We're looking for an experienced Senior Category Manager to join a high-growth D2C company.
This role sits at the heart of the Category Product Management function, owning category performance end-to-end, driving commercial growth, portfolio strategy, and cross-functional execution. We're looking for commercially sharp, consumer-curious individuals with strong ownership and the ability to operate across global and regional teams.
Please note, this role can be based in Germany OR Portugal.
Key Responsibilities:
Own a product category end-to-end, from global strategy and portfolio architecture through to EU commercial activation and lifecycle management.
Define and evolve category vision, portfolio architecture, and multi-year product roadmaps, adapting global strategy to regional market realities.
Lead product innovation from brief to launch, including gap analysis, concept development, and cross-functional delivery with R&D.
Own pricing principles and trade-up logic across SKUs, channels, and markets to protect category value and drive margin.
Lead go-to-market planning and launch execution, ensuring commercial teams are equipped with product knowledge and clear positioning.
Monitor category performance across key markets, tracking revenue, margin, return rates, and channel mix, and drive corrective actions.
Act as the primary interface between global and regional teams, aligning strategy and feeding structured market intelligence into global decisions.
What We're Looking For:
Experience in category management, product management, or commercial strategy, ideally within DTC, e-commerce, or FMCG.
Proven track record managing complex multi-SKU consumer product portfolios across multiple markets or regions.
Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, comfortable with performance data, business cases, and consumer research.
Commercially sharp with a strong understanding of pricing, margins, and portfolio management.
Proven ability to work cross-functionally and drive execution across sales, marketing, R&D, and finance.
Strong communicator with the ability to align diverse, senior stakeholders across functions and geographies.
Please note that there are 4 roles available, with 2-5 years and 5-10 years of experience. We are open to broad profiles, as long as you have strong commercial experience.
Apply below for further information.