Senior Buyer Women Footwear Classic (w/m/d)
- Employer
- Zalando
- Location
- Berlin
- Closing date
- 21 Sep 2020
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- Function
- Buyer
- Level
- Senior Manager
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Job Details
As a Senior Buyer in our Women Footwear Classic unit, you're part of a 3 people team, creating new and innovative ways to connect people and fashion.
WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
PERKS AT WORK
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.
Zalando is Europe's leading online platform for fashion, connecting customers, brands and partners across 17 markets. We drive digital solutions for fashion, logistics, advertising and research, bringing head-to-toe fashion to more than 23 million active customers through diverse skill-sets, interests and languages our teams choose to use.
Please note that all applications must be completed using the online form - we do not accept applications via e-mail.
WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
- Oversee for the creative direction of the Footwear Classic unit, sourcing new brands, negotiating the best terms for Zalando whilst you keep our existing suppliers happy. You will manage key strategic and core brands.
- Understand your customer profile and how we can best perform through assortment, trend, brands and content
- Know KPIs and partner with the senior merchandise team to plan the budget and OTB to monitor and review the performance of your unit. Your recommendations are always based on numbers
- Interaction and exchange with other departments like Content, ZFS, ZMS and Production is key to your work, ensuring that we act in line with the whole organization. You will work cross functionally to drive sales and maximize take rate
- Liaise closely with Business Development stakeholders to drive cross-functional, cross-departmental projects
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- Experienced in working for a fast paced e-commerce retailing business. Relevant Buying Experience at a similar senior level; working with big international shoes brands is a plus.
- Being a leader who will manage a team that consists of one Assistant Buyer, one Buyer, you will be directly reporting into the Team Lead. You love developing people, training and acting as a role model for the team.
- Being passionate about fashion and a market expert for trend focused brands with a European view of the latest trends. Your excellent analytical skills put you on top of the class and you love working with numbers to validate your gut instinct buying decisions and take risks
- Negotiation is in your blood, and you are always a compelling figure when communicating with suppliers and other stakeholders. You have mastered both written and spoken negotiations beautifully
- Experience in working in large scale cross functional, multi stakeholder projects
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.
Zalando is Europe's leading online platform for fashion, connecting customers, brands and partners across 17 markets. We drive digital solutions for fashion, logistics, advertising and research, bringing head-to-toe fashion to more than 23 million active customers through diverse skill-sets, interests and languages our teams choose to use.
Please note that all applications must be completed using the online form - we do not accept applications via e-mail.
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
- https://jobs.zalando.com/
- Telephone
- +49 (0)30 2759 4693
- Location
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Zalando SE
Valeska-Gert-Straße 5
Berlin
Germany
10243
Germany
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