Your Tasks

• Leading terms negotiations, including annual contract negotiations
• Ensuring sales and margin targets for a defined river and promotional product portfolio, as well as refinancing marketing activities
• Developing long-term category strategies with all responsible functions, taking the market environment into account
• Tracking the strategy in cooperation with other functions (including the follow-up of terms agreements, supplier performance, product performance)
• Regular review and optimization of the entire assortment listing using standardized tools (channel-appropriate approach for multichannel / online / marketplace) in alignment with key stakeholders
• Creating forecasts for management purposes
• Identifying optimization potential and verifying conclusions derived from plan vs. actual analysis
• Effective and efficient information management, e.g., by providing essential information for managing performance
• Multichannel (offline/online) responsibility for managing KPIs

Your Profile

• Qualified knowledge in MS Office
• Understanding of the end-to-end category management process
• Experience as a category manager at a comparable retailer/wholesaler – ideally within the IT accessories sector (storage)
• Experienced with market and company data from standard sources such as Nielsen or GFK
• Strong analytical skills and commercial implications
• Ability to communicate in a target-group-oriented manner across functions and departments
• Extensive experience in developing assortment strategies, defining assortment tactics, and successful implementation of an assortment area – full responsibility for the "lifecycle” of a product rang
• Experience with suppliers as well as price and terms negotiations
• Very good command of German (working language) and good English skills (business fluent)
• High level of self-organization and ability to work goal-oriented under time pressure
• Ability to communicate in a target-group-oriented manner across functions and departments
• Ability to build and positively influence relationships at all levels

About Us

We are a highly motivated team in the accessories sector, working together with passion and commitment. For us, meeting customer needs is always our top priority – we work together to find the best solutions for our customers. Our close collaboration enables us to develop creative ideas and implement them successfully. Become a part of our team and help shape the future with us.