Consumer Area Category Manager (m-f-d)

Location: Boeblingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, with responsibility for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Other location: Wallisellen, Zurich, Switzerland.

Company

hirify.global provides global learning, career development, employee mentoring, and collaboration opportunities across its regional and global teams.

What you will do

• Own the Consumer Personal Systems product line across DACH, including revenue, unit volume, Owned Gross Margin, and quota accountability.
• Develop category business plans, growth strategies, product positioning, pricing, promotions, channel programs, launches, messaging, and value propositions.
• Manage new-product introductions, assortment planning, product transitions, and phase-outs according to DACH market needs.
• Coordinate Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, Channel, Pricing, Business Management, and Alliances without direct authority.
• Monitor sales, market share, inventory, OGM, sell-in, sell-through, forecasts, and other KPIs to identify and implement improvements.
• Work with retail partners, distributors, sales teams, demand planning, and supply-chain teams to improve market execution and product availability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Sales Administration, or a related field. Education level should not prevent an application.
• 2–5 years of professional experience in category management, product or brand management, P&L management, or a related role, ideally with direct involvement in driving business results.
• Experience in consumer products or the technology/IT industry is highly beneficial.
• Strategic and analytical thinking, including confidence working with sales figures, market research, KPIs, forecasts, and analytical tools such as Excel.
• Commercial understanding of revenue, unit volume, Owned Gross Margin, market share, inventory, and ROI.
• Excellent communication skills in German and English.
• Strong collaboration, influencing, negotiation, consensus-building, project management, prioritization, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work with incomplete information, balance speed against risk, challenge the status quo constructively, and influence without direct authority.
• Learning agility, curiosity, resilience, and an ownership-oriented, results-driven mindset.

Culture & Benefits

• Employee-oriented culture based on enthusiasm, regular feedback, trust, respect, collaboration, and meaningful innovation.
• Flexible working hours and home office regulations.
• 30 paid leave days, company pension plans, a long-term time account, bike leasing, counselling programs, and wellness initiatives.
• Equal opportunities and continuous career development through mentoring programs and e-learning platforms.
• Employee Impact Networks, including Next Generation Network, Women’s Network, and Pride Network, with training and after-work events.