International Category Lead IT Hardware, Gaming & Entertainment (m/f/d)

MediaMarktSaturn Plattform Services GmbH; Ingolstadt; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group in Ingolstadt seeks a senior IT category leader to design group-level strategies, drive partnerships, and oversee international category governance. You will steer innovation, revenue growth, and value creation across multiple markets and digital ecosystems.

You will coordinate with country category owners, lead international roundtables, and manage long-term commercial agreements while ensuring KPI-aligned performance and profitability.

Qualifications

• Proven Experience managing IT category, preferably as a category group head.
• Experience in supplier management, international retail, business development and/or brand management is an advantage.
• Experience in multi-country, category and function collaboration.
• Strong negotiation, collaboration & communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design of the group-level strategic category vision and direction, as well as partner strategies across IT Hardware, Gaming & Entertainment categories, in alignment with commercial goals, KPIs, and performance frameworks.
• Driving of innovation, new revenue streams, and strategic alliances across retail, services, B2B, marketplace, and digital ecosystems within the relevant categories.
• Creation of value through the development of commercial levers to increase sales, attachment rate, category profitability, margin improvement, and value creation across country operations.
• Review & redefinition of group level end-2-end gaming ecosystem strategy.
• Close Collaboration with country category owners; Leadership of international category roundtables and derivation of action plans to improve group/country results
• Representation of MMSRG in relevant international platforms when/if necessary
• Leadership of international relations, negotiations, contracts, and long-term commercial agreements
• Serving as the escalation point for complex partner, commercial, or country-related issues
• Ownership of business KPIs on Group level: Contributions from International conditions, special agreements & moonshot agreements
• Governance of core category business KPIs on Group level: Net Sales, Market Share, Profitability and Stock health

Skills

IT category management

International partner management

Negotiation

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

Your Tasks

• Design of the group-level strategic category vision and direction, as well as partner strategies across IT Hardware, Gaming & Entertainment categories, in alignment with commercial goals, KPIs, and performance frameworks
• Driving of innovation, new revenue streams, and strategic alliances across retail, services, B2B, marketplace, and digital ecosystems within the relevant categories
• Creation of value through the development of commercial levers to increase sales, attachment rate, category profitability, margin improvement, and value creation across country operations
• Review & redefinition of group level end-2-end gaming ecosystem strategy
• Close Collaboration with country category owners; Leadership of international category roundtables and derivation of action plans to improve group/country results
• Representation of MMSRG in relevant international platforms when/if necessary
• Leadership of international relations, negotiations, contracts, and long-term commercial agreements
• Serving as the escalation point for complex partner, commercial, or country-related issues
• Ownership of business KPIs on Group level: Contributions from International conditions, special agreements & moonshot agreements
• Governance of core category business KPIs on Group level: Net Sales, Market Share, Profitability and Stock health

Your Profile

• Proven Experience managing IT category, preferably as a category group head
• Experience in supplier management, international retail, business development and/or brand management is an advantage
• Experience in multi-country, category and function collaboration
• Strong negotiation, collaboration & communication skills
• Strong analytical acumen, with the ability to understand and analyze performance, optimize plans, make quick decisions, and measure impact to the business; Analysis of details where necessary
• Self-motivation, ambitious and able to operate in a matrix organization
• Eagerness to learn, and drive change
• Proficiency in English, required; proficiency in one additional European language (with a focus on the MMSRG country portfolio), considered an advantage
• Willingness to travel, necessary but not essential, or mandatory

About Us

Our best solutions arise when diverse perspectives come together. Diversity is key to achieving our vision of becoming the Experience Champion in Consumer Electronics. We value diversity, promote equal opportunities, and foster inclusion – join our team!

Job Infos

Location:Ingolstadt

MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group

Department:HQ - Sales

Entrylevel:Professional Level

Type of Employement:Full Time

Working Hours:37,5

Persona:Job Requisition HQ Employee