(Junior) Pricing Manager

Job description

Job Category

·  More Central & Business Roles

Location

·  Berlin

Contract

·  Full-Time
·  Graduate / Entry Level
·  Professional Level

Company

·  Zalando SE

Zalando’s success 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. 

Thanks to our e-commerce expertise and can-do spirit we’ve become one of Europe’s most favorable online shopping destinations in only a few short years. Today, Zalando operates in 15 countries. The core of our business is to be cutting edge in each and every of our fundamental pillars: fashion, internet technology and logistics. Zalando SE, which is based in Berlin, operates the international business and takes care of our business development, comprising of management, marketing, IT and administration.

The pricing team is a critical team at the interface between Category Management (purchasing) and Sales. For our 15 countries, we define, in close collaboration with Category Management and the Sales Organization, the correct price levels, promotional offers and many more price-related aspects in order to achieve the highest possible long-term customer satisfaction. The decisions we make and implement have an immediate impact on the top and the bottom line of our business. Our work is very much data-driven and needs to be analytically sound. We are at the interface to Category Management on the one side and our 15 country teams in the Sales Organization on the other.

Your Tasks

As a member of the international pricing team, you will work closely with one or two Zalando country teams. For these countries, you will take ownership of all pricing-related analyses, projects and processes. You will also contribute to defining the country pricing strategy and to building our central pricing knowledge.

·  You will work jointly with the other parts of the pricing team and the country teams (e.g. the country head and marketing teams) 
·  You will closely monitor pricing related KPIs
·  You will run pricing tests, develop analyses and pricing models
·  Together with the other parts of the pricing team, country marketing and merchandising, you will create country specific product offerings for the mid and end of season sales
·  You will support the country team in determining customer and market needs
·  You will identify and develop new ideas or projects that create value for both customers and Zalando
·  You will support the other parts of the pricing team and challenge existing processes
·  You will spend a good deal of your time working on pricing projects in order to develop our pricing expertise and bring pricing@zalando to the next level

Our Offer

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:

·  You’ll never be bored! Zalando is a working environment where something new happens every day
·  An international team of experts to inspire and support you
·  A feel-good environment: We don't just work well together, we also like to get together after work
·  Training and improvement opportunities to expand your skills and help you develop in whatever way you decide
·  An easily-accessible workplace in the heart of Berlin
·  Everything your retail-loving heart could desire thanks to our attractive employee discount 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 Nicole via nicole.mertens ************@*******.**

Desired profile

Your Profile

·  You hold a degree (Bachelor, Master, MBA) in Economics, Business Administration, Engineering, or equivalent
·  You have a strong academic track record and/or references
·  You have excellent analytical skills and a strong understanding of retailing and/or e-commerce
·  Ideally, you’ve have already gained insights into the Benelux market
·  You have good communication skills and are able to drive projects
·  You are self-driven, results-oriented, and enjoy working independently
·  You have advanced MS Office skills, particularly in Excel
·  You are business fluent in English, plus ideally another language from the Benelux market