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Customer Care Vendor Manager (w/m/d) - Contracting and Sustainability

Employer
Zalando
Location
Berlin
Closing date
12 Apr 2021

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As Contract & Sustainability Manager (w/m/d) you will be responsible for ensuring and developing Zalando's sustainability targets at our Customer Care Service Partners throughout the life cycle of the partnership.

Your main tasks will be, managing tenders and overseeing contract negotiations, auditing and enforcing commercial and contractual obligations and Zalando's social and ethical standards, overseeing billing accuracy, and managing cessations of partnerships contractually.

Travelling frequently is part of your core role in order to build and maintain relationships with our vendors.

WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
  • Be responsible for Bid-, Contract- & Sustainability-Management in our Vendor Management team for our 3rd Party Customer Care Landscape across 20 sites in EMEA
  • Developing and executing measures to maintain and improve contractual compliance with our external Contact / Call Center Providers
  • Build a Sustainability Management function in our team
  • Raise the bar in line with our Sustainability strategy on social and ethical standards, design and implementation of auditing processes
  • Drive and build healthy inclusive teams promoting diversity


WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
  • Experience working in a professional Service environment, ideally with focus on Bid-, Contract- and Compliance-Management
  • Experience in negotiating and managing professional Service contracts for long term partnerships, as well as in auditing with a focus on commercial, operational, social, and ethical frameworks
  • Great in Stakeholder Management, eager to engage with your team and the company as a whole
  • Versed in tough conversations and decisions with a well-developed diplomatic skill set and cultural sensibilities
  • High attention to detail


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 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.

The Zalando Customer Care Vendor Management team ensures a stable performance and a healthy business partnership with our external contact centers as part of our company growth strategy. We monitor the daily operations and are the main point of contact between internal and external stakeholders. In the Vendor Management team, we start with a yes!

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

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