Buyer - Beauty Hunting (All Genders)

**THE ROLE & THE TEAM**:
As a Buyer for the Beauty, you are part of a high performing and target driven team. Through your industry knowledge and passion for Beauty you are creating 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. You are responsible for identifying the next big thing in Beauty, identifying and managing the onboarding of brands for the total department. You are working in a team with a Senior Buyer and Assistant buyer who are responsible for new brand acquisitions and the gifting proposition for Beauty.

**INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN**:
**WHY YOU SHOULD BE INTERESTED**:

- Proactive ownership of your portfolio, reporting into the Senior Buyer of the Beauty Commercial Cluster. 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 of the OTB 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.
- Constant exchange with other departments like marketing, content, photo production and logistics and overarching buying teams is key to your work. You will work cross functionally to drive sales and maximise profit, and ensure we act in line with the whole organisation.

**WE'D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF**:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business or comparable field. Minimum 4 years of buying experience in a Head Office environment or within an e-commerce retailer.
- Excellent analytical skills, knowledge in MS Office (especially Excel and formulas) and combining the passion for numbers with fashion and trends.
- Proven track record of new business acquisitions and incentives that deliver results. Negotiation is in your blood and you are a strong communicator with suppliers and other stakeholders.
- Quick thinking and proactive attitude, which also means you keep on top of things in a fast-paced environment. Team focused attitude whilst ensuring strong independent working practises.

**ZALANDO BENEFITS**:
**Career Development**
- We offer peer-to-peer performance reviews twice a year
- Learn and develop through our extensive Zalando training platform
- Join regular all-hands, team meetings, Q&A-sessions, and quarterly anonymous employee surveys to ask your questions and provide your feedback
- Support from an international team of experts; mentoring and professional development opportunities

**Wellbeing**
- 2 days paid leave per year for volunteering
- Minimum of 27 holiday days per calendar year
- Online sports courses, wellbeing, and nutrition advice offered by Humanoo personal wellbeing coach app
- Mental wellbeing support by our Employee Assistance Program and professional consultants to help you find health resources

**Flexibility**
- Flexible working hours
- Relocation assistance for internationals
- Home office equipment available for hybrid working, to support you working from home
- Hybrid working model with 60% remote per week
- Opportunity to work from abroad for 30 (working) days per calendar year

**Financial**
- Access to the employee shares program
- 40% shopping discount on products shipped and sold by Zalando, and 30% discount on Zalando Lounge
- Discounts from a wide range of external partners

**Family**
- Employee parents' forums and employee resource group
- Supported transition into and out of parental leave, with a buddy and re-onboarding plan
- 3 fully-paid child sick days per year
- Free counselling, assistance, and referral service for all matters concerning yourself and your family via the Fürstenberg Institute

**ABOUT ZALANDO**:
It's the perfect time to join Zalando on our journey, from being a pioneer in the world of e-commerce, to the starting point for fashion in Europe. We connect customers, brands, and partners across 23 markets.

Help us drive digital and sustainable solutions for fashion, logistics, advertising and research, bringing head-to-toe fashion to more than 46 million active customers through a team of diverse skill-sets, cultural backgrounds, and interests.
- We celebrate diversity and are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. All employment is decided on the