Senior Category Manager Motors / Parts

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About the role & team

The Motors team sits within eBay’s Global Focused Categories organization, where category expertise, commercial strategy and marketplace insight come together to accelerate growth in priority areas. In Germany, Motors & Parts/Accessories is a high-impact category with significant opportunity, and this role will help shape its direction by partnering cross-functionally to enhance the buyer experience, support seller success and deliver sustainable growth. It’s an exciting opportunity for someone who combines strong commercial judgment with strategic thinking and enjoys working collaboratively to make a visible impact.

As a Senior Category Manager, you will manage and develop one or multiple categories within the Motors Vertical team. The role includes strategy definition, operational cadences (insights, reporting, trading), relationship with allocated brands and retailers. You will also lead wider, cross-functional and cross-category projects.

What you will accomplish

• Be part of the global eBay Motors team and drive key Motors projects in close cooperation with multi-national partners and stakeholders

• Provide ongoing inventory-/ category management including coordination, delivery of category insights as well as sourcing and marketing of inventory

• Analysis of inventory insights, product trends, market data, industry dynamics, customer shopping trends and the competitive landscape to assess growth opportunities and product improvements for eBay Motors

• Manage category business performance based on defined KPIs

• Build and strengthen relationships with sellers and manufacturers to identify scaling opportunities and industry trends

• Cross-organizational collaboration with other teams (marketing, customer service, seller development and others) in conceptualizing, planning as well as executing campaigns and initiatives

 What you will bring

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in category management, business development or project management, preferably in the Automotive or Parts & Accessories area

• Ability to drive projects to success with high degree of ownership and commitment to results

• Strong analytical skills/thinking

• Excellent communication and presentation skills in German and English (both fluent) in large or small group settings

• Advanced skills in Google slides & sheets, PowerPoint and Excel are a must, SQL preferred

• Team player with strong interpersonal skills

• Hybrid job setup: Home Office is possible – 3 days in the office to collaborate with the team is required

Additional Details

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