About the role
If you require any additional support or reasonable adjustments to help you complete your application or throughout the recruitment process, please let us know. If you would like to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme, please contact us at: recruitment@b-and-q.co.uk. If you meet the minimum criteria for the role, we'll consider your application in line with our Disability Confident commitments.
Permanent
Up to £65,000 + Pension + PMI + ShareSave + 6.6 weeks holiday + Hybrid Working
Southampton, Store Support Office
We believe anyone can improve their home to make life better. From our Southampton Store Support office (SSO) we equip our stores, our people, and our whole business with everything it takes to help our millions of customers create a home they’ll love. Join us as a Self - Service Platform and Monetisation Manager within our Retail Media Team and you’ll be a big part of this.
Key responsibilities
- Drive adoption, activation, retention and revenue growth across self-service products through scalable onboarding, education and support programmes.
- Enhance customer journeys by identifying barriers to adoption and implementing improvements that increase engagement, satisfaction and commercial performance.
- Support the launch of new products and features, ensuring customers and internal teams are equipped for successful adoption.
- Own and optimise onboarding and customer support processes, including account setup, booking management, data access, payment queries and issue resolution.
- Create and maintain customer-facing resources, training materials and internal enablement tools.
- Use customer feedback, support insights and performance data to identify opportunities for product, process and service improvements.
- Leverage AI, automation and self-service solutions to streamline operations, improve support and scale customer adoption.
- Monitor and report on key performance metrics, including activation, usage, retention, support effectiveness and revenue contribution.
- Support product development by translating customer insight and performance trends into recommendations for future enhancements.
- Lead pilots and test-and-learn initiatives, measuring impact and driving continuous improvement.
- Collaborate across Partnerships, Media, Marketplace, Product, Technology, Finance and Data teams to improve customer experience, operational efficiency and product adoption.
- Work closely with CRM, communications and technology teams to deliver customer-focused campaigns, support tools and automation initiatives.
- Manage, coach and develop a Retail Media Monetisation Specialist while building scalable processes and team capability to support future growth.
Required skills & experience
- Experience in digital advertising, retail media, ad tech, customer success, self-serve platforms or data monetisation.
- Track record of driving customer adoption, engagement, retention or commercial growth.
- Experience in customer onboarding, enablement, operational support or continuous improvement.
- Strong commercial awareness and ability to use data and customer insight to identify opportunities and measure performance.
- Excellent stakeholder management and collaboration skills across commercial, product, technology and operational teams.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain digital products and processes to different audiences.
- Experience delivering cross-functional initiatives and managing or coaching others.
- Understanding of CRM, customer journeys, digital platforms or advertiser workflows.
- Interest in applying AI and automation to improve customer experience, adoption and operational efficiency.
Desirable
- Experience within a retail media network, advertising platform, digital marketplace or data monetisation business.
- Familiarity with CRM and marketing automation, customer segmentation and lifecycle management.
- Experience using Epsilon or similar advertising, data or customer marketing platforms.
- Experience implementing AI-enabled tools, automated customer journeys or scalable digital support solutions.
What's in it for me?
What's In It For You?
At B&Q, we're building more than great homes – we're building great careers.
When you join us, you'll be part of a supportive, inclusive business where your ideas matter, your development is invested in, and your wellbeing is genuinely important.
Here's what you can expect:
🏡 Flexible & Hybrid Working - Work in a way that helps you perform at your best, balancing business needs with personal commitments.
📈 Career Growth & Development - Access learning, development and career opportunities across one of the UK's leading retail organisations.
💰 Competitive Reward Package - A competitive salary, pension and a range of financial benefits.
🛒 Colleague Discounts - Enjoy discounts across B&Q and the wider Kingfisher Group.
❤️ Health & Wellbeing Support - Access wellbeing resources, health support and employee assistance programmes designed to help you thrive.
🌴 Time Away From Work - Generous holiday entitlement and family-friendly policies that support life both inside and outside work.
🤝 A Place Where You Belong - We're committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and empowered to be themselves.
🌍 Make a Difference - The work you do will have a direct impact on our customers, colleagues and business.
Eligibility To Work
Please note that B&Q does not currently offer visa sponsorship for this role. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application and throughout their employment.
Accessibility & Disability Confident
At B&Q, we're committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience for everyone.
If you require any additional support or reasonable adjustments to help you complete your application or throughout the recruitment process, please let us know.
If you would like to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme, please contact us at recruitment@b-and-q.co.uk. If you meet the minimum criteria for the role, we'll consider your application in line with our Disability Confident commitments.
We want to ensure that all employees, future employees and applicants to all Kingfisher companies are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.
If you require any additional support or adjustments to help you make an application, please contact us at recruitment@b-and-q.co.uk.
Training &
development
Learn & Develop at B&Q
When you join B&Q, we want you to be all you can be. From the minute you walk through our doors to the exciting moment you make that next career move, we're here to help you make the most of every opportunity. Thanks to our friendly learning system, LEO, we make sure you always have the support you need to take on every challenge and fit your learning around your life. Here, we know that the best way to grow is together.
Flexible learning with LEO
LEO is your every day, on the go learning and development partner. Helping you build the knowledge you need now and in the future. With LEO, you can access training and content, anywhere, anytime and on any device. You can even influence the type of training on offer by rating and recommending content, and letting us know what we can do to improve. Award-winning and featuring over 500 different learning activities - like short videos, articles, workshops and webinars - think of LEO as your 24/7 training pal, designed to help you make the most of your B&Q career journey.
Developing in role
Learning never stops at B&Q. Whether you've been in your role for one day or five years, there's always something to be curious about. It's why we're always creating learning opportunities and experiences that'll give you the chance to develop your skills. Like our First Line Manager programme: a course that helps our newest line managers build their confidence and management skills. Or our Leadership Development programme that challenges our more experienced leaders to reflect on and adapt their approach for our ever-evolving ways of working.
Building expertise and know-how
We believe anyone can learn the technical skills to do their job with excellence. It's all about attitude and behaviour here. So, if you're passionate about customer service and design, we'll teach you how to create beautiful kitchens. If you're someone who loves being outdoors, we'll help you learn about our garden ranges. And, if you're someone who just loves what we do but doesn't know where to start, we'll help you find the perfect role for you to grow into.
Accelerated Development Talent Programmes
Whatever goal you're working to at B&Q, we want to help you get there. We do this by designing a number of programmes which help you to practice your skills and learn new ones, gain valuable experiences, learn from others and jump on opportunities that are right for you. From leaders taking their first steps into management to those simply looking for a new challenge, we're there to make sure you achieve your ambitions.
Induction
At B&Q, we want every new colleague to understand our values, our customers, and how we work together to achieve our purpose. That’s why we’ve designed an induction programme that’ll give you real insight into our business, our culture and help you feel included from day one. For your first few weeks on the job you’ll work with your team and line manager, mixing online learning with practical tasks, to grow your knowledge a little every day.
Explore our
store support office
Facilities
In B&Q house, you’ll enjoy an onsite gym, a subsidised Costa, a canteen and restaurant, prayer room, plus open plan and cosy work spaces, an outdoor picnic area, and bike sheds for those who cycle in.
Sustainability
B&Q House has a biomass boiler, solar panels and a rainwater harvesting system. Our building also makes use of upcycled and recycled furniture and fittings, and features natural ventilation, heat retention and CO2 management, all via our very own weather station on the roof.
Ready to apply?
Step 1:
Apply via bandqcareers.com
Step 2:
We'll contact you for a phone interview
Step 3:
We’ll carry out a face to face or online interview (and we may request a 2nd interview if the role you're applying for is more complex).
Step 4:
We’ll contact you with feedback, and maybe even a job offer.
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