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Strategic Project Manager (w/m/d) - Demand/Marketing & Sales

Employer: Zalando
Location: Berlin
Closing date: 1 Oct 2020

Function: Strategy & Business Intelligence
Level: Manager

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Job Details

As the Strategic Project Manager, you will report to and actively support the Executive Project Manager and SVP with your functional and organisational know-how. You will support in driving high priority projects in collaboration with the expert teams - especially in the areas of strategy, business steering, people and organisation. This is a great opportunity to observe and learn from some of the most senior people in the organisation by having a more holistic picture, whilst deep diving into critical business challenges within Zalando.

WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED

Be part of the team supporting the SVP of Marketing & Sales in an advisory capacity, adhering to her daily business, preparing and following up on appointments, or working on communication formats. You will anticipate the needs of your SVP and help resolve issues as they arise.
End-to-end responsibility on projects within and outside your business unit: from briefing, analysis, creation of concepts, to presenting your findings to the leadership teams of market/ing/Demand and Zalando.
Drive the operational execution of the highly relevant and strategic process within the organization (e.g. such as coordinating leadership meetings, creating insight-lead team communications). You'll be responsible to drive, set-up, and maintain highly relevant processes within the business unit.
Cooperating with a variety of senior management stakeholders throughout the company, including the Executive Management Team of Zalando, you will drive the communication within the area of responsibility of the SVP and live through active feedback our 360 ° feedback culture.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

You have acquired a degree in Business, Economics, Statistics or equivalent. You have a minimum of 3+ years experience as a project manager or business developer in a fast growing environment.
Proven high quality problem solving and project management skills in a previous role. You convince with your outstanding analytical skills and strategic approach combined with a flexible mindset and willingness to shape ideas and projects.
Passion for E-Commerce and General Management topics, and an understanding of online business models and current industry trends.
Excellent communication and writing skills in English as well as a proven track record of managing stakeholders and set and maintain new processes. Strong eagerness to learn in a fast-paced working environment.
Ability to work independently and quickly familiarize yourself with new topics. You distinguish yourself by your structured, efficient way of working. You communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels. Good collaboration with teams is especially important to you.

THE BENEFITS

Incredible experience and exposure to diverse and exciting projects that shape the core of Zalando within our Supply Division.
Exposure and high visibility to senior management
A workplace run on trust, empowerment and feedback; positive, inspiring working atmosphere.
Virtual onboarding program to welcome talent from anywhere around the globe.
Competitive salary, employee share plan, 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, cycle to work scheme, diverse sports and wellbeing offerings (including an online offer)
Mentoring and personal development opportunities and an international team of experts
Relocation assistance for internationals

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 ZALANDO

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 27 million active customers through diverse skill-sets, interests and languages our teams choose to use.

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: Zalando SE
Valeska-Gert-Straße 5
Berlin
Germany
10243
Germany

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