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THE ROLE & THE TEAM Be there and build up our new logistics center in Gießen as a team leader! Here you have the unique opportunity to create a new location from the start with the Core Team and bring your own ideas and expertise.

Learn more about our logistics locations: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/ueber-uns/zalando-logistik_archiv

OUR LABOUR You bring the appropriate skills, but don't you meet any requirement? Then we encourage you to apply anyway. Maybe you are the right person for this or another role in our team!

At Zalando it is our vision to build the leading European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce – one that lives from diversity and is inclusive from scratch. We believe that diverse teams promote innovation and creativity, and we actively seek talents for a variety of backgrounds.

We actively strive to reduce bias in our recruitment and employment processes by focusing on your skills, skills and contributions. To support this, we ask you not to include personal details such as your photo, age or marital status in your CV to ensure a fair and just assessment based exclusively on your skills and potential. We strive to offer everyone a great and accessible Candidate Experience. If you need support during the recruitment process, please let us know – we are here for you.

Guide the employees and specialists of your department professionally and support their development. Give your team the daily operational goals and escalate plan deviations directly to your department management.

Work closely with the team of workflow control and set up personnel resources. Plan the personnel use and create holiday plans to always provide sufficient staff for the expected order volume of our customers.

Be the first contact person for your team and contact your colleagues with empathy. You can balance your role as an employer representative and reference person for your team.

Conflicts simple you routin and bring about sustainable solutions. You motivate and create a positive working environment where your team likes to work and masters its tasks.

Monitor the implementation of health and safety standards and promote this culture on site through their own lives.

Bring your own ideas and accompany process changes positively so that we become even more efficient.

You have a completed vocational training and the first professional leadership experience of smaller teams.

You have good IT skills and implement predefined goals independently.

As a leader, you are aware of your role model function and align your daily action with it.

Generally, you understand creating a working environment where your team wants to work and share information, ideas and appreciation.

You have good rhetorical skills and basic knowledge in dealing with conflicts. With your communication strength, you pass your expertise in a comprehensible, sustainable and adapted way to the knowledge level of your colleagues.

Your good knowledge of German on C1 level simplifies communication in the team. Ideally, you have basic English skills and/or knowledge of another language.

You're ready to work in a 3-layer system.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all requirements. Maybe you're the right person for this or another position.

OUR PROVISIONS Zalando offers a number of benefits, here is an overview of what you can expect. Ask your talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about our offer. An unlimited employment contract

Employee Share Program

40% discount on fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% discount on the Zalando Lounge, discounts with external partners

Moving bonus

Two days of paid leave per year for voluntary activities

Up to 30 days per calendar year

Family services, including advice and support

Health and well-being options

Support for mental well-being and coaching available

Promoting your development through our Zalando training platform

Discount on public transport tickets and free parking

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

Zalando Warehouse Gießen

Our European logistics network is growing: we are currently in the preparatory phase for the opening of our new site in Gießen (Hessen), which is just an hour away from Frankfurt am Main. The 130,000 square meter logistics centre is operated by Zalando and is designed for up to 1,700 employees. From this location, 2026 customers in Germany and neighbouring markets will receive their packages from summer. Our logistics staff ensure that more than 50 million Zalando customers receive their orders reliably every day in more than 25 European markets. Zalando now has a Europe-wide logistics network with twelve locations in seven countries. In Germany alone, around 6,000 employees from over 100 nations work at four Zalando logistics locations.

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