Team Lead Merchandise Planning - Kids Category (w/m/d)
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WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
- Responsibility for owning pre-season sales plans for the category. You are taking trends, campaigns, country plans and selling levers into account. You ensure your category remains competitive and you control the OTB for your category to maximize sales, gross margin and inventory turn.
- Working alongside your buying counterpart, you will develop the Kids category strategy, taking into consideration brands and price clusters, optimizing width and depth and tailoring to specific market needs. Alongside the buying team, You will also attend key buying meetings for most important brands where you will build strong, trustful relationships with our suppliers.
- Managing all assortment planning through flow plans, you will ensure critical paths are prepared. You take trading actions to optimize the performance of your category.
- Alongside your key functional responsibilities, you will also be fully responsible for leading and coaching/developing your team. With a team to look after you will build good relationships and you will structure your team effectively taking into consideration their strengths, weaknesses and training needs
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- Relevant Merchandise Planning Experience at a similar level. You have experience working for a fast paced retailing business. Ideally you have worked within an Ecommerce retailer and with branded fashion products.
- A strong leader. You are able to manage multiple stakeholders independently through your strategic communication style and are reliable when it comes to getting things done. You understand the challenges of the fast fashion business and are exhilarated by this. You are only as good as your team. You pride yourself in your leadership skills with at least 4 years of relevant experience leading a large team.
- You are motivated and comfortable to work in an ever-changing environment. You are solution oriented and you enjoy working in a dynamic, pacey business. You are a true entrepreneur and love to take decisions. You enjoy sitting in the driver seat and feel comfortable taking over ownership and accountability.
- You are excited to add to best practice and contribute towards the future of merchandise planning at Zalando. You have worked with various merchandising software packages and you are comfortable with analysis and excel at an advanced level
- Experience in the Kids retail industry is a plus.
- 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
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 34 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.
- 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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