P&O Leader Bucharest (all genders)

THE ROLE & THE TEAM

Zalando Bucharest is our newest site designed to centralize and scale expert services ensuring operational excellence as we expand our global footprint. As the P&O Leader you will be the heartbeat of the sitea true motivator and strategic business partner responsible for weaving the Zalando DNA into our local operations while driving and delivering essential P&O operational tasks.

Reporting directly to the Zalando Bucharest Head you will bridge the gap between our Berlin headquarters and our Bucharest talent acting as a cultural advocate safekeeper of our culture and the ultimate go-to person for our employees. You will have the unique opportunity to design optimize and execute a talent agenda from scratch balancing strategic workforce growth and attrition management with a hands-on diligent approach to daily P&O processes.

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN

If you think you have what it takes we encourage you to apply even if you dont meet every single requirement. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles! At Zalando our vision is to be the leading pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce one that thrives on diversity and is truly inclusive by design. We believe that diverse teams fuel innovation and creativity and we actively seek out talent from all backgrounds. We actively seek to reduce bias in our hiring and employment processes focusing on your qualifications skills and contributions. To support this we kindly ask that you refrain from including personal details such as your photo age or marital status in your CV ensuring a fair and equitable evaluation based solely on your abilities and potential.

We are committed to providing an exceptional and accessible candidate experience for everyone. If you require any accommodations to support you throughout the hiring process please let us know we are here to assist you.

Discover more about our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace: WED LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)

• Youll build and execute the Zalando Bucharest talent agenda creating a strategy that focuses heavily on talent development growth standardizing the onboarding journey and managing off-boarding smoothly.

• Youll act as the cultural advocate and safekeeper of Zalandos values ensuring our unique corporate culture is absorbed lived and promoted to develop a great place to work.

• Youll tackle attrition and drive recruitment coaching site managers on motivation steering the local Talent Acquisition team during the ramp-up phase and ensuring key resources are sourced on time.

• Youll take full responsibility for local P&O operations and administrative hygiene overseeing master data time and absence management electronic and physical personnel files payroll execution and the performance and bonus cycles.

• Youll partner closely with the global P&O community and Zalando Bucharest leadership acting as the vital link between Berlin HQ and Bucharest while building strong relationships with local vendors benefit suppliers and legal experts.

• Youll champion compliance and risk management keeping local operations strictly aligned with Romanian labor regulations steering the diversity and equality agenda and monitoring workplace health and safety risks.

WED LOVE TO MEET YOU IF

• You bring a minimum of 57 years of experience in P&O (HR) preferably within a fast-paced retail or eCommerce environment backed by a college or university degree.

• You possess extensive knowledge of local Romanian labor legislation and P&O operations with a proven ability to partner with business leaders to resolve workforce challenges.

• You are a highly structured process-oriented self-starter driven by a positive can-do attitude great attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality reporting and dashboard metrics under tight deadlines.

• You are an empathetic discreet and inspiring communicator fluent in English with the exceptional relationship-building and negotiation skills required to align remote international and cross-functional teams.

• You are energised by international travel and cultural collaboration comfortable with an environment that includes approximately 10% travel to our Berlin HQ to maintain close strategic alignment.

OUR OFFER

• Experience the financial backing market stability and massive operational structure of the leading European technology platform for fashion and lifestyle combined with the autonomy agility and risk-taking spirit of a founder.

• Drive your development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer review.