International Category Manager (m/f/d)
29 countries. Around 49,000 colleagues. 70,000 pharmacies supplied and millions of patients: Join PHOENIX! Support us in supplying the people of Europe with medicines and healthcare products quickly and reliably - and experience a job that is as diverse as it is important. Where you can proactively master challenges, implement ideas and drive change. Look forward to pure variety at a successful, future-proof family company, the market-leading pharmaceutical wholesaler in Germany and at the same time the best integrated healthcare provider in Europe.
We are looking for an International Category Manager (m/f/d) at our headquarter in Mannheim.
Your Tasks
1. Support the Head of Category Management in developing and rolling out new Category Management processes that are tailored to existing country-specific ways of working.
2. Contribute to the design of trainings and help establish a unified, state‑of‑the‑art understanding of Category Management across all countries.
3. Lead country-level category analysis and support the development of standardized analysis methods to ensure consistent cross‑country stakeholder communication.
4. Implement value‑adding Category Management data tools, reflecting local requirements and developed in close collaboration with data scientists. This includes establishing an international master data structure and harmonized category reporting.
5. Drive the development of cross-country category review plans and promote best‑practice sharing to unlock efficiencies and synergies.
6. Manage international promotional activities from initial planning and setup to execution and post‑activity performance review.
7. Oversee international supplier management to ensure alignment with global category strategies and targets.
8. Collaborate closely with key stakeholders such as Marketing, Key Account Management, Data Science teams, and Brand Management to ensure seamless execution and alignment.
Your Profile
9. Degree in Business Administration or related field.
10. Min. 2-3 years relevant work experience ideally within Commercial / Category Management.
11. Industry experience in Retail / Consumer Goods; with Pharma Retail / Wholesale advantageous.
12. Experience of working with wide stakeholder groups and ideally in cross-country teams.
13. Experience of leading cross-functional projects and embedding Category Management processes and principles.
14. Strong analytical skillset with ability to work with multiple datasets and to identify insights.
15. Strong understanding of master data structures and set‑ups, enabling the development of consistent, group‑wide reporting
16. Team worker, flexible, self-motivated, innovative and pragmatic
17. Willingness to travel frequently.
18. Excellent working knowledge of MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
19. Excellent command of English language in verbal and written form, with additional European Language advantageous
Our Benefits:
20. Future-proof: We are growing and expanding. We are the market leader and offer you a permanent employment contract, 13 monthly salaries, vacation pay as well as 30 days of vacation and much more. (job bike, company pension scheme, etc.
21. Reconciliation of private and professional life: We offer mobile office and flexible working time models.
22. Career: We promote you! There are great opportunities within the PHOENIX Group.
23. Continuing education: We would love to - we are happy if you are eager to learn. The PHOENIX Learning World offers you an exclusive range of further training courses.
24. Team: This is how we work. We promote team cohesion through small and large events.
Please apply online including your salary expectation and your earliest possible starting date. Your contact person is Florian Thome.