Commercial Planning Manager - Cross-markets
- Employer
- Zalando
- Location
- Berlin
- Closing date
- 21 Oct 2021
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- Function
- Strategy & Business Intelligence
- Level
- Manager
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Job Details
ABOUT THE TEAM
The "Markets Planning & Trading" Team is part of the Commercial Planning & Trading department, a cross-functional unit that connects all commercial functions to execute global strategies on a country level and drive the commercial success of Zalando across European markets. We are responsible for planning and monitoring the sales of Zalando and analyzing the impact of drivers on business performance. As part of the Central Planning & Trading Team we oversee cross-markets planning and decision making, and act as a direct link between local markets, key functions (such as Supply, Pricing, Marketing, Finance, Logistics) and Management.
WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
ABOUT ZALANDO
Zalando is Europe's leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle, 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 35+ million active customers through diverse skill-sets, interests and languages our teams choose to use.
ABOUT ZALANDO CATEGORY MANAGEMENT
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 38 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.
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.
The "Markets Planning & Trading" Team is part of the Commercial Planning & Trading department, a cross-functional unit that connects all commercial functions to execute global strategies on a country level and drive the commercial success of Zalando across European markets. We are responsible for planning and monitoring the sales of Zalando and analyzing the impact of drivers on business performance. As part of the Central Planning & Trading Team we oversee cross-markets planning and decision making, and act as a direct link between local markets, key functions (such as Supply, Pricing, Marketing, Finance, Logistics) and Management.
WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
- Working closely with the Lead of Central Planning & Trading team, you will be working on sales planning, forecasting and trading decisions for all Zalando markets (16+ markets across Europe)
- You will review and challenge the sales planning and commercial targets across all European countries. You will provide recommendations to the markets to ensure a sound and accurate commercial plan across markets
- You will support on driving the planning process for all local markets, working closely with various commercial and finance functions such Supply, Finance, Pricing, Logistics and Marketing to build yearly Budget and Reviews planning
- You will support the Central Planning Lead and Markets leadership team on performance reporting and you will be constantly involved in short and long term trading decisions to drive Zalando's commercial success
- You will drive cross-markets analysis and participate in key commercial projects such as Cyber Days. You will support the Central Planning in regularly monitoring the performance and facilitating the trading decisions to reach commercial targets
- Through your wide scope, you will work closely with a wide range of stakeholders and functions, and gain a comprehensive understanding of the commercial trading and planning ecosystem for a major fast-growing e-commerce player
- MBA or Master in economics, finance, engineering, statistics, management or comparable qualification. You have gained 3-5 years of work experience in consumer-oriented commercial, financial or highly analytical role
- You are a strategic commercial thinker with impressive analytical skills. You have strong technical skills in Excel and PowerPoint; Knowledge of programming languages such as SQL, Python or R is a strong plus
- You are an outstanding project manager and you excel in dealing with different stakeholders from diverse background and levels
- You have a good understanding of the commercial and financial environment of an e-commerce company/ retailing environment. P&L understanding is considered as a plus
- You have great communication skills and you are able to drive projects with different teams across the organization.
- You are business-fluent in English
- 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)
- Family- and life-friendly working conditions including flexible working hours (*available for selected departments/positions)
ABOUT ZALANDO
Zalando is Europe's leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle, 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 35+ million active customers through diverse skill-sets, interests and languages our teams choose to use.
ABOUT ZALANDO CATEGORY MANAGEMENT
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 38 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.
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.
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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