Senior Product Manager - zDirect Marketplace Partner Support Pillar (w/m/d)
- Employer
- Zalando
- Location
- Berlin
- Closing date
- 7 Jan 2021
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- Function
- Design - Garments & Accessories
- Level
- Senior Manager
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Job Details
Join us in building one of the most impactful products in Zalando. The Merchant Operations business unit in Zalando, responsible for building Zalando's Marketplace, is further developing a platform called zDirect, which will be an ecosystem of apps and services to help partners self-serve and get started on Zalando, manage their business and steer growth.
As our Senior Product Manager in the Marketplace Partner Life Cycle (PLC) team, you will be responsible for the Partner Support pillar of the PLC that includes both partner-facing and internal products. The Partner Support pillar enhances partner experience on the platform leading them to better serve the customers. You will conceptualise, develop and lead the strategy and vision of this very important pillar.
Please read more about the Zalando Merchant Operations business unit on our Intro webpage here and a video of our product featured for London Tech Week here.
WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
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 23 million active customers through diverse skill-sets, interests and languages our teams choose to use.
We at Mechant Ops build a platform that enables our 300+ brands and retailers to sell directly to 28+ million active customers across 17 countries. Merchant Operations is the technological backbone of Zalando's Partner Program. We've developed a suite of sophisticated, data-driven tools and services that aim to further accelerate value-creation on the Zalando platform. These tools are built to empower brands, offering them frictionless access for both web and mobile interfaces, as well as API solutions, all backed by automation and sophisticated services to enable smart decision-making. We provide our partners with invaluable context, benchmarks, and insights into their performance in a multi-branded environment.
Please note that all applications must be completed using the online form and submitted in English - we do not accept applications via e-mail.
As our Senior Product Manager in the Marketplace Partner Life Cycle (PLC) team, you will be responsible for the Partner Support pillar of the PLC that includes both partner-facing and internal products. The Partner Support pillar enhances partner experience on the platform leading them to better serve the customers. You will conceptualise, develop and lead the strategy and vision of this very important pillar.
Please read more about the Zalando Merchant Operations business unit on our Intro webpage here and a video of our product featured for London Tech Week here.
WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
- Define and own the product vision and the roadmap for the Partner Support pillar of the partner life cycle, which provides our partners with a suite of self-service products giving them access to world-class support.
- Develop innovative, new-generation self-help tools such as chat-bots and forums enabling commercial opportunities and help partners succeed at every stage of their lifecycle.
- Build solutions, internal analytical tools and business workflows that maximize the efficiency of the Partner Care team, enhancing the overall support experience on the platform.
- Ensure a seamless experience across various communication channels with Partner Care to get instant support
- Collaborate & liaise with multiple stakeholders across the business unit to deliver on the partner support initiatives
- Work independently and drive product development while displaying strong stakeholder management & analytical skills to deliver on the product vision.
- Develop a deep understanding of the partner journey, and associated needs, problems and challenges for your internal as well as external users and stakeholders to build a scalable product. Create success metrics and ensure reporting of these KPIs as your products and tools go into production.
- Successful track record of building the product vision, roadmap and executing the launch of one or more platform products (business acumen). Ideally in a B2B environment.
- Professional expertise in product discovery and agile product management; strong business sense and a passion for solving problems that improve processes and drive innovation. E-commerce domain is desirable but not essential.
- Ability to bridge the gap between business and technology, build trust with key stakeholders to align multiple teams and deliver on strategic initiatives (stakeholder management).
- Technical understanding (expertise) and a thorough understanding of platform products (layered), combined with an engineering sense, which will enable meaningful conversations with the engineering teams (technical acumen) but also with less technical minded business counterparts.
- Ability to write product vision documents and clearly communicate them in simple and easy to understand language for a broad audience, including senior management, your teams, as well as colleagues from within and outside the team (product methodology and 4Ds).
- Culture of trust, empowerment and constructive feedback, open source commitment, meetups, game nights, 70+ internal technical and fun guilds, knowledge sharing through tech talks, internal tech academy and blogs, product demos, parties & events
- 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
- Extensive onboarding, 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 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 23 million active customers through diverse skill-sets, interests and languages our teams choose to use.
We at Mechant Ops build a platform that enables our 300+ brands and retailers to sell directly to 28+ million active customers across 17 countries. Merchant Operations is the technological backbone of Zalando's Partner Program. We've developed a suite of sophisticated, data-driven tools and services that aim to further accelerate value-creation on the Zalando platform. These tools are built to empower brands, offering them frictionless access for both web and mobile interfaces, as well as API solutions, all backed by automation and sophisticated services to enable smart decision-making. We provide our partners with invaluable context, benchmarks, and insights into their performance in a multi-branded environment.
Please note that all applications must be completed using the online form and submitted in English - 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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