The Head of Digital Catalog at FCP Euro is a significant leadership role at FCP Euro, responsible for ensuring catalog and product quality, accuracy, and completeness in alignment with FCP Euro’s high standards. This role drives project execution and operational improvements, both within the Product and Catalog Team and across the company, supporting FCP Euro's mission to enhance the ownership experience for European vehicle owners.
FCP Euro is an online automotive parts retailer headquartered in Milford, Connecticut. FCP stands for "Foreign Car Parts," and we specialize in replacement parts for European vehicles. In the past 10 years, FCP Euro has earned a spot on the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies list eight times. Customer service is deeply rooted in our core values. FCP Euro is a customer and technology company, and this unique blended culture has yielded outstanding results worthy of reward and recognition. We are devoted to developing and maintaining user-friendly and accurate automotive catalogs. We have an incredible enthusiasm for what we do, and we are always looking for ways to grow, learn, and improve.
Job Summary
Reporting directly to the Head of Product and Catalog, the Head of Digital Catalog works closely with Make-level Product teams (BMW, Mercedes, Audi, etc.) to ensure an accurate and optimized catalog that meets our customers’ expectations. This role manages teams in photography, attributes, catalog operations, and product data, leveraging strong leadership, collaboration, and influence to achieve optimal cross-functional outcomes with key partners like Supply Chain, Inventory, Finance, and Service.
Responsibilities
- Catalog SKU Management and Standards:
- Establish and uphold SKU management standards using best practices in master data management, processes, tools, and technologies.
- Ensure SKU quality by maintaining current and effective SKUs that support operations and meet KPIs.
- Lead ongoing inspections to identify and resolve SKU data issues, acting as a steward of SKU data governance and standardization.
- Departmental Leadership:
- Provide leadership to managers and team members in catalog operations, photography, and product data management.
- Serve as a primary liaison with departments such as Supply Chain, Inventory, Finance, and Service to support processes that depend on high-quality product data.
- Team Development:
- Build, grow, and lead the digital catalog team responsible for the customer-facing catalog at FCP Euro.
- Ensure data accuracy and quality in core product applications and optimize site search, sorting, and taxonomy.
- Project Management:
- Establish and manage key projects within the Product and Catalog Team and across departments, aligning stakeholders and fostering cross-departmental collaboration for initiatives impacting multiple areas of the organization.
Experience and Skill Requirements
- Proven experience leading teams in managing a high number of SKUs in eCommerce product catalogs.
- Demonstrated project leadership success, overseeing product or project implementations from inception to completion.
- Strong leadership skills, with experience managing teams, overseeing other managers, and leading cross-functional initiatives.
- Data-driven mindset with experience analyzing large datasets to support customer buying behaviors.
- Bachelor’s degree required; direct experience in the automotive or automotive aftermarket industry is a plus.
Compensation
This is an exempt salaried role with a base salary of $140,000 - $180,000 depending on experience, with a total compensation opportunity of $185,000 to $240,000 annually.
FCP Euro provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination or harassment of any kind on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, cultural heritage, ancestry, political belief, age, marital status, family status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, intellectual disability, learning disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by the law.
What We Do
FCP Euro was established by Harry & Kathy Bauer in 1986 as a small brick and mortar auto parts store in Groton, CT. Transitioned to an online store in 2001 by their son Nick Bauer & friend Scott Drozd, we have grown to become a leading eCommerce provider of Genuine, Aftermarket, OEM, and Performance parts for European cars. Throughout our journey the company’s values have remained the same: sell only the highest quality replacement parts, provide unparalleled customer service, and offer the do it yourself enthusiast technical support to help fix and maintain their vehicles.
Today, FCP Euro has grown to over $100 million in annual sales funded through the continuous reinvestments of its profits. On our website, we maintain a sharp focus on high-quality parts of all quality tiers. We’ve committed ourselves to building a culture of service, quality, and continuous improvement - because we know that if our employees care deeply about our products, it will be reflected in what our customers receive. In Milford, CT, our total of 100,000 square feet FCP Euro Distribution Center space between two locations stocks over $15 million of inventory and has developed a highly efficient distribution model that has the ability to ship out almost all orders placed within 24 hours.
Everything sold by FCP Euro is backed by an industry-leading comprehensive, Lifetime Replacement Guarantee - including wear and tear items like wiper blades, brake pads, and more. We can do this because we’ve spent over a decade tirelessly cataloging our own products with precise and accurate fitment data, checking quality of every single brand line and part, and constant development by our products team.
