Senior Category Manager with French (All Genders)

As Category Manager at zooplus you will work closely with the sales team to execute the category strategy for the French and Belgium markets. The role is strongly execution- and operations-focused: you ensure that promotions pricing content and category setup are delivered with high quality on time and in line with agreed plans.

You will collaborate closely with the Cluster leadership as well as with central teams such as Vendor Management Pricing CRM Shop Operations and Product. You will play a key role in performance tracking shop execution and day-to-day category steering.

This role is ideal for someone who is highly analytical structured and hands-on and who enjoys driving impact through excellent execution while also having the opportunity to contribute to category-level strategy and to broader commercial discussions for the market.

*Key responsibilities
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1) Commercial execution & coordination

• Support the definition and execution of the annual category and promo plan
• Own the operational implementation of promotions in CPM and related systems
• Coordinate with CRM Shop Operations Graphics and central teams to ensure high-quality campaign execution
• Ensure banners landing pages category pages and product selections are correctly implemented
• Proactively follow up on open actions tickets and execution topics across teams

2) Pricing & competitiveness (operational focus)

• Prepare and execute local price change requests within the global pricing framework
• Monitor competitor actions pricing and price indices on key brands and products
• Drive price analyses impact tracking and decision material

3) Promotions & performance tracking

• Maintain the promo plan overview and track budget usage vs plan
• Monitor campaign and promo performance (NS margin ROI mechanics performance etc.)
• Prepare post-promo analyses and performance summaries
• Support short-term tactical promo actions when needed (e.g. stock situations competitive moves)

4) Shop & shelf management

• Own the operational quality of category presentation in the shop (PLPs search recommendations banners)
• Coordinate with Product and Shop Operations on sorting rules filters upsell and cross-sell logic
• Ensure strong visibility and correct execution of Own Brands
• Regularly QA category pages and proactively fix content navigation or presentation issues

5) Business performance & reporting

• Monitor and maintain regular performance tracking on: Net Sales Margin Promo Spend Key brands and categories Availability and stock issues Customer and product KPIs
• Analyze deviations vs plan and prepare clear summaries and action proposals

*Success in this role means

• Category plans are executed on time and with high quality
• Promos pricing and shop setups are reliable and well controlled
• Performance issues are detected early and clearly reported

Qualifications :

• Relevant experience in e-commerce retail FMCG or a similar commercial environment
• Strong analytical skills and high confidence working with data Excel and reporting tools
• Very structured and reliable way of working; strong attention to detail
• Hands-on proactive and comfortable managing many parallel operational topics
• Good communication skills and confidence working with multiple stakeholders
• Strong ownership mindset for execution quality and follow-up
• Fluent in English; French is a strong plus.

Additional Information :

Headquartered in Munich with offices across Madrid Krakow Wroclaw London and Vienna we collaborate because we genuinely love working together - so youll be at the heart of an incredible multinational team. We trust each other to get the job done which means youll benefit from hybrid working spending 60% of your time in the office and 40% at home. Theres an option to work for 20 days abroad in approved countries too.

Add to that development opportunities that help you to shape your own career path excellent training and support wellbeing offers subsidised transport or bike leasing plus 20% discount across all our products and youll begin to get a sense of what sets us apart. Find out more about the specific benefits at your local office in our blog posts.

A note on compensation: We believe in being transparent about salary ranges. The range shown reflects the full scope that the role can grow into over time depending on experience skills and impact. Most offers are positioned around the midpoint of the range ensuring a fair and consistent approach across our teams.

At zooplus we believe in equal opportunity and support everyone to fulfil their potential. We recognise the power of listening and learning from each other and embrace diversity and inclusion of all.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time

Experience: years
Vacancy: 1