BESTSECRET is the leading European online destination for premium and luxury off-price fashion. The Group offers its members in 28 countries across Europe a superior brand portfolio complemented by a high-end shopping experience. At the same time, BESTSECRET enables its brand partners to clear overstock at scale with minimum visibility and maximum brand equity protection. The unique business model is based on its closed character with an invitation-only customer membership, longstanding brand partner and customer relationships, combined with a tech-focused mindset. BESTSECRET has a strong track record of profitable growth over many years. It generated revenues of EUR 1,533.7 million in 2025 and employs around 2,200 people from over 90 nations. The Group draws on a heritage of 100 years in the textile and fashion industry and today is owned by Permira Funds and the founding families Schustermann and Borenstein.
BESTSECRET is the leading European online destination for premium and luxury off-price fashion. The Group offers its members in 28 countries across Europe a superior brand portfolio complemented by a high-end shopping experience. At the same time, BESTSECRET enables its brand partners to clear overstock at scale with minimum visibility and maximum brand equity protection. The unique business model is based on its closed character with an invitation-only customer membership, longstanding brand partner and customer relationships, combined with a tech-focused mindset. BESTSECRET has a strong track record of profitable growth over many years. It generated revenues of EUR 1,533.7 million in 2025 and employs around 2,200 people from over 90 nations. The Group draws on a heritage of 100 years in the textile and fashion industry and today is owned by Permira Funds and the founding families Schustermann and Borenstein.
Your Responsibilities
- Support the design and rollout of the end-to-end Supplier Lifecycle Management framework — from onboarding to offboarding — as part of a cross-functional project team.
- Contribute to standardized, transparent and scalable processes and guidelines for onboarding and managing suppliers.
- Help shape the supplier onboarding journey and support supplier readiness for first order and first delivery in coordination with internal stakeholders.
- Support centralized management of supplier documentation and business-relevant information.
- Contribute to transparency on supplier risk and performance across the lifecycle (e.g. scorecards, feedback mechanisms).
- Support the assessment of tooling and system requirements together with Tech, and align closely with stakeholders across Buying, Compliance, Legal, Finance and Logistics.
- Maintain end-to-end oversight of the Supplier Lifecycle Management process — monitoring onboarding, readiness checks and offboarding, and intervening to coordinate resolution — while continuously identifying gaps or inefficiencies and driving improvements.
Requirements for the Role:
- Completed degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Logistics or a related field.
- 3+ years of relevant professional experience in supplier/vendor management, procurement, category operations or supply chain, ideally with exposure to process or framework design.
- Experience contributing to cross-functional projects and helping to build processes, governance structures or frameworks.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively with stakeholders across Buying, Compliance, Legal, Finance and Tech.
- Strong understanding of supplier governance, compliance and risk management topics.
- Structured, analytical and hands-on working style with a strong sense of ownership.
- Strong communication skills in English (written and verbal); German is a plus.
- Experience with SAP and other supplier management tools is a plus.