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E-commerce Operations Specialist

E-commerce Operations Specialist

Run the operations behind an online shop and a marketplace: keep stock figures honest so nothing oversells, check promotions against UK pricing law before they go live, work a returns queue by what customers are entitled to, fix a marketplace health warning at its cause, and plan a peak.
2 hrs taught · 4.5 to 8 hrs applied 7 modules 21 lessons 4 portfolio artifacts Completion certificate Updated September 2026
Created by the CertClue team
What you'll build

Real portfolio pieces built during the course, not a certificate for its own sake. Each one is work you can show.

  • Oversell reportAn oversell handled end to end: its size and cause with the evidence, what the customers were told and offered, what happened to split orders, and the stock rule that stops it recurring.
  • Promotion compliance checkA draft Black Friday promotion checked element by element against UK pricing law: the saving claim, the deadline, a checkout fee and delivery, each with the rule, a pass or fail, and a lawful rewrite.
  • Returns decision logA returns queue decided group by group: what each customer is entitled to under the UK rules, what is offered as goodwill, what happens today, and the pattern that pointed to a faulty batch.
  • Peak readiness runbookA Black Friday runbook someone else could follow: the conditions for starting, the daily checks with the thresholds that trigger action, the fallback for each failure with its owner, and the evening report.

What you'll learn

E-commerce operations, kept short
The job, decoded
A day in the seat
The rhythm of the job
Into the simulation: Kettlebrook before Black Friday
Building the portfolio
What comes next

Course content · 7 modules, 21 lessons

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How an online order moves, why stock goes wrong across channels, and the UK rules on prices, promotions and returns that every online shop works inside.

How an online order flows
Stock across several channels
Prices and fees: the UK rules
Promotions and pressure
Returns and refunds: the UK rules

Requirements

  • No prior experience in this field is required to start.
  • A computer with a reliable internet connection.
  • Comfortable using a web browser - no software to install.

Description

Every CertClue course follows the same seven-part shape: fundamentals, the role translated out of job-posting language, a real working day, the job's recurring rhythms, a multi-day simulation, the portfolio you build along the way, and a handoff into your next move. Here is what that looks like for e-commerce operations specialist.

Who this course is for

Anyone aiming to become a e-commerce operations specialist, including career changers with no background in it yet. This is the entry rung of a realistic ladder:

entry
E-commerce Operations Specialist

Keeps an online shop and its marketplace channels running day to day: stock that matches the warehouse, prices and promotions that follow the rules, returns handled to the customer's rights, and service levels kept inside each channel's targets.

Stock and channel managementPromotion and pricing checksReturns and refundsMarketplace account health
mid
E-commerce Manager

Owns the online trading plan across channels: which products, prices and promotions run when, the relationship with the warehouse and suppliers, and the margin each channel makes.

Channel strategyTrading and promotions calendarSupplier and warehouse managementConversion and margin
senior
Head of E-commerce / Digital Trading Director

Answers for online revenue and profit, leads the trading, operations and marketing teams behind it, and makes the platform and channel decisions the business runs on.

Digital commercial strategyTeam leadershipPlatform decisionsP&L ownership
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