Commercial Planning Manager - Cross-markets

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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

• 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
  
  

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• 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
  
  

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* (*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.