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Senior Manager Sustainability & Biz Dev (f/m/d)

Employer
Zalando
Location
Berlin
Closing date
6 Oct 2021

Job Details

ABOUT THE TEAM
The Sustainability & Business Development team is part of the Recommerce unit in Emerging Businesses. We enable customers to refresh their wardrobes in a more sustainable way - by providing fresh, quality assortment and an unmatched level of convenience. We also provide customers with the opportunity to trade-in their lightly worn items, in a responsible and easy way. Recommerce is a strategically relevant topic for the Zalando group, contributing to our customer promises, our strategy of becoming the starting point for fashion and our sustainability strategy (do.More).

Our team role is to innovate our customer and partner proposition, build our sustainability credentials and develop new business opportunities to scale recommerce, thereby pushing towards more circularity in fashion.
WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
  • Innovate and develop opportunities to make recommerce an industry solution, incl. new customer and partner propositions
  • Develop and lead recommerce sustainability projects e.g. packaging, circularity pilots, transparency
  • Stakeholder engagement internally and externally
    e.g. re donation partners, brands, think tanks etc.
  • Work with product and tech team to deliver in a fast moving emerging business environment
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
  • You are passionate for sustainability and you are eager to dive deep into circularity solutions in the fashion industry. You think strategically and holistically about the connection of business and sustainability and are good at connecting the dots.
  • You have relevant experience in business development, strategic project management, sustainability and stakeholder engagement. Knowledge in product development is a plus.
  • You live a strong entrepreneurial mindset and you are not put off by uncertainty - determine opportunities and convert them into practical solutions. You show strong ownership and you thrive in dynamic, fast developing environments. Ability to lead yourself and work independently.
  • You are able to engage on a senior leadership level across teams and with external stakeholders, and build long-lasting relationships of mutual trust and respect. You are egoless and believe in the power of collaboration.
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
  • A clear purpose for your work: Be part of an entrepreneurial team that makes Pre-owned shopping as convenient as buying new items on Zalando, making fashion more sustainable
  • Personal and professional development opportunities in a highly dynamic, growing market segment

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 20 markets. We drive digital solutions for fashion, logistics, advertising and research, bringing head-to-toe fashion to more than 42 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.

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

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