Hire an ecommerce operations manager who scales with your growth

Inventory and store systems managed, globally or locally.

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Meet our vetted ecommerce operations managers

Clarisse G. Philippines · 4 years experience
Inventory planning and forecasting $17/hr

Best fit: A team that needs inventory planning and forecasting.

Core responsibilities
  • Forecast demand and manage stock levels across SKUs
  • Coordinate reorders with suppliers before you run out
  • Reconcile inventory across every channel you sell on
Core Competencies
Shopify Inventory Planner NetSuite Microsoft Excel
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Luisa C. Colombia · 5 years experience
Platform and systems management $17/hr

Best fit: Platform and systems management, handled as its own dedicated lane.

Core responsibilities
  • Manage your storefront platform (Shopify, Amazon, WooCommerce)
  • Keep pricing, promotions and listings synced across channels
  • Own the operational workflows that connect orders to fulfillment
Core Competencies
Shopify Amazon Seller Central WooCommerce ShipStation
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Ayanda Z. South Africa · 5 years experience
Multi-channel operations, reporting $17/hr

Best fit: Best fit for a team leaning on someone for multi-channel operations, reporting.

Core responsibilities
  • Track operational KPIs: fulfillment time, stock-outs, return rates
  • Build and document the SOPs that keep operations consistent
  • Coordinate between fulfillment, customer service and marketing
Core Competencies
Shopify Amazon Seller Central Gorgias Power BI
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Micaela R. Argentina · 7 years experience
Process design, scaling operations $17/hr

Best fit: Suited to companies whose process design, scaling operations keeps slipping down the priority list.

Core responsibilities
  • Forecast demand and manage stock levels across SKUs
  • Coordinate reorders with suppliers before you run out
  • Reconcile inventory across every channel you sell on
Core Competencies
NetSuite Shopify Notion ShipHero
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Marcus L. USA · 9 years experience
Senior ecommerce ops lead, high-SKU catalog $55/hr

Best fit: The senior pick: ecommerce ops lead, high-SKU catalog, with enough range to own more than one lane at once.

Core responsibilities
  • Forecast demand and manage stock levels across SKUs
  • Coordinate reorders with suppliers before you run out
  • Reconcile inventory across every channel you sell on
  • Manage your storefront platform (Shopify, Amazon, WooCommerce)
  • Keep pricing, promotions and listings synced across channels
  • Own the operational workflows that connect orders to fulfillment
  • Track operational KPIs: fulfillment time, stock-outs, return rates
  • Build and document the SOPs that keep operations consistent
  • Coordinate between fulfillment, customer service and marketing
Core Competencies
Shopify NetSuite Amazon Seller Central Gorgias
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What this role costs you

Specialized recruiters Vetted candidates in 10 days Six core markets
Global talent
Starting at
$12/hour
No placement fee
WhereLatin America, Philippines, South Africa, Eastern Europe, Canada You payOne monthly fee, all-inclusive EmployerHireHawk employs, pays and manages compliance Guarantee100% performance replacement After the hireA dedicated Client Success Manager, for the life of the engagement CommitmentMonth to month, no lock-in Learn more →
US talent
Placement fee
12.5%of first-year salary
+ $995 retainer
WhereAll 50 states You pay$995 retainer to start the search, plus 12.5% at placement. Or 15% with no retainer EmployerThe hire joins your payroll directly Guarantee60-day replacement After the hireYours to manage from day one. There is no Client Success Manager on this offer CommitmentOne-time fee, no recurring cost Learn more →
Up to 70%is what you save with global talent 20–30%of first-year salary is what traditional agencies charge

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What this role handles for your team

An ecommerce operations manager coordinates orders, inventory, fulfillment, and reporting so your store runs without daily fire drills.

Ecommerce inventory and demand planning
Forecast demand and manage stock levels across SKUs Coordinate reorders with suppliers before you run out Reconcile inventory across every channel you sell on
Platform and systems
Manage your storefront platform (Shopify, Amazon, WooCommerce) Keep pricing, promotions and listings synced across channels Own the operational workflows that connect orders to fulfillment
Reporting and process
Track operational KPIs: fulfillment time, stock-outs, return rates Build and document the SOPs that keep operations consistent Coordinate between fulfillment, customer service and marketing
Exception management and cross-team handoffs
Resolve stock, fulfillment, and listing exceptions Keep ownership clear between operations, support, and marketing Report risks before they become customer issues
Three steps

Hire an Ecommerce operations manager in 3 steps

From your first brief to an Ecommerce operations manager working in Shopify and Amazon, you stay with one recruiter from scope through start.

Scope the Ecommerce operations manager role

Tell us the work to own, from ecommerce inventory and demand planning to platform and systems, plus the systems, coverage hours, and outcomes that matter. We turn that into a focused search brief.

Review vetted Ecommerce operations manager candidates

We screen candidates for ecommerce inventory and demand planning, platform and systems, and practical fluency in Shopify and Amazon. You review a shortlist with relevant context.

Hire and onboard your Ecommerce operations manager

Choose your candidate and hiring model. We coordinate the handoff into your tools, operating process, and first-week priorities.

What changes for your team

Best for growing stores that need inventory, fulfillment, and operating workflows to keep pace with demand.

Fewer stockouts and overstock situations

Demand gets forecast and reorders coordinated with suppliers, instead of noticed only after a bestseller goes out of stock.

Cleaner cross-channel inventory sync

Stock levels stay reconciled across every channel you sell on, instead of drifting until a customer orders something you don't have.

Faster operational reporting

Fulfillment time, stock-outs and return rates get tracked continuously, instead of pulled together manually before a review.

Lower cost than an in-house ops hire

One dedicated manager costs less than the salary, benefits and payroll taxes a full-time in-house hire adds up to.

More consistent processes as the store scales

SOPs get built and documented as the business grows, instead of living in one person's head until they leave.

Why teams choose HireHawk for this role

Matched to your platform stack

Tell us what you sell on and how, Shopify, Amazon, both, on the discovery call, and we screen for direct experience in that exact setup.

Vetted before you meet them

5-Stage Vetting with AI-assisted screening. Fewer than 1% of applicants are presented to clients.

Comfortable with the numbers behind the platform

Screened for inventory planning and KPI reporting, beyond listing management alone.

Two ways to hire

Fully managed global talent from $12 an hour, or US direct hire from 12.5% of first-year salary. Compare the two on our [staffing solutions page](/solutions/).

Proof

What our clients say

"They built the analytics and automation our leadership now runs on, recovered tens of thousands in freight claims and cut manual work by 96%."

Siobhan Manager of Outbound Global Transportation

"It was very easy working with HireHawk, from looking for viable candidates, the interview process, all the way to implementation of your hire, they handle it all. We are also very happy with our hire. Very easy and seamless process."

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"HireHawk filled two senior roles in under two weeks. The candidates were sharper than anything our in-house recruiter surfaced in months."

August Consumer brand

"Her scope grew within months and our leadership asked to meet her in person. We came back to HireHawk to expand the rest of the team."

Anthony Director of Operations

"When our workflow broke down she built a tracking system to stop it happening again, without being asked."

Mikayel Revenue Cycle Manager

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The right model depends on the seat, not the company. Some roles need someone in the building; the rest do not, and cost far less remotely.

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Staffing agency HireHawk

HireHawk is a staffing agency for growing US companies with industry-specialized recruiters. This is one of the seats we fill most: we recruit for it, run 5-Stage Vetting, and either employ the hire on global talent or place them directly on your payroll.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about hiring for this role

Is this the same as an ecommerce operations coordinator?

Yes, same role under two common titles in the market. Operations manager and operations coordinator both describe this exact position, staffed as one dedicated hire either way, matched to your platforms and your inventory systems, instead of two different job postings for what is actually one role.

How is this different from an ecommerce virtual assistant?

Your virtual assistant handles day-to-day tasks: listings, customer messages, order updates. Your operations manager instead owns the whole system those tasks run inside: inventory planning, platform management and KPI reporting across every channel. Growing stores often end up staffing both once daily tasks start outpacing what one hire can cover.

Can they work across multiple sales channels?

Yes. Tell us every channel you sell on, Shopify, Amazon, Walmart or others, on the discovery call, and we staff to that exact mix instead of assuming every channel runs the same. Your manager keeps inventory and pricing synced across all of them, so nothing goes out of stock quietly on one platform.

How fast can an operations manager start?

You'll see vetted candidates within 10 business days of your discovery call, so you're not waiting weeks to start interviewing. Once you've made your pick, onboarding takes 21 days, whether the hire joins your payroll directly or comes on as a fully managed global hire through HireHawk.

What if the manager is not the right fit?

You're covered either way. If you go with global talent, you get 100% performance replacement at no extra cost. If you choose US direct hire, you're backed by a 60-day replacement guarantee, so a bad fit doesn't turn into a bad quarter for your business.

What should an ecommerce operations manager own?

They should own the operating rhythm behind the store: inventory visibility, order and fulfillment exceptions, marketplace or platform coordination, reporting, and the follow-up that keeps small issues from becoming customer problems. The exact split depends on your channels and fulfillment model.

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