Rose Williams

Analytical, innovative, eCommerce expert experienced in leading digital strategy and business development using in-depth knowledge of product merchandising, digital marketing, web content management, P&L management, and ecommerce platform trends for mobile and desktop sites. A proven leader with team building, establishing clear objectives for team members, and enforcing deadlines to keep projects on track to ultimately deliver measurable results.

What I Do

Ecommerce

  • Merchandising - Executing online merchandising strategies to enhance product discoverability, drive sales, and improve customer journey.

  • Inventory Management - Monitoring product availability, discontinuations, and stock levels. Partnering with operations to prevent inventory issues that may decrease the overall customer experience and inventory sell through.

  • Category Management - Maintaining and optimize category pages, ensuring products are appropriately categorized, and filters are working efficiently to aid customer navigation.

  • Data Analysis - Utilizing data analytics tools to gather insights into customer behavior and website performance. Making data-driven decisions to improve merchandising strategies.

Digital Marketing

  • Search Optimization - Implementing and maintaining search engine optimization (SEO) best practices to improve product visibility and search rankings.

  • Competitor Analysis - Staying updated on industry trends and competitor activities, adapting strategies accordingly to maintain a competitive edge.

  • Reporting - Generating and analyzing reports on key performance indicators (KPIs) and return on investment (ROIs) related to site merchandising efforts and provide actionable insights.

Web Content

  • Product Presentation - Curating and organizing product collections, ensuring that they’re visually appealing, tell a story and align with seasonal trends, promotions, and marketing initiatives.

  • User Experience - Partnering with UX team and digital designers to improve and optimize user experience, navigation, load times, and mobile responsiveness. Collaborating with marketing, design, and development teams to ensure consistent branding and messaging across company websites.

  • Cross-Selling & Upselling - Implementing cross-selling and upselling strategies to increase the average order value and drive additional revenue.

  • A/B Testing - Partnering with the development team to enhance and expand A/B testing capabilities to improve site functionality, user interface, and overall performance.

Management

  • Business Management - Planning, organizing, directing, and managing day to day online ecommerce activities and business to achieve company goals, initiatives, and sales objectives.

  • P & L - Overseeing departmental revenue, expenses, and net income for daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reviews.

  • Contracts & Negotiations - Vetting ecommerce platform vendors, SaaS companies, and development teams, negotiating rates, and analyzing contracts to adhere to strict quarterly budgets.

  • People Management - Recruiting, training, engaging, and retaining internal and external team members to optimize talent and maximize productivity.

Resume

10 Years of Experience

Education

1987 - 1991
CSU, Dominguez Hills
Rancho Dominguez, CA

Bachelor of Arts

Major: English Language & Linguistics
Minor: Marketing

Experience

02/2021 - 09/2023
BR Funsten -Tom Duffy Company
Manteca, CA

ECOMMERCE & DIGITAL CHANNEL MANAGER

Industry: Wholesale Flooring / Installation Supplies & Equipment
Market: B2B
Online Revenue: $13 - $20 Million
URLtomduffy.com

  • Led ecommerce rebuild, UAT, and site migration project from strategy to deployment.
  • Chose platform, vetted and negotiated outsourced developers and 3rd party software contracts adhering to strict budget margins.
  • Collaborated daily with internal stakeholders and external web teams to improve site design, product presentation, functionality, and maximize customer UI/UX.
  • Managed product and web content updates/edits and digital marketing channels specifically SEO, social networks, and Google Analytics to consistently maintain brand/product identity and awareness. Achieved highest web sales volume, AOV, acquisitions, and conversions in 14 months.
06/2019 - 12/2021
Tacony Corporation
Fort Worth, TX

ECOMMERCE MERCHANDISING MANAGER

Industry: Floor Cleaning Equipment, Supplies & Parts
Market: B2B
Online Revenue: $24 - $30 Million
URLpowr-flite.com

  • Interpreted and reacted to ecommerce KPI's to achieve sales goals; referenced analytics tools to research, understand and report on search trends and buying patterns to drive merchandising strategy and help build the monthly site content and promotional calendar.
  • Improved site layout, navigation, categorization hierarchy, select category assortments and taxonomy resulting in overall site performance boost.
01/2017 - 01/2019
Walmart Ecommerce
San Bruno, CA

GLOBAL ECOMMERCE OPERATIONS MERCHANDISER

Industry: General Consumer Merchandise
Market: B2C
Online Revenue: $25 Billion
URLwalmart.com

  • Managed global site merchandising and operations across all categories.
  • Analyzed organic, paid, and email marketing campaign performance, ROI's, site traffic and sales metrics to implement growth strategies based on KPI data reporting.
  • Partnered with customer support, design, marketing, development, and content teams to create, drive development, and deploy campaign stories, social media content, product launches and product landing pages for desktop and mobile sites.
07/2015 - 01/2017
Kraco Enterprises
Los Angeles, CA

ECOMMERCE MERCHANDISER

Industry: Aftermarket Auto Accessories
Market: B2B & B2C
Online Revenue: $38 Million
URLkracoenterprises.com

  • Extended aftermarket auto accessory manufacturer's traditional B2C/B2B retail merchandising footprint to digital.
  • Coordinated with design, product managers, development, and creative teams to plan, organize, and create web content for sites and social media, improve online product placement, brand awareness, and sales performance in online marketplaces.
05/2013 - 06/2015
Lakeshore Learning
Carson, CA

WEB CONTENT ADMINISTRATOR

Industry: Learning Equipment & Supplies
Market: B2B & B2C
Online Revenue : $50 Million
URLlakeshorelearning.com

  • Liaison between development, design, merchandising, QA, marketing, and e-procurement teams to oversee and drive web content and marketing campaign deliveries on desktop and mobile site related projects from planning to deployment.

Ecommerce Platforms

Magento

95%

Shopify

85%

Amazon & eBay

95%

Facebook Marketplace

100%

Walmart Marketplace

100%

Ecommerce/Digital Marketing Skills

Project Management

100%

Web Analytics/Google Analytics

100%

CMS/Web Content Management

100%

Adobe Photoshop/Dreamweaver

95%

CRM & Customer Segmentation

97%

Portfolio

My Works
Lakeshore Learning

Lakeshore Learning

Media
Kraco Enterprises

Kraco Enterprises

Media
Walmart

Walmart

Media
Powr-Flite

Powr-Flite

Media
Tom Duffy

Tom Duffy

Media
Unica Home

Unica Home

Media
Manduka

Manduka

Media
Haul It Girl

Haul It Girl

Media
BBW Connex

BBW Connex

Media

Contact

Get in Touch

424-343-2400

Las Vegas

rose@aboutrw.com

Freelance Available

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