Senior Category Manager

2 days ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom zooplus SE Full time £50,000 - £80,000 per year
Company Description

Text Constant More than 20 years ago, zooplus was one of the first to bring the pet category into the world of eCommerce. Today, we stand strong as Europe's leading online pet platform, delivering moments of happiness to more than 9 million pet parents each year.

We're on a mission to create joy for pets and their parents, driven by our core values of Care, Courage, Openness, and Simplicity. At the heart of everything we do, they inspire us to grow, raise the bar for our customers and fuel a pet-first business.

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Category Manager to oversee our product categories in the online shop. The role focuses on driving topline growth and improving bottom-line performance through category steering, campaign and promotion planning, pricing, and onsite optimization.  

Key Responsibilities:  

Strategy and Sales Steering:   

  • Contribute to the development of category strategies and translate them into actionable plans. 
  • Collaborate with central teams (vendor management, marketing, CRM, etc.) to ensure seamless execution of strategies. 
  • Analyze input and output KPIs at category, sub-category, and product level; derive insights to inform decision-making and actions aligned with business goals. 
  • Actively manage and grow sales of our portfolio, with a strong focus on own brands, driving acquisition, migration, and retention initiatives. 

Pricing:  

  • Monitor pricing dynamics of key products and bestsellers. 
  • Recommend local price adjustments in alignment with the central pricing team 

Campaigns and Promotions:  

  • Develop and execute campaign and promotion plans in close collaboration with central teams.  
  • Ensure accurate campaign setup in collaboration with central teams, including marketing support, banner creation and landing page setup. 
  • Monitor campaign performance, track cost vs. budget, and optimize promotional impact. 

Shelf Management:  

  • Ensure optimal presentation of campaigns and products across the online store. 
  • Provide input on e.g. search optimization, up-selling, cross-selling, and product recommendation features. 
  • Work closely with shop operations on banner management, shelf arrangement, and content optimization. 
Qualifications
  • Relevant experience in FMCG and e-commerce, ideally within the pet sector. 
  • The role requires a strong proficiency in English  
  • Analytical and data-driven mindset with strong commercial acumen. 
  • Broad understanding of core business functions and how they interconnect. 
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills, with proven ability to influence stakeholders. 
  • Deep knowledge of local customer needs and market dynamics. 
  • Hands-on, results-oriented, and proactive approach.

This role is a maternity cover position; therefore, the contract duration will be 18 months.

Additional Information

With more than 1,000 passionate professionals located across 6 European offices, we believe our success comes from working together and leveraging our international strengths. Expect a hybrid work setup: 60% in-office, 40% remote, collaborating with colleagues across locations.

Our benefits:

20% discount in our zooplus shop

Internal and external training

Team events

#LI-Hybrid

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zooplus is committed to equal opportunity. We value and embrace diversity and inclusion of all Team Members.

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