Gopher Sport is looking for passionate, experienced candidates to join our Digital Experience Team as an E-Commerce Operational Specialist with a Shopify platform emphasis
Who we are:
Gopher Sport is an industry-leading inventor and seller of high-quality, innovative products used by teachers, coaches and kids for physical education, athletics, fitness and recreation.
Our mission is “To help teachers and coaches show kids how to have fun and be healthier through physical activity”. Started in 1947, we are committed to giving our customers innovative, high-quality products; fast, friendly, easy, right service; and an unconditional satisfaction guarantee.
Our Values:
We create delighted fans
We are one dependable and trustworthy team
We are passionate about quality and excellence
We move fast to innovate, simplify, and improve
As our E-Commerce Operational Specialist, you'll be responsible for delivering improved, reliable, scalable, and efficient website operations on the Shopify platform. Your detailed work will result in “always-on” digital operations, efficiency and increased throughout for the department, reliable integrations within our app ecosystem, and improved centralized reporting on our core KPIs.
What will you be doing?
• Oversee the performance and reliability of all system integrations (ERP, PIM, Punchouts, Payment methods, etc.).
• Proactively identify and prioritize opportunities to improve core site performance (page speed, navigation, search, checkout), independent of formal project work.
• Build and elevate internal team capability in Shopify, including training, documentation, and best practice sharing to increase in-house ownership.
Requirements
1. 5-8 years of experience in Digital Marketing or E-Commerce, with hands-on experience in Shopify or a related web platform.
2. Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Computer Science or equivalent experience in E-Commerce, Marketing, or relevant field.
Why join our Team?
You'll get satisfaction knowing you're helping millions of kids around the world have fun and become more active and healthy. Plus, you'll get a competitive compensation and benefit package, including traditional and HSA Health Insurance options, Vision, 3 weeks of Paid Time Off accrued the first year, 3 weeks of remote work flexible hours, 8 company paid holidays, profit sharing, 401K, a Lifestyle Spending Account, tuition reimbursement, product discounts, an onsite fitness center and so much more!
$82,000 - $102,000
To apply:
1. A short, clear Cover Letter that explains WHY you are interested in this specific position and-gives examples of your prior successes performing the responsibilities listed above.
2. Your Resume
Our mission is to help teachers and coaches get better results showing kids how to have fun and become healthier through physical activity.
Our Team Members, innovative unique products, Unconditional 100% Satisfaction Guarantee and outstanding service have set us apart from the competition for the last 75+ years.
Gopher Sport is the parent of several brands that invent and sell fun, innovative, institutional-quality products for physical education, sports, fitness, early childhood education, STEM education and classroom physical activity:
• Gopher: innovative high-quality products for physical education, athletics, fitness, gymnasium and recreation (www.gophersport.com)
• Play With A Purpose: institutional playground equipment, physical development and active play products for kids aged 0-6 (www.pwap.com)
• Moving Minds: a fun selection of active seating, furniture and classroom accessories so kids can be active in the classroom (www.moving-minds.com)
• STEM-Supplies: has the highest quality assortment of products to promote hands-on, physically active learning of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math subjects (www.stem-supplies.com)
• SPARK: A family of evidence-based physical education, after-school and early childhood education curriculum that shows teachers how to help kids develop important motor and movement skills, and social and personal skills
