WHY JOIN THE AMES COMPANIES
We have amazing Benefits! Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Wellness, 401K, Holidays Employee Assistance Program, Vacation Days, Disability, Employee Stock Option Plan.
WHO WE ARE
The AMES Companies, headquartered in Lake Nona-Orlando, FL has a rich history of American manufacturing. The AMES story goes back to 1774, when Captain John Ames began making America’s first shovels. AMES® brand is the third oldest consumer brand in the country, and its tools have helped build America, for more than two hundred years. AMES products have built Revolutionary War ramparts, connected the nation via the Transcontinental Railroad, dug for gold, gone on expeditions to Antarctica, carved Mount Rushmore, and installed the Statue of Liberty. And just like America, we are still working every day to build the next great wonder.
Our business lines include Home Organization, Lawn and Garden Tools, Outdoor Living, and Cleaning Tools, with leading global brands sold to homeowners and professionals involved in new construction, remodeling, and maintenance activities.
Our leading brands include ClosetMaid®, AMES®, True Temper®, Razor-Back®, Jackson®, Southern Patio® and Harper®
We are a business unit of Griffon Corporation (NYSE: GFF)
WHERE YOU WILL WORK
This is a hybrid position, daily schedule is 8AM to 5Pm. Working from home Monday and Friday, in-office Tuesday through Thursday.
Office is located at our headquarters in Lake Nona - Orlando, FL.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
Our E-Commerce Merchandising Specialist will manage the online brand experience on our retail and e-Retail partner’s digital commerce sites, such as Big Box Retailers, Mass Merchants, E-Retailers, and other customer accounts sites. This position is responsible for creating, improving, and maintaining a best-in-class brand experience to achieve our business goals.
Ultimately, this position will implement all online product detail pages and merchandising initiatives on our Retail and E-Retail ecommerce partner sites to ensure customer engagement, brand consistency and a positive customer experience.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
Managing product detail pages, enrichment, features, and attributes that align with short-term and long-term goals.
Collaborate with product management and sales account management to plan and develop site content for products.
Create engaging product detail pages by utilizing creative copy, dynamic imagery, and latest trends in merchandising products categories in the digital marketplace.
Optimize product detail pages and listings to improve ranking on search engines and site searches.
Learn and use onboarding management systems (customer vendor portals) to manage the catalog and digital assets.
Monitor & maintain online catalogs, images, documents, videos, etc. for accuracy.
Monitor and analyze KPIs and metrics available for these sites to assist with recommendations to improve the customer experience.
Understand marketing opportunities available on each channel to suggest and develop initiatives with counterparts to increase conversions.
Communicate agreed upon metric expectations for digital marketing programs or promotions, track the metrics and report on results of each program to assist with decisions on future opportunities and investments.
Review industry and competitive analysis to stay abreast of current technology and market conditions.
REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor’s degree in business, Marketing, Communications, eCommerce or relevant field.
2-4 years of recent experience working in Digital, eCommerce, eRetail Merchandising, and/or related field.
Experience working with Big Box Retailers and working with or within consumer packaged goods companies with various brands.
Self-directed and motivated with the ability to work on multiple projects and deliver with minimal supervision.
Organized candidate with strong attention to detail who is customer focused.
Proven skills in managing product listings and merchandising that have increased eCommerce sales, including SEO, Search, Navigation and Taxonomy knowledge and experience.
Advanced experience with Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Photoshop, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Minimal travel required 5%.
ENVIROMENTAL/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
This position is located primarily in an office environment. At times the associate is required to sit for long periods of time.
While performing the duties of this job, the associate may need the ability to lift and carry loads up to 20 pounds.
Upon occasion, the associate may be exposed to a manufacturing and distribution operations environment and required to wear personal protective equipment.
WORK AUTHORIZATION
The AMES Companies will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. The Company does not currently sponsor immigration visas for this role.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
The AMES Companies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
If you have a disability and are having difficulty accessing or using this website to apply for a position, you can request help by contacting Human Resources at 1-352-401-6135 or by sending an email to recruiting@ames.com to make appropriate arrangements.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
