Assistant Buyer - Designer (all genders)

THE ROLE & THE TEAM

Zalando is Europe’s leading online platform for fashion, connecting customers, brands, and partners across 20 markets. We drive digital solutions for fashion, logistics, advertising, and research, bringing head-to-toe fashion to more than 45+ million active customers through diverse skill set, 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.

As an Assistant Buyer at Zalando, you will be responsible for actions that ensure the unit reaches its seasonal financial targets, depending on your area of responsibility within the platform. These actions include overseeing the end-to-end order process and providing analytical support to our partners and team to optimize the customer proposition. You will impact future seasons by providing insights and recommendations to grow the business, as well as devising your own strategies. You will coordinate operational and strategic issues and projects with guidance from your team or lead.

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN

At Zalando, our vision is to be the starting point for fashion - inclusive by design. We assess candidates based on qualifications, merit, and business needs, welcoming applications from all gender identities, sexual orientations, personal expressions, racial identities, ethnicities, religious beliefs, and disability statuses. Please avoid including personal details such as picture, age, and marital status in your CV. We also encourage you to inform us of any accommodations needed during the hiring process.

More about do.BETTER - our diversity & inclusion strategy: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/diversity-inclusion

Our employee resource groups: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/diversity-inclusion/our-employee-resource-groups

What We'd Love You To Do (and Love Doing)

• Work in the category responsible for Zalando Designer & Luxury Brands across multiple product areas (Men's, Women's Ready-to-wear, Accessories, and Footwear).
• Be an essential part of the Luxury Buying team, handling operational processes to bring our assortment to customers, with proficiency in buying tools and software.
• Prepare product-based analyses to inform commercial decisions each season and develop assortment proposals. Be confident working with performance KPIs, customer insights, and on-site metrics.
• Join buying appointments and meetings with brands, supporting in presenting results and communicating strategies.
• Support operational tasks such as creating, maintaining, and managing orders, ensuring datasets are accurate and up-to-date.
• Act as the first point of contact for brand partners, supporting onboarding and managing commercial contracts.
• Collaborate with merchandise planning to ensure product availability and contribute to problem solving.
• Gradually take ownership of a select portfolio of brands, planning, buying, and developing assortments independently.
• Contribute to marketing and trend topics, supporting the creative and commercial strategy.

WE'D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF

• You hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Fashion Management, or similar.
• You have about 1 year of experience in Buying or Merchandising at an assistant level and an interest in e-commerce and fashion.
• You are adaptable, organized, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders.
• You value feedback, teamwork, transparency, and accountability.
• You are proficient in MS Office and Google tools, with a good understanding of fashion and consumer trends, especially at the European market level.

If you are seeking an entry-level position to learn more about Buying & Merchandising, consider our Category Operations Specialist role!

OUR OFFER

• Employee shares program
• Discounts on fashion and beauty products, Zalando Lounge, and external partners
• Paid volunteering days
• Hybrid remote work model
• Work from abroad up to 30 days/year
• Starting with 27 days vacation
• Relocation assistance (if applicable)
• Family support services
• Health and wellbeing benefits, including Gympass
• Mental health support and coaching

Learn more about Zalando and our values: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/?gh_src=22377bdd1us

About Zalando

Join us as we continue to lead in e-commerce and become the starting point for fashion across Europe. We connect customers, brands, and partners in 23 markets, driving digital and sustainable solutions for fashion, logistics, advertising, and research, serving over 46 million active customers with a diverse team.

Our values: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/our-founding-mindset

Our sustainability strategy: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/sustainability

Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/insidezalando

We celebrate diversity and are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

Please note: All applications must be submitted via our online form. We do not accept email applications.