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About ZALORA Malaysia

Zalora Malaysia is the leading online shopping platform for fashion, beauty, and lifestyle products in the region. It offers a wide range of local and international brands, fast and free delivery, easy returns, and excellent customer service. 

Your role

In this role, you will be working closely with the strategic partnerships team to conduct research, capture data, and support brand acquisition, onboarding, and activation. 

You will get hands-on exposure to the brand acquisition and negotiation process, end-to-end onboarding of new brands, and be involved in current and ongoing projects relevant to the department.  This will entail you to learn and develop hard and soft skills as well as gain experience in the e-commerce industry. 

Below are the detailed responsibilities:

• Researching and identifying opportunities in core categories and building acquisition Wishlist with clear prioritization
• Responsible for acquiring new key brands on Zalora while being able to communicate Zalora’s value propositions and business models clearly and coherently
• Work closely with cross-functional teams for any related topic to ensure the success of onboarding new sellers to the platform
• Successfully onboarding brands within the marketplace department across all categories (fashion and non-fashion)
• Tailoring brand presentations and pitches for Key Accounts
• Manage key stakeholder relationships to build and strengthen key strategic partnerships
• Develop and create strategic networking to brand-build partnerships
• Building good relationships and trust with brand partners to elevate the partnership
• Meet the target set by the Manager in terms of quantity and quality of new brand acquired

Training & development 

In general, ZALORA does give training & development to its employees. For example, ZALORA Malaysia collaborated with AWS Training and Certification to provide its employees with various courses and programs to enhance their skills and knowledge of AWS. The source states that “in the first 6 months of training, 120 Zalora employees logged 6,048 hours spread over 35 different course offerings.” The source also mentions that the training initiative has increased awareness, interest, and fluency in cloud operations among ZALORA’s staff.

Benefit

Aside from an attractive salary, Zalora Malaysia offers several benefits to its employees. Some of these benefits include:

• Vacation & time off, sick leave
• 25% employee discount for the Zalora website
• 2 days of mental health leave
• Health insurance
• Birthday gift and birthday leave
• Women’s Day gift

Career progression

ZALORA Malaysia offers various career opportunities in different fields such as Fashion Design, Retail Merchandising, Digital Marketing, Logistics, IT/Engineering, Business Intelligence, Finance, Human Resources, and more. The source states that “there are no jobs in ZALORA, only careers” and that ZALORA is committed to bringing out the best in its employees by offering opportunities for advancement and growth. The source also lists current job openings and contact details for interested applicants.

Work-life balance

Referring to its online review, the working hours in Zalora Malaysia are 9-6, Monday to Friday, but with flexibility. Meanwhile, if we go to their head office operational hours, it's open from 8 AM to 6 PM, Monday to Friday. So, you may expect to work within these hours.

Company culture

At ZALORA, the real stars are its people. The company is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture, where Zalorians are encouraged to be limitless and stay true to their authentic selves. Although the company navigates the fast-paced world of fashion and e-commerce, ZALORA strives to emphasize the importance of work-life balance and a friendly work environment. You can watch the video above to get more insights into why people across 5 countries choose to work at ZALORA.

About you

To apply for Strategic Partnerships Executive at ZALORA Malaysia, you need to meet the requirements below:

• A final-year student or recent graduate
• Eager to learn and work within the company
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel, and Powerpoint
• Ability to multitask
• Cope well under pressure

How to apply

Just click the "Apply on employer site" button on this page if you want to apply for this role. We will navigate you to the official career page of ZALORA Malaysia for this vacancy. Make sure you've met the requirements mentioned above.

Sources

The following sources are used in researching this page:

• zalora.com.my
• careers.zalora.com
• glassdoor.com/Reviews/Zalora-Kuala-Lumpur-Reviews-EI_IE585411.0,6_IL.7,19_IM1100.htm?filter.iso3Language=eng
• aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/zalora-case-study/
• malaysia.indeed.com/cmp/Zalora-Malaysia/faq/how-are-the-working-hours-at-zalora-malaysia?quid=1bke3i1dg79t8904
• glassdoor.com/Benefits/Zalora-Malaysia-Benefits-EI_IE585411.0,6_IL.7,15_IN170.htm