Anstellungsdetails

Permanent Contract, Full- or Part-Time, Remote or Cologne / Düsseldorf / Darmstadt / Berlin

Info

Who we are

We operate the international online marketplaces of Kaufland: Several thousand sellers and millions of products make us one of the fastest growing online marketplaces. Ours is a dynamic corporate culture that merges a start-up mentality with the opportunities offered by a large corporation. We combine knowledge and many years of experience in e-commerce with flat hierarchies and a highly motivated team.
We love flexibility! You have the freedom to choose whether you want to work remotely (within Germany) or at one of our offices in Cologne, Darmstadt, Düsseldorf, or in our co-working space in Berlin. You decide what works best for you!

Day by day, our Tech & Product Team of about 400 experts pursues the goal of creating the best possible customer shopping experience for our online marketplace. Through innovative technical developments, they not only create an outstanding shopping experience but also lay the foundation for an optimal selling experience for our sellers. Learn more about our division, areas, and cross-functional teams here!

Aufgaben

Your tasks – this is what awaits you in detail

• You lead and own the product strategy, vision, and roadmap for organizing and enriching product data in a complex tech, seller and consumer environment in alignment with company goals and customer needs
• You design robust and scalable product data structures that reflect user behavior and business logic, enabling improved discoverability, relevance and findability of our products
• You foster strong cross-functional collaboration, aligning engineering, design, data science, and other stakeholders around a shared vision and execution approach
• You identify and quantify business opportunities by developing a deep understanding of growth levers – turning data and insights into actionable product intelligence
• You translate user and stakeholder insights into clear product requirements and prioritization decisions – balancing business impact, user value, and technical feasibility
• You leverage emerging technologies like AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance our product classification, semantic understanding, and product data quality at scale
• You stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitive landscape to proactively identify areas for product innovation

Profil

Your profile – this is what we expect from you

• You have extensive experience in digital product management or related disciplines (like strategy / innovation / business development), ideally 5 years or more, with proven user and business impact
• You are highly data-literate and outcome-driven – you know how to form the right hypotheses, ask the right questions, and validate them with data
• You bring a strong affinity for AI and LLMs and understand how to leverage them to unlock new product opportunities, drive innovation and take our solutions to the next level
• You are a strong written and oral communicator and can clearly communicate to technical and non-technical stakeholders at all seniority levels
• You have a strong growth mindset and aim for scalable, high-impact solutions that take us beyond incremental improvements – from 1 to 10, not just 1 to 2
• It’s a plus if you’ve worked in areas like product categorization, taxonomy, or comparable disciplines
• You are willing to embrace our company culture and values and enjoy working in an international, English-speaking team

Benefits

What we offer

• Create your own work-life balance: You have the flexibility to choose between working remotely (within Germany) or from one of our locations in Cologne, Darmstadt, Düsseldorf, or our co-working space in Berlin!
• Do you want to move to Germany? No problem – we offer you an attractive relocation package to give you a smooth start. (je nach Position)
• Urban Sports Club and RSG Group Fitness Studios: Get top deals for fitness, swimming, yoga and more
• Mental Well-Being: We support you on your well-being journey with special offerings such as Instahelp, the digital platform for online psychological counseling
• Vacation & Sabbatical: Enjoy 30 days of vacation per year and the opportunity to take a sabbatical once you have been part of the team for a certain period!
• Option for Pluxee restaurant vouchers: Buy Pluxee vouchers through us and benefit from tax-advantaged meal allowances!
• ‘Deutschlandticket’: We subsidise your train season ticket for more mobility
• Corporate Benefits: We offer you attractive discounts with top brands
• Free choice of operating system: MacOS or Ubuntu Linux, it's up to you
• Boost your growth: Benefit from our online language learning programs, diverse in-house training, and our automated 360-degree feedback. We cover the costs for relevant conferences, training opportunities, and approved team workshops to strengthen personal interactions
• This is who we are: Our dynamic culture combines flat hierarchies, a start-up mentality, an international team of over 65 nationalities, and the strength of the Schwarz Group to provide you an agile and secure working environment.
• We are team players: From day one, you will connect not only with your team but also with others through our digital onboarding journey, the buddy program, and regular team and company events, all-hands meetings, powerful mornings, and much more!

Check out our Principles & our blog for even more insights into our company culture!

Diversity at Kaufland e-commerce

We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of skin colour, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, ethnic origin, religion and ideology. We are signatories to the Charta der Vielfalt (German Diversity Charter) – because we know that extraordinary things can only be achieved with diversity. Read more here!

Bewerben

Why are you the perfect fit for this position?
Don't bother with cover letters - we're interested in facts and figures!

How would you like to be addressed?
Feel free to add the following pronouns "she/her", "him/he" or "they/them" optionally (e.g. after your name) in your CV.

As we have very international teams, we would highly appreciate it to receive your CV or profile link in English.

Ansprechpartner

Your contact person: Lena Höllerer

Kaufland e-commerce Services GmbH & Co. KG

Postal address:
Habsburgerring 2
50674 Köln

We are looking forward to your application!