IT Manager
For our fulfillment center in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
The Role & The Team
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 6 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.
Why You Should Be Interested
•You 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 145,000m2 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!
We'd Love to Meet You If...
•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
Zalando Benefits
Career Development
•Peer-to-peer performance reviews twice a year
•Learn and develop through the 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
•Diverse sports and health offerings - like Multisport or prepaid sport/lunch card
•Mental wellbeing support by the Employee Assistance Program and professional consultants to help you find health resources
Financial
•Access to the employee shares program
•Shopping discount on products shipped and sold by Zalando, and discount on Zalando Lounge
•Discounts from a wide range of external partners
About Zalando
Founded in Berlin in 2008, Zalando is the leading European technology platform for fashion and lifestyle. Connecting 62 million active customers with more than 7,000 brands across 29 markets, operations are built on a unique AI-powered data and infrastructure platform. For customers, the multi-app approach - comprising Zalando, ABOUT YOU, and Lounge by Zalando - delivers an inspiring, highly personalized shopping experience, serving different customers with different needs. For partners, Zalando is building the operating system for e-commerce. Through ZEOS, Tradebyte, and SCAYLE, Zalando opens its logistics, software, and service capabilities to brands and retailers, enabling them to seamlessly scale their businesses across borders.
