Strategic Partnerships SPM - Beauty- Sephora (m/f/d)
- Employer
- Zalando
- Location
- Berlin
- Closing date
- 16 Feb 2022
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- Function
- Strategy & Business Intelligence
- Level
- Manager
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Job Details
Our partnership with brands is deeply rooted in our DNA and one of Zalando’s success factors.
The Senior Strategic Partner Manager is responsible for co-creating and implementing strategic growth plans for one of our most strategic partnerships, by leveraging the full spectrum of the Zalando Platform and acting as the main point of contact to the partner.
In this role you will own the holistic strategy with our strategic partner Sephora, providing commercial expertise and advice with the goal to drive sustainable, qualitative, and mutual commercial growth, while bringing Zalando’s best to the partner relationship.
WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
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 further Zalando markets as of 2022.
PERKS AT WORK
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.
The Senior Strategic Partner Manager is responsible for co-creating and implementing strategic growth plans for one of our most strategic partnerships, by leveraging the full spectrum of the Zalando Platform and acting as the main point of contact to the partner.
In this role you will own the holistic strategy with our strategic partner Sephora, providing commercial expertise and advice with the goal to drive sustainable, qualitative, and mutual commercial growth, while bringing Zalando’s best to the partner relationship.
WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
- Strategy: Develop, maintain, and execute strategic plans with clear roadmaps and timelines and coordinate partner focused initiatives across relevant functions within and beyond Category Management.
- Platform Management: Creating a strong footprint and becoming the 1st in class Beauty partnership platform model. Link the Zalando platform vision and project landscape with the partner’s needs, and financial and strategic plans. Drive cross-department partner focused initiatives and ensure their timely implementation.
- Stakeholder Management: Ensure transparency across stakeholders to facilitate project progress. Maintain a strong network within the partners’ local and central organization and enable structured relationship management.
- Financial Planning: Support with the setting and alignment of commercial growth targets for the partnership with selected brands. Integrate Zalando business models and services feeding into the plans and track target achievements.
- Negotiations: Set annual terms and conditions, ensuring a positive and commercially viable partnership.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- You have already mastered working for one of Zalando’s partners and have successfully established a strong partnership with one of our fashion partners as an SPM.
- You gained 6+ years of relevant work experience in consumer-oriented commercial, partner-facing, or highly analytical roles. E-commerce industry required, beauty e-commerce a plus.
- You are a strategic commercial thinker with impressive analytical skills and critical mindset. You have strong technical skills in Microsoft/ Google Suite
- You have a strong understanding of the P&L lines in an E-commerce retailing environment, and empathy for the needs of a consumer brand
- You have outstanding communication skills and can drive projects with different teams across the organization, including senior management stakeholders.
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 further 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.
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.
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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