Commerce Operations Supervisor - Multi Retailer
VML
| Company | VML |
| Category | Retail |
| Location | Chicago |
| Remote | On-site (inferred) |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Manager |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 21 Jul 2026 |
| Last verified | 4 Aug 2026 |
| Source | Employer career page (greenhouse) |
Description
Who We Are
VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization. In addition, VML’s specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world’s largest and most awarded health agencies. VML’s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.
About WPP
WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com . Supervisor, Commerce Operations - Multi Retailer
Position Summary
The Supervisor, Commerce Operations is responsible for day-to-day digital shelf stewardship AND commercial performance support across a portfolio of retail partners including Target, Kroger, Sam's Club, and mid-to-long-tail retailers (Food, Drug, DIY). This role serves as the operational backbone for our CPG clients, ensuring product content is accurate, compliant, and discoverable while also providing trading intelligence, competitive monitoring, and structured client reporting with clear recommendations.
This is a client-facing role. The Supervisor delivers monthly reporting meetings, triages platform alerts, executes approved optimizations and provides proactive recommendations that improve digital shelf health, commercial performance, and retailer readiness. They operate VML Commerce dashboards, retailer native portals, Profitero as primary tools, translating automated data into actionable insight for clients’ Omni-marketing and Sales teams.
The ideal candidate combines digital shelf operations experience with commercial acumen: comfortable discussing content compliance and category share trends in the same client meeting.
Key Responsibilities
Digital Shelf Operations & Content Stewardship
Own operational health of the digital shelf across Target, Kroger, Sam's Club, and assigned mid-tail retailers
Execute product content updates
Submit and maintain content through retailer portals, Salsify, and syndication platforms
Verify syndication outcomes and monitor publication status
Validate product data accuracy, taxonomy, and retailer-specific requirements prior to publication
Implement pre-syndication readiness checklist
Content Monitoring, Alert Triage & Quality Assurance
Assess alert severity, identify root cause (retailer overwrite vs. syndication failure vs. data quality issue), and route to appropriate owner with recommended action
Perform manual PDP audits for retailers not covered by Profitero (Food, Drug, DIY) on monthly cadence
Monitor content contribution scores, retailer compliance scorecards, and publication health
Escalate systemic issues and recurring patterns for structural resolution
Commercial Performance Support & Trading Intelligence
Prepare and deliver monthly competitive pricing snapshots for Tier 3-5 retailers using syndicated data (Nielsen, Circana, 84.51°)
Maintain quarterly category share tracking: is
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