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About the role
- Category Manager overseeing European book categories in e-commerce. Fostering supplier partnerships and driving data-driven decision-making for product assortment.
Responsibilities
- You are responsible for the strategic and operational development of your book categories in European e‑commerce
- You independently manage publishers and suppliers and actively develop existing partnerships
- You analyze market, competition, assortment and performance, identify potential and derive concrete measures
- You make data-driven decisions for assortment planning to create sustainable competitive advantages
- You identify trends and growth opportunities early and develop new approaches to expand our book portfolio
- You evaluate products and assortments from economic, market-oriented and customer-relevant perspectives
- You work closely with Marketing, Customer Service, Fulfillment, Accounting and Goods Receipt to ensure strong execution across the entire process chain
Requirements
- A successfully completed degree in a business-related field or a completed commercial apprenticeship with relevant further training
- At least 2 years of professional experience in purchasing, category management or product management – ideally with a focus on books, publishing or a media-related environment
- Solid e‑commerce experience and a good understanding of data-driven assortment management in online retail
- Strong analytical thinking, pronounced numerical affinity and a good sense for markets, products and potential
- A structured, independent and results-oriented way of working
- Strong communication skills, initiative and quick comprehension
- Initial experience with Amazon FBA or additional knowledge in the e‑commerce environment is a plus
- Fluent German and English skills, written and spoken, at least at C1 level
Benefits
- Attractive employee discounts on all products in our range
- Over 1,500 offers through our partner Corporate Benefits
- Subsidized job ticket
- Drinks, fruit + Salad Wednesday
- We celebrate successes together; summer party, team events, Christmas party
- Flexible working hours with a start window between 6 and 10 a.m. to enable the best work–life balance
- Mobile working 2 out of 5 days per week – for more flexibility
- An attractive salary
- A dynamic company that is one of the leading e‑commerce sellers on Amazon in the German-speaking region
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