About this role
<div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Introduction Sentence</b></H2> </div><div><p>We are looking for you to join our head office in Hamburg’s HafenCity – on a fixed-term contract for 2 years – working full-time (38.5 hours per week)! </p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Your new job includes</b></H2> </div><div><p>As a Category Development Manager (m/f/d), you play a key role in shaping and developing global category concepts within Travel Retail. This position focuses on strategy, analysis, and cross functional collaboration.</p> <p>In particular, you will</p> <ul> <li>analyse global market, supplier and mega trends and assess their potential for Travel Retail</li> <li>contribute to the development of the global category strategy together with the Head of Global Category</li> <li>define and further develop global category concepts and ensure consistent implementation</li> <li>act as an interface to local Category Managers across markets</li> <li>collaborate closely with Buying on supplier and innovation strategies</li> <li>manage category and promotion concepts together with Marketing</li> <li>implement test and learn approaches and derive optimisation measures</li> <li>develop recommendations based on analyses, KPIs and performance data</li> <li>moderate global category reviews and identify best practices</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Preferred Profile</b></H2> </div><div><ul> <li>a successfully completed degree in business administration or a commercial apprenticeship with comparable additional qualification </li> <li>at least 2 years of professional experience in a similar position, ideally from purchasing or category management, as well as a passion for the product category perfume & cosmetics </li> <li>confident handling of MS Office, especially Excel and Powerpoint</li> <li>fluent in written and spoken German and English</li> <li>analytical strength, so that it is easy for you to evaluate complex information and to work out solutions independently</li> <li>an open-minded and at the same time assertive personality, who finds it easy to build up good relationships with interfaces and to consistently pursue product range goals</li> </ul> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Closure</b></H2> </div><div><div> <p><span>Are you interested? Good! Apply stating your salary expectations and your earliest possible starting date. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Lara Wölfing at </span><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span>[email protected]</span></a><span>. </span><span> </span></p> </div> <div> <p><span>We welcome all people regardless of age, ethnicity, nationality, gender identity, religion, ideology, sexual orientation, social background or disability.</span><span> </span></p> </div> <p><br> </p></div></div></div>