As the IT Manager of our warehouse, your focus is to support operations with convenient and highly reliable technical systems and a great IT infrastructure. You already have an IT team onsite consisting of 10 IT Specialists. Your key to success is to empower them to deliver great service quality. Additionally, you will act as the partner for all IT-related topics for local stakeholders.
In this role, you will be responsible for the IT Support & Infrastructure in the fulfillment center. You and the team act as owners of the systems and infrastructure and provide continuous and excellent IT support. Another success factor for your role is your customer focus. You build on the performance your team delivered in the past and increase the visibility of your team to all relevant stakeholders.
Wherever you see the potential for improvement, you are invited to scale the concept to the whole department and beyond. Like this, you can easily become a driver for innovation.
The role requires traveling.
INCLUSIVE BY DESIGNAt Zalando, our vision is to be the starting point for fashion - one that is inclusive by design. We only assess candidates based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We welcome applications from people of all gender identities, sexual orientations, personal expressions, racial identities, ethnicities, religious beliefs, and disability statuses. We only want to know why you’re great for this role, so please avoid including your picture, age, and marital status in your CV as well.
We want to provide you with a great candidate experience. Please feel free to inform us of any accommodations you may need, so we can best support and assist you throughout the hiring process.
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
WHY YOU SHOULD BE INTERESTEDYou will build and lead a team of IT Technicians and Engineers. Acting as their leader to make each individual as well as the overall team better every day.
Together with your team, you will be responsible for the flawless functioning of the (IT) technical systems and infrastructure within our 150.000m2 highly automated warehouse. You have the ability to plan and prioritize activities related to maintenance, IT services and projects. All in accordance with Zalando Standards.
You will build and maintain strong relationships with the international Warehouse IT team, site teams, partners, local (logistics and technical) service providers, and the wider business. You act as the local expert and implement a strong local IT service operation taking into account all your stakeholders interests.
You will drive continuous innovation by getting involved as a business consultant on all local projects that are related to IT - which is nearly everything!
Experienced IT leader with Bachelor-level abilities; as well as at least 3-5 years experience in a similar role
Business fluent in Polish and English languages
An entrepreneurial approach and passion for technology with excellent communication skills
A team player with a drive to connect to others
With your strong analytical abilities you use data and facts for decision making, measuring success and minimizing risks
With your hands-on mentality you take on problems and find efficient solutions
Experience with Google tools and PM-Software is a nice-to-have
You are open to travel up to 20% of your time
Top Skills
What We Do
Welcome to Zalando. Here’s some key info about us:
Our position and vision:
- We’re Europe’s leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle
- Founded in Berlin in 2008, we bring head-to-toe fashion to more than 50 million active customers in 25 markets; offering clothes, footwear, accessories, and beauty
- Our vision is to become The Starting Point For Fashion.
Our offering:
- Our assortment of international brands ranges from world-famous names to local labels
- Our platform is a one-stop fashion destination for inspiration, innovation, and interaction
- As Europe’s most fashionable tech company, we work hard to find digital solutions for every aspect of the fashion journey: for our customers, partners, and friends of our brand.
- Our logistics network with 12 centrally located fulfillment centers allows us to efficiently serve our customers throughout Europe, supported by warehouses in Italy, France, Poland, and Sweden with a focus on local customer needs.
Our beliefs:
- Our ambition is to combine our passion for self-expression through fashion with our unwavering commitments to sustainability and D&I
- We believe that our integration of fashion, operations, and online technology gives us the capability to deliver a compelling value proposition to both our customers and fashion brand partners.
