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E-commerce Program Manager, E-commerce Project Coordinator, E-commerce Project Lead, E-commerce Implementation Manager, E-commerce Project Consultant, E-commerce Project Specialist, E-commerce Project Administrator, E-commerce Project Officer, E-commerce Project Planner, E-commerce Project Director
In recent years, e-commerce has become a behemoth, with global sales on target to reach $4.2 trillion in 2021. E-commerce businesses come in many forms — sometimes, most of a company’s sales are online (such as Amazon), while others (like Walmart) offer online and physical retail shopping. It takes groups of teams to tackle the workload, plus an adept E-Commerce Project Manager to keep things organized.
E-commerce Project Managers are right in the middle of things, serving as liaisons between various product, technology, marketing, and executive teams. They’re in charge of coordinating day-to-day aspects of a company’s overall e-commerce operation, such as improving website designs, reducing costly inefficiencies, and looking for ways to make improvements. They assist with big picture planning and keep business processes on time, on track, and within budget.
Because of their unique roles in an organization, E-commerce Project Managers require outstanding coordination and communication skills. They’re administratively responsible for ensuring jobs are done right, which may involve direct supervision, problem-solving, and conflict resolution within a range of diverse team settings. They meet with managers to formulate strategy, assess risks and opportunities, and directly engage with customers, vendors, or even legal staff.
“I plan and execute and manage technology projects, like upgrades, implementations specially for ERP services for companies. Lead and manage teams and coordinate meetings. Analyze risks and impacts and proactively manage them. A project is a success, if it is done on time, within the budget and delivers the scope outlined.” Hajara Al Amodi, Technical Project Manager, CTA
- Keeping organizational processes on schedule, so the job gets done
- Helping e-commerce companies thrive and grow profitable
- Indirectly ensuring job security for fellow employees
- Reducing workplace stress and inefficiencies
- Ensuring consumers have an enjoyable online shopping experience and receive quality products promptly
“I am a people person. I love working with others and helping them in their efforts. I love, the feeling of uniting with others and successfully achieving a goal. To see, a project that helps the strategic goal of the company is very rewarding.” Hajara Al Amodi, Technical Project Manager, CTA
Lịch làm việc
- E-commerce Project Managers have hectic days and can expect to work full time, with overtime being possible during holidays or major shopping events like Black Friday or Cyber Monday. Because e-commerce stores are online, they operate ‘round the clock, with orders coming in at any time. Thus PMs may be on call if a situation arises after hours!
Nhiệm vụ tiêu biểu
- Manage and prioritize general e-commerce business processes
- Work with UI/UX teams to optimize the online shopping experience for consumers, improving conversion rates
- Ensure site users can easily find the things they want and are exposed to suitable ads, promotions, upsells/cross-sells, discount offers, email capture prompts, newsletter or club invitations, etc.
- Collaborate with marketing to discover and exploit lead generation techniques
- Ensure shopping websites are continually up-to-date
- Keep individual product pages and associated inventory levels current
- Enhance customer service and customer relationship management strategies
- Work with management and stakeholders to determine Key Performance Indicators; review and analyze sales statistics to objectively gauge success
- Keep projects within pre-established budgets while meeting timelines and quality assurance standards
- Determine and mitigate risks, resource constraints, or potential problems in advance, along with crafting contingency “backup” plans
- Develop project plans which may include:
- Flow diagrams (“a type of flowchart that illustrates the relationships between major components at an industrial plant”)
- Use cases, i.e., written descriptions of how users perform tasks on the company’s website
- Current/future state diagrams to visualize process steps and make improvements
- Update plans as needed to ensure currency and accuracy
Trách nhiệm bổ sung
- Stay abreast of legislative updates
- Luôn cập nhật các công nghệ mới nổi
- Coordinate with follow-up email campaigns and post-transactional marketing
- Conduct performance evaluations and reviews to offer productive feedback
- Prepare post-project reports to include possible benchmarks and lessons learned that can be used to make future projects run more smoothly
Kỹ năng mềm
- Phân tích
- Có tư duy kinh doanh
- Kỹ năng giao tiếp rõ ràng
- Hợp tác
- Sáng tạo
- Tư duy phản biện
- Định hướng chi tiết
- Kỹ năng giao tiếp
- Kỹ năng marketing
- Đa nhiệm
- Tổ chức
- Kỹ năng giải quyết vấn đề
- Thực tiễn
- Kỹ năng phối hợp và hướng dẫn hoạt động
- Phán đoán và ra quyết định hợp lý
- Cầu thủ đội
Kỹ năng kỹ thuật
- Agile Project Management (Scrum)
- B2B and B2C technologies (Magento)
- Phần mềm lập ngân sách (Budgeting software)
- Business processes
- Phần mềm quản lý quan hệ khách hàng (Customer Relationship Management software)
- Developing project plans
- Hoạch định nguồn lực doanh nghiệp
- MÃ HTML
- Java
- Processing diagrams
- Project management office functions
- Các khái niệm đảm bảo chất lượng cho thương mại điện tử
- Nguyên tắc hoàn vốn đầu tư
- Tối ưu hóa công cụ tìm kiếm
- .SQL
- Tập lệnh kiểm tra
- Third-party vendor agreements
- Understanding e-commerce trends
- Use cases
- Kiểm thử chấp nhận của người dùng
- User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX) design
- Web content
- Công ty thương mại điện tử
- Các công ty truyền thống với bán hàng trực tuyến
- Thương mại bán buôn
E-commerce Project Managers must possess top-notch organizational management and team-building skills to keep people and processes on target. They ensure everyone is “on the same page” regarding goals, priorities, timetables, budgets, and other workflow matters while keeping workplace stress, hazards, and personnel conflicts to a minimum.
Unlike brick-and-mortar operations, e-commerce stores receive customer orders day and night, 24/7. As a result, larger companies may need workers on night shifts, with PMs available to keep after-hour processes running smoothly.
The pressures and responsibilities of the job can be at times overwhelming, so it is essential to find ways to decompress and recharge. It isn’t always possible to keep management, stakeholders, employees, and customers 100% satisfied at all times — but a successful E-Commerce Project Manager needs to attempt precisely that!
E-commerce has never been hotter. Indeed the rise of online shopping — exacerbated by a range of factors such as the pandemic and stimulus checks — has swamped a global supply chain that hasn’t been able to keep up.
As e-commerce startups have come and either soared or sank, traditional brick-and-mortar businesses have faced hard choices to either embrace e-commerce...or risk going extinct, as Borders Books and Blockbuster Video did. It’s up to savvy E-commerce Project Managers to keep companies alive and well, no matter how long they’ve been around, how big they are, or what niches they serve.
E-stores compete fiercely with each other for the attention and loyalty of online shoppers. E-commerce PMs must collaborate with Business Analysts, Supply Chain Managers, website developers, and marketing teams to keep processes running smoothly. They help companies find and retain customers with quality, affordable products delivered on time!
“There is a lot of specialization happening. Project managers were considered Jack of all. But now businesses want some one who has specific industry knowledge or experience managing a specific technology.” Hajara Al Amodi, Technical Project Manager, CTA
E-commerce Project Managers are often energetic and outgoing but also methodical and focused on attention to detail. They’re able to juggle multiple tasks at once and are adept at organizing and coordinating fast-paced, complex activities on a large scale and with many people, processes, and physical things involved.
These aren’t abilities that develop overnight but instead take years of practical experience to hone and fine-tune. As kids, e-commerce PMs may have been put in charge of things around the house, such as managing younger siblings and knocking out chores. They might have been leaders in school, playing on sports teams, or participating in band activities. As young adults, they may have held floor supervisor-type roles. Some may have spent time in the military, given responsibilities early on while being told the importance of their mission and that “failure isn’t an option!”
“I have seen, people, who enjoy this profession are planners in general. They like to plan and strategize everything. The do things in their life like projects. I myself, am like that. Create a study plan, create a weekly plan, vacation plan and they like to implement it. See, that it is working and like to see an end result in a specific time frame. A final product, they can measure, feel, see.” Hajara Al Amodi, Technical Project Manager, CTA
- A bachelor’s in a field such as business, marketing, mass communications, computer science, or e-commerce
- A master’s degree and a few years of related work experience is very desirable but not always required
- Certifications can bolster your odds of getting hired or promoted. Common certs are:
- AAPM’s CEC Certified E-Commerce Consultant
- PMI’s Project Management Professional Certification
- Global Association for Quality Management’s Professional in Project Management Certification
- Many e-commerce and traditional companies offer Project Manager internships which can provide invaluable real-world experience that looks great on a resume
- Most companies will need their new E-commerce Project Managers to undergo some localized On-the-Job Training, the length of which depends on the scope of duties
- There are plenty of degree paths for Project Managers to consider, but since we’re talking about e-commerce, programs should focus on that aspect of the studies
- Classes will include topics like business finance, digital marketing, online retail, and applicable technology
- Due to the management and leadership characteristics needed, consider electives in public speaking, management, team-building, and Sigma Six coursework
- Your university should ideally have active student organizations that offer a chance to practice soft skills in-person
- If you enroll in an online program, look for ways to gain management experience via remote methods
- Đảm bảo trường học và chương trình của bạn đều được công nhận
- Check out college ranking websites to read reviews
- Pay attention to the school’s published stats on job placement after graduation
- High school is a wonderful place to start honing your management and leadership skills via students organizations, clubs, sports, and extracurricular or volunteer activities
- Develop your soft skills early with classes that emphasize presentations, teamwork, decision-making, resilience, conflict resolution, debate, and psychology
- Seek out Project Manager internships with e-commerce businesses that offer fair pay and great practical experiences
- Time permitting, knock out some online certification programs to boost your knowledge and competency
- Stay active with student and professional organizations so you can grow your professional network, keep skills sharp, and learn about the latest industry developments
- Project Management is serious business, so make sure you’ve gained sufficient education and related work experience before applying for your first E-commerce PM job
- Put your network to work! Let everyone know you’re ready and actively seeking an open position
- Scour traditional employment portals like Indeed.com, Monster, and Glassdoor, but also check out the career opportunity pages of specific companies you’re interested in
- Craft your resume carefully so that it includes the relevant keywords and terminology that recruiters, employers, and automated tracking software are scanning for
- Check out BeamJobs’ 5 Project Manager Resume Examples That Got Jobs In 2021
- Offer plenty of details on your resume, including hard data on projects you managed, dollar amounts, number of people managed, and impacts your work had
- Try to complete an internship, if you find one that fits your career goals and can pave the way for long-term employment
- Ask past co-workers and supervisors if they’ll serve as references
- Get ahead of the interview curve by reading up on Project Manager Interview Questions and Answers
- Kick your interview skills into overdrive with Chron’s How to Ace the Project Manager Interview tips
- E-commerce Project Managers should always look for ways to advance their education and training. Options include investing in a master’s degree, completing core and advanced certifications, and finishing other professional development coursework to enhance business and people skills
- Read industry periodicals, participate in professional organizations, and stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies
- Demonstrate your leadership and team-building skills every day and set the example for others to follow
- Solve problems, improve processes, keep teams happy, and boost your company’s bottom line
- Pretend your promotion is a project itself, and plan out your rise to the top!
- If you are already in a top PM role, there may not be room for advancement. If your work has considerably boosted revenue, you could make a strong case for a pay raise. To earn a promotion, you may ultimately have to move to a larger company
- If you decide to explore opportunities with other companies to advance your career, give ample advance notice and leave on good terms
Trang web
- American Academy of Certified Project Managers
- Asana
- Basecamp
- Ganttic
- Global Association for Quality Management
- International Project Management Association
- Viện quản lý dự án
- Proofhub
- TeamGantt
- Làm việc theo nhóm
- Toggl
- Trello
- Hiệp hội doanh nghiệp thương mại điện tử Hoa Kỳ
- Wrike
Sách vở
- How to Build an Online Store - eCommerce Project Management, by Uma Angina
- Guide To Digital Project Management: Focus On The Key Issues In Digital Project Management: Freelance Digital Project Manager, by Delilah Blazejewski
- Electronic Commerce, by Gary Schneider
- The Laws of E-commerce Project Management: Guidebook for Implementation Agencies and Shop Owners, by Enyo Markovski and Vaska Karaivanova
E-commerce Project Management is a dynamic and challenging field requiring an enormous commitment and a wide range of hard and soft skills. If you like certain aspects of the job description but are curious to explore related options, a few alternatives include:
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- Phân tích hệ thống máy tính
- Quản lý dự án công nghệ thông tin
- Giám đốc tiếp thị
- Phân tích nghiên cứu thị trường
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- Project Procurement Manager
- Project Risk Manager
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