marketing initiatives are effectively integrated with corporate marketing campaigns and brand positioning
This role manages digital investment and strategy while driving education and awareness of the digital landscape and emerging opportunities across the organization
The Vice President ensures favorable pricing from all digital partners and maintains pricing parity across divisions
He/she develops and monitors key performance indicators (KPIs) for digital asset selection and pre- and post-buy metrics to measure effectiveness and drive continuous improvement
Qualification
Required
15+ years of proven success driving growth within large enterprise organizations ($5B+), across B2B or B2C environments
Demonstrated track record of developing and implementing commercial growth strategies that deliver significant revenue impact
Superior business acumen to manage channel P&L
Strong working knowledge with modern eCommerce platforms and technologies, including Java, React, Node.js, Next.js, Google Cloud Platform, and other contemporary technology stacks
Exceptional team-building and leadership abilities, with experience identifying, developing, and scaling high-performing teams
Strategic thinking, outstanding communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
Superior verbal, written, and executive presentation skills
Ability to balance strategic and tactical considerations in a matrixed organization
Confidence and optimism to take calculated risks, implement new ideas, drive for results, and sustain change
Open and flexible approach, with strong EQ skills to build credibility with all stakeholders
Proficiency in conflict management and willingness to challenge organizational thinking and the status quo
Bachelor's degree required
Preferred
Advanced degree preferred
Benefits
Annual bonus
Long-term incentive
Company
Motion
Motion serves the industrial marketplace with MRO (maintenance, repair, and operation) replacement parts and services through a network of over 600 locations across North America.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Motion has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2020 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2008-09-02Acquired
Leadership Team
Patrick Cummings, CPA, CGMA
Senior Vice President & CFO
Scott Feldbush
SVP and CIO
Recent News
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