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Current Vacancy:

Director International


Job Description

Reporting to the CEO, the main purpose of the role is to provide the strategy, management and execution of Kelkoo's international expansion outside of the EU. The role will be responsible for all of Kelkoo's expansion outside of Europe. As an executive we expect this individual to take the existing international research - and move it into the execution phase.   


Key tasks to include:

  • Fully interrogate the existing international Strategy and research
  • Recommend, ensure sign-off, and then execute on the Strategy
  • Work to an agreed P&L
  • Work closely with the executive team ensuring a coherent Kelkoo approach
  • Hire and manage an international team capable of executing the agreed strategy
  • Develop key business relationships with potential partners and merchants internationally
  • Investigate and recommend potential M&A opportunities internationally

Requirements (including qualifications & educational background; technical/functional knowledge & skills - both essential and desired; experience)

Essential

  • Strong International Commercial and business development experience
  • Board level experience
  • Excellent management skills
  • P&L responsibility
  • History of delivering on International expansion
  • Knowledge of key international markets
  • Strong negotiation experience

Desirable

  • Retail or Shopping / Services comparison experience
  • Experience rolling out into Asia/Pacific
  • Language experience


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The company

Within 2 years of launching, Kelkoo became Europe's largest e-commerce website after Amazon and Ebay and the largest e-commerce advertising platform both in the UK and Europe. According to Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, Kelkoo is one of Europe?s favourite shopping comparison sites and has been for more than 4 years.
Kelkoo now operates in 10 European countries and is a one-stop shopping service, which helps shoppers to find, research and buy products online with confidence. Kelkoo provides shoppers with essential tools to compare prices and product features in seconds. According to Nielsen "Kelkoo is one of the top 10 most influential websites of the decade".
Kelkoo.com was founded in 2000, following mergers with Zoomit, Dondecomprar and Shopgenie. Kelkoo was sold by its former owner  Yahoo! in November 2008 to UK-based private-equity firm Jamplant.