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About the Role
As a Category Manager Books, you will independently manage your book categories and continuously develop the assortment with a focus on growth, market trends, and profitability. You will evaluate new releases, backlist titles, thematic areas, and publishers based on demand, potential, and performance. You will be responsible for orders and ensuring product availability in collaboration with internal interfaces. You will analyze sales figures, market trends, competitors, and assortment performance to derive concrete optimization measures. You will build and maintain successful partnerships with publishers and suppliers and identify new business opportunities. You will continuously improve revenue, margin, and assortment based on data-driven decisions.
Responsibilities
- Steering and further development of your book categories with a focus on growth and profitability.
- Evaluation of new releases, backlist titles, thematic areas, and publishers regarding demand, potential, and performance.
- Responsibility for orders and ensuring product availability in collaboration with internal interfaces.
- Analysis of sales figures, market trends, competitors, and assortment performance to derive concrete optimization measures.
- Building and maintaining successful partnerships with publishers and suppliers and identifying new business opportunities.
- Continuous improvement of revenue, margin, and assortment based on data-driven decisions.
Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in purchasing, category management, product management, assortment management, or a comparable commercial function.
- Experience in the book, publishing, media, or e-commerce environment and a good understanding of the book market.
- A feel for books, topics, trends, target groups, and economic potential.
- Understanding of how book assortments are evaluated, listed, ordered, and managed in online retail.
- Analytical thinking skills and confident handling of sales, performance, and market data.
- Structured, careful, and independent way of working – including operational tasks such as listings, orders, and data maintenance.
- Strong communication skills and enjoyment of collaboration with publishers, suppliers, and internal interfaces.
- Ideally, experience with Amazon FBA or knowledge of the marketplace or e-commerce environment.
- Fluent German and very good English skills.
Skills
- Category Management
- Assortment Development
- Portfolio Management
- Purchasing
- Data Analysis
- Supplier Management
- E-commerce
- Marketplace Knowledge
- Amazon FBA
Location
- Berlin
Work Type
- Hybrid
- 40-hour week
- Flexible working hours
Experience Level
- Minimum 3 years of professional experience
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications
Benefits
- Performance-based fixed salary
- 2 days of home office per week
- Flexible start times between 6:00 AM and 10:00 AM
- Permanent employment contract
- 30 vacation days
- Professional and personal development support
- Modern office in Berlin Lichtenberg
- Subsidized job ticket or free parking
- Flat hierarchies
- Open communication
- Regular team and company events
- Free drinks and fresh fruit
- Attractive employee discounts on the product range
- Corporate Benefits
About the Company
- A dynamically growing e-commerce service agency in Berlin.
- One of the most successful Amazon sellers in Germany.
- Sells thousands of products.