Catalogue Expert (f/m/x) - remote (12 month fixed)

About this role

Founded in 2017, refurbed is Europe’s fastest-growing marketplace for refurbished products, active in 23 European countries and having surpassed €2Bn in GMV — all while being profitable. With beautiful headquarters in Vienna, we operate as a remote-first company and have been recognised as a Top DACH Employer by Kununu for four consecutive years. Our mission is to make sustainable consumption the easy choice by enabling customers to buy products up to 40% cheaper while significantly reducing CO₂ emissions.

If you thrive in an environment that values momentum, ownership, and impact, you’ll feel at home here. We’re a fast-paced, high-performance team that works hard and challenges itself everyday. To enable this high-performance every team member enjoys full autonomy over their location (we’re remote-first). For our Listing department, we are looking for a Taxonomy/Catalogue Expert who will own the structure, quality, and scalability of refurbed 's product catalogue — the category tree, attributes, and data models that search, filters, listings, pricing (SRP), and compliance are all built on.

WHO YOU ARE Experienced with product taxonomy/classification in e-commerce or marketplace environments A strong data modeler and structured thinker, comfortable defining schemas rather than just filling them in Proficient in SQL and spreadsheet/BI tools (Looker or equivalent) for auditing Catalogue quality at scale Familiar with SEO and search/filter mechanics as they relate to attributes and category structure Experienced with (or has an aptitude for) automation/scripting to run taxonomy audits and bulk changes A strong cross-functional communicator who can drive alignment without direct authority over sellers or other teams; WHAT YOU'LL DO Own the global category tree structure: product/instance relationships, subcategories, and category dependencies across markets — and run periodic taxonomy audits Design the attribute schema for each category: (allowed values, mandatory vs.

optional, units) and own attribute governance and naming conventions Lead deduplication and normalization initiatives across: the catalog, and define/monitor data-quality KPIs for the taxonomy Lead taxonomy design for new category and market expansion: benchmarking against industry standards, and strong vertical players Detail-oriented but able to zoom out to system-level: ("does this scale") thinking Own and maintain: the Category Tree SOP, Filter SOP, and Attribute Governance documentation Act as the taxonomy point of contact for: Category Management, Selection Squad, Catalyst Squad, Compliance, Marketing, and Customer Service WHY YOU WILL ENJOY WORKING WITH US: Our Culture and Values: Decisions should be made based on facts and not by hierarchy levels? We sure think so! We embrace giving and receiving feedback, testing and welcoming new ideas, as well as sharing our knowledge across the company.