Category Manager (m/w/d)
Core
Develop and optimize product assortments for greeting cards, gift packaging, stationery, and lifestyle products to drive market success.
Role type
Category Manager (Product Assortment & Strategy)
Builds
Product assortments and sales strategies for retail and trade channels
Domain
Retail / Consumer Packaged Goods (Greeting Cards, Stationery, Lifestyle)
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Category management, market trend analysis, product concept development, strategic planning, data analysis, cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
Experience in lifestyle products, FMCG, or gift items, design sensibility, presentation skills
Technologies
Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint
Responsibilities
Develop and evolve product assortments, identify new product groups and market potentials, analyze market and consumer trends, develop product concepts from idea to launch, conduct competitive and market analyses, derive assortment strategies, collaborate with sales, procurement, and marketing, prepare and present concepts, support customer-specific solutions, attend trade fairs and trend events