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Lead Tail Spend Management (m/w/d)

Employer
Zalando
Location
Berlin
Closing date
30 Jan 2021

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Function
Buyer
Level
Manager

Job Details

As a Lead Tail Spend Management you and your team will be responsible for managing all activities related to optimizing the indirect tail spend (20% of total spend) in close collaboration with respective Business Units.

In this very exciting managerial role you will be part of the Indirect Procurement team ('InPro'), that plays a strategic role in procuring indirect (non-merchandising) goods and services for Zalando.
WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
  • You will lead and develop the tail spend management team by driving a customer-centric, data-driven and agile culture.
  • You will define and execute the tail spend strategy across relevant commodities and deliver an optimized solution via one of our tail spend channels.
  • You will establish a strong network and ensure continuous alignment with relevant stakeholders (e.g. commodity clusters, business units, legal, finance operations,..)
  • You will drive efficiency and optimization initiatives in area of scope and constantly source the market for optimal tail spend solutions
  • You will carry out fact based negotiations and provide advice for decision making on how to optimize the tail spend based on data analytics
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
  • You have a Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Engineering or equivalent.
  • You have 5+ years of experience in procurement and/or supply chain, ideally in a similar role in technology-intensive and / or fast growing companies
  • You bring strong leadership skills with first experience in managing people
  • You bring strong negotiation skills and commercial acumen
  • You are a technology savvy and are passionate about digitalization
  • You bring strong (data) analytics skills and preferably experience with advanced business intelligence tools (e.g. Tableau, Celonis, SAP Analytics Cloud or other)
  • You master oral and written communication in English. You are a careful and patient listener. You deliver clear, concise explanations, oral or written, that trigger understanding and action in your counterparts.
  • You possess a customer-centric culture, analytical thinking skills and results driven mindset

PERKS AT WORK
  • Culture of trust, empowerment and constructive feedback, 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 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
Telephone
+49 (0)30 2759 4693
Location
Zalando SE
Valeska-Gert-Straße 5
Berlin
Germany
10243
Germany

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