Head of Merchandise Planning - Sports (w/m/d)
Job Details
ABOUT THE ROLE
As the head of merchandise planning you lead a high performing and passionate team that creates a lasting positive impact. You directly contribute to the success of category management by defining and delivering the financial strategy for your category as well as shaping the overall strategy.
We are recruiting for one position in our Specialties category, responsible for Sports.
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 23 markets. We drive digital solutions for fashion, logistics, advertising and research, bringing head-to-toe fashion to more than 46 million active customers through diverse skill-sets, interests and languages our teams choose to use.
Our Category Management Team is passionate about fashion and lifestyle. We want customers to find the perfect fashion and lifestyle products for them, from shoes and clothing and accessories. Category Management's task is to put together an on-trend and profitable selection of products. We love discovering new brands and products for the Zalando shops, but finding the right trends is only one aspect, as we also need to keep track of our KPIs and processes. Constant exchange with other departments like logistics, content and photo production, the onsite team and marketing ensures that we act in line with the whole organisation. In the end, we are all working towards the same goal: to create an excellent experience for our customers at Zalando.
Please note that all applications must be completed using the online form - we do not accept applications via email.
As the head of merchandise planning you lead a high performing and passionate team that creates a lasting positive impact. You directly contribute to the success of category management by defining and delivering the financial strategy for your category as well as shaping the overall strategy.
We are recruiting for one position in our Specialties category, responsible for Sports.
WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
- Lead your team (around 20 people across different levels) to create seasonal financial plans and build strategies to deliver this for the category reflecting the long term strategy and financial plan you define alongside your Buying counterpart(s).
- Guide your team to identify risks and opportunities to ensure the business is steered to reach the defined targets each season
- Seek out areas of improvement within the organisation and collaborate with others to implement solutions that deliver our customers promises, inspiring others to do the same.
- As a leader you inspire your organisation and play a significant role in the entire Merchandising job family
- Empower your direct reports to create excellence in analytical thinking & commercial acumen in the merchandise planning team
- A Senior Business leader operating already at Head or Director level, with experience of managing multiple complex categories of significant revenue focused on merchandise planning or a commercially facing analytical role, ideally in an Ecommerce retailer with fashion products.
- Minimum of 7 years of experience managing strategy and leading large teams. A dynamic leader with the ability to ensure your team remains motivated and engaged with the structure you provide in a very dynamic and fast-paced environment. The experience to lead others to drive innovative solutions that deliver lasting positive impact. Experience of managing a large team across multiple business levels.
- Multiple experiences of leading the roll out of new initiatives, processes and/or tools across cross-functional business areas, leading others outside your reporting line to execute these.
- Excellent business acumen combined with analytical skills and the ability clearly communicate priorities to your team and business stakeholders, with the capability developing these talents in others
- 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 23 markets. We drive digital solutions for fashion, logistics, advertising and research, bringing head-to-toe fashion to more than 46 million active customers through diverse skill-sets, interests and languages our teams choose to use.
Our Category Management Team is passionate about fashion and lifestyle. We want customers to find the perfect fashion and lifestyle products for them, from shoes and clothing and accessories. Category Management's task is to put together an on-trend and profitable selection of products. We love discovering new brands and products for the Zalando shops, but finding the right trends is only one aspect, as we also need to keep track of our KPIs and processes. Constant exchange with other departments like logistics, content and photo production, the onsite team and marketing ensures that we act in line with the whole organisation. In the end, we are all working towards the same goal: to create an excellent experience for our customers at Zalando.
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
- 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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