With over 25 years’ experience, plus the same enormous passion and ambition we had on day-one, we’re trailblazers in the pet e-commerce industry. Our solutions make over 12 million customers genuinely happier – and that’s something we really care about. We work together to continually adapt; embracing change and the challenges it brings so that we can keep doing better. Join us and discover a place where your potential meets your passion for pets. That’s the power of plus.

Join us and be part of a very experienced, diverse and international team with an high potential for growth! 🚀

What can you expect:

• Support the Senior Vendor Manager in the development, implementation and controlling of a product range strategy for the responsible area
• Undertaking continuous product lifecycle management to optimize the ranges in the area of responsibility.
• Continuous performance analyses of the product assortment following the relevant KPIs, developing concrete actions to improve the article performance as well as implementation and controlling of the actions.
• Assistance in supplier meetings and negotiation and partly independent management of supplier meetings according to agreement with the principal
• Assistance in supplier negotiations and annual talk of supplier funded promotions and usage of promotion budget with the suppliers.
• Cross functional networking with Sales team, Replenishment, Supply Chain Development and Master data to ensure an efficient assortment management along the whole product lifecycle.
• Project management for the own area of responsibility as well as intra-functional projects.

• University degree in economics with a focus on marketing or business administration including 1-2 years work experience in the area of Purchasing, Category Management and/or Product Management
• Intercultural competence, ideally working experience through internships/ semester abroad
• High e-commerce affinity with a very good retail understanding
• First experience in project work based on analytical and strategic thinking and ability to structure complex facts
• Ability to understand customer needs and market requirements as well as intuitive feeling for brands and trends
• First experience in communication with suppliers and business partners as well as corresponding assertiveness, communication skills and negotiation skills
• Ability to deliver and implement quickly, open to iterative learning
• Passion for big data analysis as well as proficient MS-Office (especially Excel and Power Point)
• Excellent verbal and written English skills. Additional languages skills are an advantage.

Headquartered in Munich, with offices across Madrid, Krakow, Wroclaw, London and Vienna, we collaborate because we genuinely love working together - so you’ll be at the heart of an incredible, multinational team. We trust each other to get the job done, which means you’ll benefit from hybrid working, spending 60% of your time in the office and 40% at home. There’s an option to work for 20 days abroad in approved countries too.

Add to that development opportunities that help you to shape your own career path, excellent training and support, wellbeing offers, subsidised transport or bike leasing, plus 20% discount across all our products, and you’ll begin to get a sense of what sets us apart. Find out more about the specific benefits at your local office in our blog posts.

At zooplus, we believe in equal opportunity and support everyone to fulfil their potential. We recognise the power of listening and learning from each other and embrace diversity and inclusion of all.

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✈️ 28 vacation days and days off on 24th and 31st of December
🏋️ Corporate rates at a local gym chain (Body & Soul)
📱 Company mobile phone for work and personal use
 

zooplus is committed to equal opportunity. We value and embrace diversity and inclusion of all Team Members.