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Principal Product Manager - Retail Core (w/m/d)

Employer
Zalando
Location
Berlin
Closing date
5 Nov 2021

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Function
Design - Garments & Accessories
Level
Manager
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Job Details

In Retail Core, we are the engine that drives Zalando's deep relationships with 1200+ fashion brands. Zalando's wholesale business is worth EUR 4.5bn+ and is growing ~20% annually. We build innovative B2B solutions that make it scalable and optimize decision-making across its procure-to-pay processes. This way, we ensure a flawless offering for Zalando's 45m active customers.

We are currently building the fashion industry's most advanced assortment composition product. Zalandos use it to compose the fashion assortment we will offer our customers 6 months in the future. We help them with simple yet powerful workflows, decision support and analytical capabilities.

WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
  • You will strongly contribute towards a compelling product vision and strategy. You will align it with Zalando north star and group strategy and get the buy-in of senior stakeholders and leadership. You will collaborate with eng. and design leadership to define overall tech and team strategy
  • You will identify and explore the most promising opportunities to realize our vision. You will change complexity into clarity to ensure that they are worth solving. You will work backwards with (a) multi-disciplinary team(s) to deliver innovative, delightful solutions
  • You will be a change driver for the way fashion buying works. You will pair with bright, diverse teams and solve interesting problems
  • You will coach, mentor and potentially manage other Product Managers and help us raise the bar of how we do Product Management at Zalando


WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
  • You have a strong business sense and a passion to solve the right problems. You can define a compelling product vision/strategy and justify investment in it. You excel at inspiring teams towards a purpose and making them excited about the future
  • You have owned long- and medium-term roadmaps, aligned to your product vision/strategy and optimized to maximize the impact of your team(s). You have worked together with other product managers, product designers and engineers. You might have some experience building data-backed products
  • Getting up to speed on complex processes is a piece of cake for you. You can structure any problem and explain it to anyone. You can fast and reliably spot the biggest opportunities and best solutions. You know how to measure success and continuously iterate to make your product better
  • You can bridge the gap between business and technology. You can moderate workshops and create clarity for senior audiences. Your verbal and written communication are outstanding, clear and concise. You also know when to use a whiteboard to bring your point across
  • You want to have an impact and use a creative, solution-oriented and adaptive-to-change mindset. You enjoy driving continuous improvement and innovation

PERKS AT WORK
  • 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 only 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 23 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 email.

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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