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Commercial Intelligence Manager SEPHORA (w/m/d)

Employer
Zalando
Location
Berlin
Closing date
25 Feb 2022

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As Commercial Intelligence Manager in the newly created Partnership Beauty team, you will be part of a high performing and passionate team driving the commercial success of our strategic partnership with SEPHORA. You will be responsible for analyzing the performance of the actual local markets, build a reporting system which considers both internal and external viewpoints and be the Guardian of our internal data sharing Firewalls within Zalando and towards the external stakeholders.

Steering SEPHORA to reach optimal commercial performance, utilizing the deep understanding of the business and relationships you will build both internally and externally. You have experience using commercial and financial planning tools and processes and play a pivotal role in evolving these within Zalando to benefit the overall dynamic expansion targets. You work closely with the Head of Strategic Partnership in Beauty and become an elaborate consultant to the overall beauty proposition and be the driving force of building a strong analytical ground for top management decisions on both stakeholder sides.
The role is located in Berlin, Germany.WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
  • Leading the creation of a strategic commercial plan and forecasting in close collaboration with our partner.
  • Identify risks and opportunities and collaborate with SEPHORA and internal stakeholders to ensure the commercial business is steered to reach the defined targets in each local market.
  • Pioneer new ways of working and seek out areas of improvement within your functions and collaborate with others to implement solutions that deliver our customers promises, inspiring others to do the same.
  • Working very closely with our Buying and Merchandise Planning teams within the Beauty category to drive and contribute to our overall growth.
  • Be part of building a partner program model for Zalando beauty.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
  • Bachelor's degree in Business or comparable field. More than 5 years experience in a commercially facing role (preferably within eCommerce). Ideally, you also bring 2-3 years in merchandise planning or buying in Partner Program. Confidence in using both planning and forecasting tools to determine risks and opportunities.
  • You love to work with numbers and figures, are strong in analytics and thinking strategically and are excited by the opportunity to shape the Beauty category. You have experience in Google Suite and consider yourself an expert in Excel.
  • Motivated and comfortable to work in an ever-changing environment, you are solution-oriented and you enjoy working in a dynamic business. You are a true entrepreneur and love to make decisions. You enjoy sitting in the driver's seat and feel comfortable taking over ownership and accountability.
  • You have excellent English skills, communicate clearly with varied stakeholders and possess solid negotiation skills. French/ Italian speaking might be an additional plus, although not required
  • A plus: you are passionate about Beauty, Fashion and Luxury brands expertise

ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP

Announced in July 2021, Zalando and Sephora joined forces to create an unrivalled Online Prestige Beauty Experience for European Customers. The first pilot in Germany is already live and the starting point to become the ultimate online prestige beauty destination for millions of Zalando customers and reinvent how they shop beauty online.

The partnership brings together Zalando's unparalleled customer experience and deep ecommerce expertise with Sephora's carefully curated assortment of several thousand exciting beauty products from more than 300 prestige and exclusive brands, beauty expertise and marketing power in prestige beauty. Starting in Germany in Q4 2021, the partnership is set to be rolled out to other Zalando markets as of 2022.
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
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
Telephone
+49 (0)30 2759 4693
Location
Zalando SE
Valeska-Gert-Straße 5
Berlin
Germany
10243
Germany

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