Assistant Buyer - Women Accessories

Job description

Job Category

·  Buying, Merchandising & Planning

Location

·  Berlin

Contract

·  Full-Time
·  Graduate / Entry Level

Company

·  Zalando SE

Zalando’s success also tells the story of our exceptional team and our efforts. We are always happy to welcome new colleagues who join us in creating the world’s best online fashion experience.

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.

There's no stopping us growing and we are looking for you to join our team – to start immediately, in a permanent role at our beautiful Berlin Friedrichshain location.

The role of an Assistant Buyer is your entry into the career path of a Buyer. You’ll be the right hand of the buyer and will be supporting them by providing analysis and making recommendation for buying and trading decisions as well as having buying responsibility for your first brand(s) on your own!

Your challenge

·  Next to our buyers, you'll be the first contact person for our suppliers
·  You’ll provide input for, support and join order appointments and negotiation meetings
·  You'll support our buyers in operational and functional matters
·  You’ll support preparation of assortment as well as line plans
·  You'll create/cancel orders and you’ll make sure all necessary steps are followed through
·  You’ll make proposals for the assortment selection
·  You’ll prepare product based analysis for trading decisions

What you've got

·  You have a bachelor’s or master’s  degree in Business Administration, Economics, Fashion Management or an education in a similar field
·  You've already been working in Buying or Merchandising on an assistant level for 1-3 years, preferably in a fashion-related field
·  You have fun working with numbers as well as have a strong understanding for trend and products at best within Fast Fashion
·  Good organization and clear communication internally and externally are your biggest strengths
·  MS Office, especially Excel, is part of your daily routine and ideally you've get some experience with merchandise management systems 
·  Your English skills are fluent
·  You have a strong understanding for trend and products
·  You have strong negotiation skills

What we have in store for you

Our recipe for success: think big and act fast. What you're doing today will affect millions of customers tomorrow. At Zalando, you have the chance to work on the world's best online fashion experience in a rapidly growing international company. What else? We do of course have a lot more to offer:

·  Boredom doesn't get a look in here! Zalando is a working environment where something new happens every day
·  An international team of experts to inspire and support you
·  Training and further development opportunities to expand your skills and help you on your way
·  Everything your retail-loving heart could desire thanks to our attractive employee discounts in our online shop

Want to join us?

Then we'd be more than happy to receive your online application! Any further queries? Please do not hesitate to contact Valeria under