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Team Lead Operations - Connected Retail

Employer
Zalando
Location
Berlin
Closing date
21 Sep 2020

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Function
Operations
Level
Manager

Job Details

We are currently looking for an experienced Team Lead in Operations team within the Connected Retail team. In this position, you will play a key role in strategic projects and hands-on support building up and growing the emerging business.
The ideal candidate is not only very strong in conceptual, optimization, process improvement and analytic work, effective in implementing and driving business, but also stands out as a motivating leader. As our growth targets are ambitious we are looking for a colleague who is seeking a new challenge in an entrepreneurial, fast growing and exciting environment.WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
  • Take ownership and management of optimization projects end to end together with your team. Including the conceptualisation of new projects, creating business cases, developing full project plans and managing stakeholders throughout.
  • Lead the Operations team, defining and driving roadmap, hiring. Alignment and cooperation with other teams within the unit and Zalando.
  • Design, alignment and implementation of the innovation and Zalando-specific projects - ZRS, ZFS, ZSS, etc.
  • Define, implement and optimize internal processes and tools to ensure operational efficiency for our growing business.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
  • A conceptual, analytical, optimization mindset: experience with building business cases with clear KPIs/targets as well as translate objectives into strategic planning and follow through
  • Profound experience in Project Management, Supply Chain and Process Improvement preferred, as well as Certified process improvement or project management qualification, eg SixSigma
  • An experienced, self driven and collaborative leader with a strong growth mindset
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to work across multiple teams, align goals and deliverables and drive overall success independent of organisational boundaries
PERKS AT WORK
  • A workplace run on trust, empowerment and feedback; positive, inspiring working atmosphere
  • Competitive salary, employee share shop, 40% Zalando shopping discount, discounts from external partners, centrally located offices, public transport discounts, municipality services, great IT equipment, flexible working times, additional holidays and volunteering time off, free beverages and fruits, diverse sports and health offerings
  • Mentoring and personal development opportunities and an international team of experts
  • Relocation assistance for internationals, PME family service and parent & child rooms* (*available in select locations)

We celebrate diversity and are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
ABOUT CONNECTED RETAIL
The digitization of retailers' stores and their integration with Zalando is a further step towards the best possible shopping experience for our customers. With a larger network, we can improve the availability of products and sizes in the Zalando fashion store and local stores in the future. In the long run, Zalando customers can benefit from this approach, such as location-based delivery or same-day delivery. Currently, partners can become part of Zalando Connected Retail by digitizing their inventory from local stores and processing orders via Zalando's platform.

Company

Zalando is Europe’s leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle. Founded in Berlin in 2008, we bring head-to-toe fashion to 35 million active customers in 17 markets, offering clothing, footwear, accessories and beauty from over 3,000 international brands.

Our platform is a one-stop fashion destination for inspiration, innovation and interaction. As Europe’s most fashionable tech company, we work hard to find digital solutions for every aspect of the fashion journey: for our customers, partners and every valuable player in the Zalando story.

Our goal is to become the starting point for fashion. We focus on the fashion industry and therefore operate in a variety of business areas.

  • Fashion Store
    Zalando online shops are tailored to local customers’ needs in 17 different European markets. The range extends from renowned global brands and fast fashion to local brands and is supplemented by our private labels.
     
  • Offprice
    The Offprice business of Zalando serves the sale of previous season’s assortments. As part of a shopping club, the Zalando Lounge offers registered members exclusive sales campaigns at discounted prices.
     
  • Zalando's Private Labels
    Zalando’s private label assortment includes shoes, clothing and accessories for women, men and children. With a total of six private labels, Zalando creates its own products, covering the entire value chain from design to sales.
     
  • Zalon
    Zalon is our style advice service, via which customers can consult and get inspiration from selected stylists regarding individualized purchases.
     
  • Zalando Marketing Services
    The entirety of Zalando’s expertise and scope is bundled in Zalando Marketing Services, which now offers personalized marketing solutions for our brand partners.
     
  • Zalando Fulfilment Solutions
    Zalando makes its own logistics capabilities available to external partners, so they do not have to be concerned with infrastructure issues but can concentrate fully on their core competence in the fashion business.
     
  • Zalando Partner Services
    Zalando helps other players in the industry to be successful in the digital world. For example, by connecting warehouse stocks with multiple retailers, by digitizing processes involved in fashion wholesale and by integrating offline businesses into our Zalando platform.


With a strong workforce of around 14,000 employees of over 130 different nationalities, Zalando unites diverse people, capabilities and concepts. Consolidating our effort and ideas scales our impact as an innovator in Fashion, Technology, Digital Marketing and Logistics Operations.

Company info
Website
Telephone
+49 (0)30 2759 4693
Location
Zalando SE
Valeska-Gert-Straße 5
Berlin
Germany
10243
Germany

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