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About the Role

As a Senior Category Manager on the Hard Goods team, you will drive branded inventory growth through authorized sellers, retailer partnerships, and direct-from-brand strategies. This role involves leading high-impact projects, collaborating with various internal teams, and supporting global leadership in strategy implementation.

Responsibilities

• Own category strategy, performance, and growth roadmap.
• Develop business plans optimizing pricing, promotions, and assortment.
• Improve discoverability through marketing and merchandising.
• Drive category performance against GMV, conversion, ASP/AOV, and Buyer & Seller CSAT goals.
• Lead execution of trading and scaling plans in partnership with marketing, deals, and account management teams.
• Provide regular reporting, weekly updates to the Category GM, and monthly executive readouts.
• Partner with brands, sellers, and marketplace agencies to improve trading readiness and expand inventory growth.
• Innovate and refine operating models to keep pace with ecommerce trends.
• Drive process improvements and business performance.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in category management, e-commerce, or partner strategy.
• Proven record of driving GMV growth and managing high-performing seller portfolios.
• Strong ability to navigate ambiguity and incomplete data to deliver results.
• Skilled negotiator with a track record of crafting mutually beneficial outcomes, both internally and externally.
• Passionate about progress and results with responsibility for important measurements and problem-solving.
• Effective leader, able to influence and manage cross-functional teams in a collaborative environment.

Experience Level

• 7+ years of experience

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is preferred, but not required.

About the Company

• eBay is a global commerce leader that connects millions of buyers and sellers around the world.
• We exist to enable economic opportunity for individuals, entrepreneurs, businesses and organizations of all sizes.

Equal Opportunity

• eBay is an equal opportunity employer.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and disability, or other legally protected status.
• If you have a need that requires accommodation, please contact us at talent@ebay.com.
• We will make every effort to respond to your request for accommodation as soon as possible.
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