Category Manager (Maternity Cover)
Berlin
RND & Product – 52.2. Product - Category Management /
Full time /
Hybrid
Lovehoney Group is the world’s leading sexual wellbeing company, with the mission to elevate pleasure through innovative technologies, a data-driven approach, and foster creative and fresh perspectives on intimacy. We offer exciting brands with innovative, high-quality sex toys, lingerie, and accessories in a streamlined online shopping experience.
At Lovehoney, we employ over 800 passionate and progressive individuals across 11 global offices, each person contributing a unique blend of talents to our diverse workforce. We are proud to be a company that thrives by doing things differently, challenging expectations and stereotypes while making a positive impact on our customers’ lives.
Join us at Lovehoney, where pleasure combines with creativity, data, and innovation!
We are currently looking for a Category Manager who will be integral to driving category growth and commercial performance across the Lovehoney Group. Your focus will be on delivering actionable insights through data analytics, managing category performance, and enabling data-informed decision-making across global teams.
Please note this is a fixed-term (maternity cover) role for up to 12 months.
What you will do
- Manage & fully own the performance of assigned categories, driving growth through assortment & demand tactics
- Partner with buying, product development, merchandising, trading and marketing teams to translate insights into commercial actions
- Regularly analyze financial, onsite and customer data to identify opportunities, and translate these into tangible actions for our categories
- Keep up to date with the industry’s latest trends as well as key competitor movements, and derive key implications for your categories
- Present category performance updates and insight-driven recommendations to stakeholders and leadership.
What you should bring
- 3–5+ years of experience in Category Management, Buying, Commercial Analytics, or a related role (retail, FMCG, or e-commerce preferred).
- A genuine passion for product — you love understanding users, testing ideas, and digging into details.
- Proven ability to translate data into strategy and tell a compelling commercial story through insights.
- Strong understanding of range architecture, pricing strategy, and promotional planning.
- Excellent communication skills & stakeholder management.
- Independent and structured way of working.
What we can offer you
- A welcoming workplace full of drinks, snacks, friendly faces and fun team-building events.
- Access to unique discounts at high street retailers, hotels, and service providers, in addition to a 50% discount on all Lovehoney products to explore and discover new ways to have fun.
- Access to customized training opportunities to support your unique learning journey, complemented by biannual feedback cycles, offering valuable insights into your performance and growth areas, enhancing your development within the company.
- Recognising the significance of physical and mental health, we proudly provide gym benefits in addition to a mental wellbeing platform, to ensure our employees thrive both professionally and personally.
- Stay secure at work and at home with a complimentary 1Password Family account. All Lovehoney Group employees can invite up to five family members to join, offering your household a safe and simple way to manage passwords and sensitive information safely and easily.
Our interview process
- CV Review
- Interview with one of Talent Acquisition Team Members
- Hiring Manager Interview (On-site)
- Business Case Presentation (On-site)
Lovehoney Group is an equal opportunities employer. We promise that every qualified person will be evaluated according to skills regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
If you require accommodations during the interview process due to a disability, please inform your Talent Acquisition Specialist so that we can ensure a smooth and inclusive experience for all candidates.
At Lovehoney Group, we embrace innovative technologies to enhance our recruitment process. We leverage artificial intelligence during screening interviews for CV reviews and note-taking. We prioritize transparency and respect your preferences, so you'll have the option to opt out of recording and AI-driven note-taking while still receiving full and fair consideration for the role.
If we sparked your interest and you are open to embarking on your professional path with us, please visit our Lovehoney careers page to apply: https://jobs.eu.lever.co/lovehoneygroup
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We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
