Commerce Partner

Company Description

Who We Are in the UK?

Spark Foundry, the Acceleration Agency.

We help brands to identify, learn and respond to opportunities faster than the competition.

Every client has an area of their business they need to accelerate, from short-term goals to long-term transformation.

We’ve proven our approach during the most difficult year on record. Now we’re using it to provide a launchpad for their future.

Come be an accelerator with us.

How we accelerate

• Planning: an approach that works in practice rather than theory, arming planners with the ability to create cutting edge campaigns
• Intelligence: a suite of tools that give definitive answers to big questions, and uncovers actionable insights about real people
• Trading: a model built on flexibility and trusted relationships, underpinned with bold guarantees
• Relationships: a culture of asking challenging questions to better understand the brief – we are not a ‘yes’ agency
• People: a strong history of recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds and accelerating their careers

Our Commitment

We are diverse though our experience, people and the clients we look after - and we celebrate that diversity. Our people hold us accountable to our beliefs and via regular surveys and our grass roots D&I team, The Collective, and internal next generation board, Firestarters, we hold regular events and work continually towards generating ideas, initiatives and educating our people to ensure we are a diverse and inclusive agency.

As part of our dedication to create an inclusive and diverse workforce, Spark Foundry is committed to equal access to opportunity for people without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.

Publicis Commerce

Publicis is recognised as a Leader in the Forrester Wave for Commerce Services in Q2 2024, achieving the highest score in ecommerce. Our substantial investment of $2+ billion over the past five years has enabled us to develop a market-leading commerce capability that spans the entire value chain, including buy-side platforms for manufacturers, retail website development, and managing retail media networks for over 150 major retailers (e.g. Carrefour).

As a global branded "wrapper" that delivers the strongest commerce talent, tech, and partnerships in markets, Publicis Commerce provides clients with end-to-end products and solutions that drive clear business outcomes. With a highly collaborative team of subject-matter experts, Publicis Commerce is a trusted partner to clients in navigating the complexities and emerging opportunities of the Commerce landscape, whether that be through retail media, marketplaces, eRetail strategy or emerging direct-to-consumer channels.

We have a flexible go-to-market strategy, whether we appear as Publicis Commerce to clients or through one of our many agencies within the Groupe. From strategy and organisational design to activation models, Publicis Commerce works across a number of exciting briefs, such as how clients can maximise visibility and sales on the digital shelf, best construct data-led relationships with retailers and how to effectively transform legacy organisational structures.

Our aim is not to talk to individual capabilities, instead focusing on driving client outcomes. We are on the hunt for interesting and ambitious people to join us on this journey

We are seeking a Partner-level commerce leader to join our Publicis LeOne team, servicing Haleon across the UK and key European markets.

This senior role brings together UK Retail Media leadership with EU5 strategic oversight across France, Germany, Italy, Spain and GB, acting as the senior point of contact for Retail Media and Retail Operations in the UK while driving an integrated “OneEU” approach.

The role is responsible for aligning ways of working, ad-tech adoption, measurement and optimisation across markets, with a strong focus on lower-funnel excellence, particularly Amazon Ads and Retail Operations, underpinned by data-led planning, advanced retail media technology and continuous test-and-learn innovation.

• Lead commerce delivery as the senior…