THE ROLE & THE TEAM 

As a Senior Partner Consultant, you’re part of a high-performing team, creating new and innovative ways to connect people and fashion and grow the platform together with our partners. You are a thought leader and senior consultant who creates trustworthy relationships and supports our local brand partners to achieve meaningful and financially sustainable growth while delighting our customers. 

You belong to the global team within the Modern portfolio and drive the portfolio and partner marketplace operations within a defined set of KPI s. You acquire relevant new partners and support our existing partners to achieve meaningful and financially sustainable growth and delight our customers. You will do this across a diverse set of brands and other partner types, leveraging your entrepreneurial drive to target, consult, educate, and sell complex solutions and act as a trusted advisor to the partner to embrace Zalando’s platform strategy, adopt Zalando’s platform services (e.g. ZFS, ZMS) and leverage key technologies. 

You will do this in tight alignment with the Zalando Strategy and Zalando internal stakeholders. You are also a role model for your junior team members; your expertise has consolidated you as a master of consulting in various areas. You will also contribute to and lead relevant strategic projects with significant KPI impact that will help us shape the Zalando value proposition for our partners.

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN

At Zalando, our vision is to be inclusive by design. And this vision starts with our hiring - we do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity, sexual orientation, personal expression, ethnicity, religious belief, or disability status. You are welcome to leave out your picture, age, or marital status from your application. We only assess candidates on their qualifications and merit. 

We want to provide you with a great candidate experience. Feel free to inform us of any accommodations you may need, so we can best support you throughout the hiring process. 

do.BETTER - our diversity & inclusion strategy: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/our-impact/dobetter-our-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy
Our employee resource groups: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/our-impact/our-employee-resource-groups 

WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)

• You are able to adapt your consulting persona depending on the internal stakeholders that interact with your partner. From working with senior stakeholders as a supplier captain of your brand partner to being 100% independent and fully owning the brand's success, you operate with confidence across different business models and build strong relationships with your stakeholders.

• You are proficient in using MSTR, Salesforce, and the Google suite. This expertise allows you to build insights and reports for partners and internal stakeholders, facilitating data-driven decision-making.

• You possess outstanding knowledge of our Partner and Brand Roles Segmentation logic and the Modern portfolio, including trends, relevant brands, and assortment. You use the segmentation as a framework for your decision-making, applying the guidance behind each segment and translating the segment strategies to maximise the partner's success and our FLTR.

• You are not afraid to downscale your level of service with a partner that has not achieved a certain segment. You know how to say No and educate the partner to work the platform according to the process designed for their segment.

• You have a deep understanding of our growing suite of service offerings (e.g.Zeos and ZMS), including the tools they operate on (e.g., ZFS, ZSS, or Ad manager and zDirect), as well as comprehensive KPI knowledge. This enables you to sell and consult on different logistic solutions and marketing offerings to improve customer experience and drive brand equity. You achieve this by leveraging each service's tooling and collaborating with the respective consulting and operations teams.

• You have a great understanding of the local assortment strategy, allowing you to consult a partner on stock planning, stock performance, and assortment relevancy tailored to his capabilities.

• You possess a deep understanding of our PP and CR operational