Category Manager (f/m/x) - remote

Define and execute category growth strategy for Home & Garden, Sports, and Kids categories:

• Define the mid-term category growth strategy, including targets, assortment priorities, and category-specific requirements to unlock growth.
• Identify and close assortment gaps (subcategories, brands, top-selling products) by working closely with the respective sales and account managers.
• Run a weekly performance cadence: review category performance, stock availability and attractiveness, and the competitive landscape; trigger sourcing and commercial actions to improve performance where needed.
• Plan the annual commercial and promotional calendar with Marketing to maximise visibility during seasonal demand peaks.
• Prioritise initiatives to improve the on-site category experience, product presentation, and customer journey with our product team, based on competitor insights and customer data.
• Act as the category expert and point of contact for internal teams.

This role helps scale refurbished product categories across Europe, enabling customers to buy products up to 40% cheaper while significantly reducing CO₂ emissions by promoting sustainable consumption.

Required qualifications and skills:

• 3+ years of relevant experience in category management, e-commerce, marketplaces, consulting, or commercial analytics.
• Highly analytical and structured — you turn data into clear insights and prioritised actions.
• Strong commercial acumen with an understanding of marketplace supply and demand dynamics.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Growth mindset — persistent, proactive, and a hands-on problem solver.
• AI-literate — you use the latest tools and technologies to work smarter and faster.

Nice to have:

• Experience in one of the categories in scope: Home & Garden, Sports, or Kids
• Ability to work with data beyond dashboards — e.g., Python and/or SQL

Compensation and benefits:

• Fully remote work setting with possibility to work from Vienna office
• Up to two months of workation per year
• Dedicated learning budget for courses, conferences, or other learning opportunities
• Private sessions with experts for personal growth and mental health through Likeminded partnership
• Internal workshops for skill development
• Flexible working hours and self-organization
• Office weeks three times a year with team-building events and on-site workshops
• Dog-friendly office environment

refurbed is Europe's fastest-growing marketplace for refurbished products, active in 12 European countries with over €2Bn in GMV. Their mission is to make sustainable consumption the easy choice by enabling customers to buy products up to 40% cheaper while significantly reducing CO₂ emissions.