Team Lead Assortment (m/f/d) in Berlin

About us

Contorion is an innovative and fast-growing online shop for professional industrial and trade supply. Thanks to an intelligent and technology-driven business model, Contorion is aiming to offer a wide range of products with high quality of service at fair prices. For making the vision of revolutionising the supply for small and medium sized businesses reality, we’re looking for dynamic and motivated people who want to become part of our team!

Your Tasks

As Teamlead Assortment (m/f/d) at ​Contorion you will responsible for a talented team of 5-7 ​Category ​Managers and their performance. You will recruit, develop and retain your high-performing team with a focus on coaching and empowering. In your daily work, you are ​accountable for driving the business growth in delivering the financial KPI plans, adapting to change accordingly to Contorions expectations.

Leadership

• Leading, promoting, motivating and developing the Category Managers from a professional and personal point of view
• Implementing all personnel measures affecting employees in coordination with the management of the relevant strategic business unit and the HR team

Sales and profit responsibility for your categories

• Continuous review of sales and earnings targets
• Initiation of measures in case of deviations from plan

Working across functions

• Working in cooperation with different departments to achieve company goals
• Daily collaboration with Product Data, Pricing, Logistics, Marketing and Private Label departments.

Supplier Management

• Prepare the team to successfully lead supplier discussions including negotiation of terms and conditions and master agreements
• Defining, evaluating, selecting, and sourcing new suppliers and products
• Classification and management of existing suppliers for yield optimization
• Controlling of purchasing and inventory
• Planning and controlling of ancillary revenues from goods (bonuses, private label, etc.)
• Optimization of success through the targeted use of online marketing tools

Preparation of the strategic orientation and further development of the product ranges at home and abroad

• Continuous creative development of merchandise categories based on key performance indicators (sales, cancellations, returns, inventories, delivery readiness, etc.), taking into account market trends and consumer wishes
• Development of competitive assortments, offer concepts and price strategies taking into account margin targets
• Consistent market and competition observation (trade fairs, shopping trips, online analyses)

Your Profile

• You have an academic degree from a renowned college or university
• You have 6+ years of experience in category management, including at least 2 years in a management position
• You know eCommerce inside and out
• You are familiar with the challenges that fast-growing digital businesses face and know how to manage them (incl. internationalization)
• You are a motivated people manager and feel at home in an agile and fast-paced environment
• You are skilled in active listening with high emotional intelligence and have the ability to quickly build a trusting relationship
• You have a strong background in negotiation and people development, including building strategies and processes
• You are a strategic thinker
• You are fluent in German and English

Your Chance

When you choose Contorion, you decide on these three points:

Creative exchange and teamwork

• Dynamic environment: Work in an international environment together with motivated and highly professional colleagues.
• Scope for creativity: With us you take responsibility and can help shape things. We offer you the opportunity to get involved. 
• Positive company culture: How we work together is very important to us. If you identify with our values of transparency, respect, bravery and commitment, you've come to the right place.

Growing together

• Perspective: We want you to constantly develop yourself further. Not just because you want to, but because Contorion is constantly reinventing itself.
• Continuous learning: Get further education in internal & external training, in our Management Academy, mentoring or via e-learning. You set the agenda.

Work and feel good

• Health Offer: We want you to feel good and therefore subsidize the majority of a Gymondo (sport & fitness) or Headspace (meditation) subscription
• Kita cooperation: Thanks to our cooperation partner we can support you in your search for a Kita (daycare facility) for your child(ren)  
• Cozy lounge: (soccer, playstation and table tennis will give you fresh ideas in between)
• Regular team events: (joint events brings us together)
• Flexible Working Hours & Home Office: (Adapt your working hours to your daily life)