Senior Category Manager with French - Fix- Term Contract 1.5 years (All Genders)

About this role

The duration of the contract will be 18 months. As Category Manager at zooplus, you will work closely with the sales team to execute the category strategy for the French and Belgium markets. The role is strongly execution- and operations-focused: you ensure that promotions, pricing, content, and category setup are delivered with high quality, on time, and in line with agreed plans. You will collaborate closely with the Cluster leadership, as well as with central teams such as Vendor Management, Pricing, CRM, Shop Operations, and Product.

You will play a key role in performance tracking, shop execution, and day-to-day category steering. This role is ideal for someone who is highly analytical, structured, and hands-on, and who enjoys driving impact through excellent execution, while also having the opportunity to contribute to category-level strategy and to broader commercial discussions for the market. 1) Commercial execution & coordination Support the definition and execution of the annual category and promo plan Own the operational implementation of promotions in CPM and related systems Coordinate with CRM, Shop Operations, Graphics and central teams to ensure high-quality campaign execution Ensure banners, landing pages, category pages and product selections are correctly implemented Proactively follow up on open actions, tickets, and execution topics across teams 2) Pricing & competitiveness (operational focus) Prepare and execute local price change requests within the global pricing framework Monitor competitor actions, pricing and price indices on key brands and products Drive price analyses, impact tracking and decision material 3) Promotions & performance tracking Maintain the promo plan overview and track budget usage vs plan Monitor campaign and promo performance (NS, margin, ROI, mechanics performance, etc.) Prepare post-promo analyses and performance summaries Support short-term tactical promo actions when needed (e.g.

stock situations, competitive moves) 4) Shop & shelf management Own the operational quality of category presentation in the shop (PLPs, search, recommendations, banners) Coordinate with Product and Shop Operations on sorting rules, filters, upsell and cross-sell logic Ensure strong visibility and correct execution of Own Brands Regularly QA category pages and proactively fix content, navigation or presentation issues 5) Business performance & reporting Monitor and maintain regular performance tracking on: Net Sales, Margin, Promo Spend , Key brands and categories, Availability and stock issues, Customer and product KPIs Analyze deviations vs plan and prepare clear summaries and action proposals Success in this role means Category plans are executed on time and with high quality Promos, pricing and shop setups are reliable and well controlled Performance issues are detected early and clearly reported Relevant experience in e-commerce, retail, FMCG or a similar commercial environment Strong analytical skills and high confidence working with data, Excel and reporting tools Very structured and reliable way of working; strong attention to detail Hands-on, proactive, and comfortable managing many parallel operational topics Good communication skills and confidence working with multiple stakeholders Strong ownership mindset for execution quality and follow-up Fluent in English; French is a strong plus.