Your job: opening the gates to the world
With 140 years of retail expertise and more than 10,000 dedicated employees around the world, we offer travelers extraordinary shopping experiences. Our extensive product range fulfills the wishes of global travelers everywhere – whether in airport duty-free shops, above the clouds or on a cruise. And yet, we realise that our continued success also depends on our people, who give their best each day in our shared effort to keep our customers inspired. Join our team and discover what we can achieve together.
For our corporate headquarters in Hamburg's HafenCity, we are looking for a Category Manager (full-time & fixed-term contract until March 2028).
Category Manager Beauty (m/f/d)
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As a Category Manager (m/f/d), you will act as the key point of contact for our core markets and key accounts, and will be responsible for the strategic and commercial development of your category.
In particular, you will
- act as the main interface to our core markets and focus customer and develop, manage and optimize a customer and market oriented, economically optimal commercial offer
- define the strategic importance and prioritization of the category based on company goals and customer expectations
- take responsibility for Top Stores regarding complexity, size, structure and sales volume
- lead projects or support the Team Lead Category Management in cross functional projects
- assess and prioritize categories and growth potential based on robust shopper data and structured analyses
- define SMART category targets (e.g. sales, profit, penetration)
- develop and align category and market strategies to increase frequency, basket size and sales
- derive market specific measures at brand and product level (e.g. assortment, promotion intensity, pricing level, placement)
- compare current performance data with defined KPIs and target values and derive concrete learnings
Profil
- Degree in business administration, economics or a comparable qualification
- Several years of professional experience in category management, purchasing or a similar role
- Strong analytical skills and high numerical affinity
- Structured, self driven and solution oriented working style
- Strong communication skills and confident stakeholder management
- Very good German and English skills
If you do not tick all boxes, but still believe you are a match to this role, we are happy to get in touch.
Wir bieten
- Attractive employee discounts
- Flexible working hours
- Subsidised public transport
- Extensive training and development opportunities
- Employer-funded pension
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