Commercial Planner

• You have responsibility for the granular tracking of our Partner Wallets, ensuring that specific partner investment commitments are accurately reflected in our systems and consumption is monitored against the plan
• You act as the primary financial business partner for our Sales teams, helping them understand 'Open-to-Spend' budgets, track progress against partner-specific targets, and navigate commercial contract terms
• You support the bottom-up planning process by aggregating partner-level data to feed into the Master Financial Model owned by the Senior Commercial Planner
• You review commercial contracts and deal structures to assess their financial implications, ensuring that discounts, rebates, and media credits are correctly captured in our planning tools
• You perform weekly checks on budget utilization, identifying partners who are under- or over-consuming their budgets and flagging risks to the Commercial Leads
• You collaborate with the Business Processes & Tooling team to ensure that the Partner Wallet tool reflects the reality of our commercial agreements and that data quality remains high

• You have a degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or a related field and have relevant 2-4 years working experience in Commercial Finance, Sales Finance, or Sales Operations
• You have a strong commercial mindset and understand how sales teams work
• you are comfortable discussing budgets and contract terms with non-financial stakeholders
• You possess strong Excel/Google Sheets skills and are comfortable working with large data tables, pivot tables, and lookup functions to organize complex budget data
• You have a proven track record of accuracy and attention to detail—you are the person who spots the typo in the contract or the calculation error in the budget tracker
• You are service-oriented but analytically firm
• you can help a Sales Manager find a solution while ensuring the financial rules are respected
• You possess excellent organizational skills and can handle multiple requests from different sales teams regarding their budget status without losing track

Experience with CRM systems (Salesforce) or BI tools (Tableau, MicroStrategy) is a plus, as is a genuine interest in the e-commerce or media industry

• 27 days of holiday a year to start for full-time employees (and +1 every year until 30)
• 2 paid volunteering days a year
• Hybrid working model with up to 60% remote per week, actual practice is up to each team to best support their collaboration
• Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year
• Employee shares program
• 40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Lounge by Zalando, discounts from external partners
• Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)
• Family services, including counseling and support
• Health and wellbeing options (including Wellhub, formerly Gympass)
• Mental health support and coaching available
• Drive your development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer review