Job Description

THE ROLE & THE TEAM

Zalando is Europe’s leading online platform for fashion, connecting customers, brands and partners across 24 markets. We drive digital solutions for fashion, logistics, advertising and research, bringing head-to-toe fashion to more than 49+ million active customers through diverse skill-sets, interests and languages our teams choose to use.

As an Assistant Merchandise Planner, you are responsible for providing analytical insights that enable yourself, others in the team, and our partners to make decisions which improve the assortment for the customer and contribute to the unit's success. You are accountable for taking actions that directly impact the financial performance of your unit through the management of the stock and price management. You have an awareness of external market trends and developments that can impact your unit. To deliver your role you can confidently use all stock management, pricing and reporting tools, along with Excel and Google Suite.

WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)

• Provide analytical support to drive decision-making using data. You produce detailed reports and analysis for weekly trade meetings and ad-hoc requests from your planning team.
• Be accountable for taking actions to ensure the unit reaches its seasonal financial targets. You take ownership of pricing topics, steering assortment according to product lifecycle and supply situation to maximise sales and profitability. You manage stock intake and replenishment into the business, provide insights on future deliveries, and are comfortable to flag any risks to your team.
• Clearly communicate key messages to your direct team and key stakeholders, e.g. Buying, Operations teams and external brand partners, to allow decisions to be made. You independently manage communication with your peers.
• Be able to foresee commercial and operational problems before they arise and take appropriate actions to resolve them. You make changes to existing processes in your unit that improve the efficiency of the team and also make suggestions to improve processes outside of your unit that benefit the organisation.

WE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF

• Bachelor's degree, with experience working in merchandise planning or a commercially facing analytical role (ideally in retail or etail) with at least 1-year experience. Able to demonstrate an understanding of KPIs and what actions can be taken to impact the business.
• Motivated, structured, able to prioritise and positive in a very dynamic and fast-paced environment, embracing change and being always on the hunt for solutions. You exercise high levels of personal accountability and are willing to go the extra mile to achieve results.
• You have excellent English skills, communicate clearly with varied (internal and external) stakeholders, and possess solid negotiation skills.
• You love to work with numbers and figures & think strategically. You have experience with Google Suite and consider yourself an expert in Excel.

OUR OFFER

Zalando provides a range of benefits, here’s an overview of what you can expect. Ask your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about what we offer.

• 27 days of holiday a year to start for full-time employees (+1 day for every calendar year up to 30 days)
• 40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Lounge by Zalando, discounts from external partners
• Family support, including counselling and dedicated services for parents and carers
• Company pension scheme
• Employee shares programme
• Health and wellbeing options, including Wellhub
• Mental health support and coaching
• 2 paid volunteering days a year
• Relocation assistance (subject to prior agreement)

Learn all about Zalando and our values here: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/?gh_src=22377bdd1us

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN

At Zalando, our vision is to be inclusive by design. And this vision starts with our hiring - we do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity, sexual orientation, personal expression, ethnicity, religious belief, or disability status. You are welcome to leave out your picture, age, or marital status from your application. We only assess candidates on their qualifications and merit.

We want to provide you with a great candidate experience. Feel free to inform us of any accommodations you may need, so we can best support you throughout the hiring process.

do.BETTER - our diversity & inclusion strategy: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/our-impact/dobetter-our-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy

Our employee resource groups: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/our-impact/our-employee-resource-groups