About the company
The Babyshop Group is a global premium and luxury retailer of children's clothing and products to the modern family. The unique retail concept was developed in 2006 when the Swedish entrepreneurial couple Linn and Marcus Tagesson set up the business with the aim of revolutionizing fashion for children by offering an unparalleled assortment of high-quality products online. Today, the Babyshop Group is a leading player with a global footprint and +62 million website visitors annually and 1 million retail customers per year with customers across 170 countries.
The Babyshop Group is a young and fast-growing company with an entrepreneurial spirit that is passionate about creating the best buying experience for parents under the core values Lead Not Follow, Own it, Simplify and One Family. They see themselves as a fashion retailer in tech and not only do they have a modern tech-stack, but also a fully automated 42 000 sqm warehouse in Jönköping, Sweden serving customers globally. The vision is to continue developing the group’s fashion tech platform and thus strengthening their position as the global leader within the premium and luxury segment for children’s clothing and products.
The Group presides over an exclusive portfolio that consists of the e-commerce websites such as Babyshop.com, Lekmer.se, Alexandalexa.com, Oiidesign.se and Melijoe.com. Under this umbrella, the Group offers more than 500 prestige brands along with a number of proprietary brands like e.g. Kuling, STOY and a Happy Brand.
The Group has 300 employees across offices in Paris, London, Stockholm, Oslo and Seoul with over 50 nationalities represented and had a total turnover exceeding 1.1 billion SEK in 2019. The company is currently owned by private and financial investors that include Linn & Marcus Tagesson, Susanna Campbell, Christina Stenbeck, Claes Dinkenspiel along with Verdane Capital.
For further information see www.babyshop.com
The role
Title: Site Manager
Company: Babyshop Group
Location: Jönköping, Sweden
Reporting to: COO
The Babyshop Group’s Warehouse is at the heart of our organization and here is where we make sure our customers have the best experience possible. We deliver thousands of products to 150+ countries every day from our automated fulfillment center in Jönköping, and you will be responsible for leading, developing and engaging a large and diverse warehouse team of approx. 60 people. Operating in this demanding and time sensitive environment one of your main focuses will be motivating, mentoring, and coaching your team to achieve at the top of their abilities. The Site Manager will also lead initiatives to attain the company’s key strategic objectives by improving existing processes, reducing inefficiencies, and increasing productivity. You will for example:
Key responsibilities
- Be responsible of team development, provide coaching/training, identify career path for the team
- Develop team mindset, motivation, and skills to make the team contribute to continuous improvement
- Building and delivering productivity plans by reviewing work forecasts, determining productivity requirements, and balance labor across the warehouse
- Provide regular KPI reports with data and actions to measure progress against the plan objectives
- Proactively identifying and leading process improvement initiatives to optimize workflows and cost
- Managing the product photo and content production department
- Responsible for meeting site budget, including productivity, financial and staff planning targets
The candidate
You probably have the following background/profile:
- Major professional experiences & competencies
- Demonstrated experience in operations / logistics / supply chain management
- Proven Management experience in a manufacturing, production or distribution environment
- Have had both practical and theoretical exposure to lean tools (problem solving, 5S, and process improvement) and who are familiar with the concept
- Prior working experience in the Ecommerce industry is a plus
Education and specific skills
- Has a Bachelor's or master’s degree holder, or equivalent work experience
- Fluent in English and Swedish, both written and spoken
Personal characteristics
- An entrepreneurial attitude - action and goal oriented and naturally curious about testing and implementing new initiatives
- High energy level, comfortable performing multifaceted projects in conjunction with day- to-day activities
- Strong sense of ownership and ability to work proactively
- Strong leadership abilities, able to create commitment, motivation and lead teams at all levels
- Superior interpersonal skills, .ability to communicate and influence effectively at all levels, tactful, mature, flexible
- Enjoy working with numbers - Ability to produce, interpret using data to solve problems
- Good reasoning abilities. Sound judgment. Good business understanding and acumen
What's in it for you?
We are a diverse group of likeable, youthful (in age or spirit) people from all over the world that simply love what we do and have a lot of fun. At our workplace, characterized by the belief and values “Lead not follow, Own it, Simplify and One family”, you will collaborate with talented and passionate colleagues across the company. These colleagues are a blend of Digital Marketing, Graphics, Logistics & Robot Automatization, IT, Operation, Growth, Finance, Customer Service, BI, Buying (inc proprietary brands), People/Culture, Photo/Copy, Brand marketing (inc social media team). We are endeavoring real-world practitioner experience across a range of disciplines, collaborating with experts in other spaces.
With the team continuing to grow throughout 2020, there will be further opportunities to progress and define how you would like your career to be shaped within the organization.
Are we a good match?
So, do the above resonate with your passion and ambition? Are you inspired by the thought of impacting families across the globe in a positive way? Do you want an opportunity to apply your expertise in a context where you truly contribute to our family context? If so then we’d love to hear from you. Click "Apply" to easily submit your application, and do so before 16/5-2021. We review applications continuously.
