Premium Heritage Footwear & Accessories Buyer (all genders)

at  Zalando

Location
Berlin
Contract
Full time
Job Category
Buying & Merchandising
As a Premium Heritage Footwear & Accessories Buyer, you are part of a high performing and target driven team. Through your industry knowledge and passion for the Footwear and Accessories trends and market developments you will create and nurture new and innovative ways to connect with consumers whilst delivering strong results.
You buy and develop your own brand portfolio, with ownership and accountability of unit KPIs. You develop and implement assortment and business model strategies for your portfolio and actively contribute to setting and delivering unit strategy and targets. You use your strong negotiation skills to deliver success to your unit and to meet the ambitious company’s growth plans. Combining your analytical skills, eye for trend and commercial acumen to serve the customer in the best possible ways.

• Proactive ownership of your portfolio, reporting into the Senior Buyer of Premium Lifestyle. Determining the creative direction of your assortment, identifying trends, sourcing new brands, negotiating the best terms for Zalando.
• Together with merchandising, being responsible for defining your brands seasonal strategy and beyond including budget and assortment planning, whilst consulting the unit owner and strategically important stakeholders. In season monitoring and reviewing the performance of your brands, making recommendations, and taking action based on valid numbers.
• Maintaining and developing excellent relationships with our external brand partners, always challenging and evolving business to support the Category and Zalando strategy. Working together with our brand partners to improve collaboration and deliver on your brand and assortment strategy.
• As part of a team of 4, you will be responsible, with the senior buyer, for the ongoing development of your assistant buyer.
• Close collaboration across the rest of the cluster. You will be expected to collaborate with your counterparts on the apparel teams, and work together to deliver on-brand, commercial campaigns.