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Product Category Controller (m/f/nb)

  • Conrad Holding SE
  • Hirschau
  • Fulltime
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Our recipe for success

We are a reliable partner who makes the sourcing of technical supplies as easy and efficient as it gets for customers. We do this with passion and innovativeness, day in day out. Our product range comprises millions of quality items, customer-centric solutions and services, and face-to-face expert advice. We are fully committed to this mission. We see change as a catalyst for opportunities, and supply customers with everything they need to successfully complete their projects. As a family-run business, operating in a sustainable way and building long-term business relationships are paramount to us. We stand for quality and reliability.
 
At Conrad Electronic’s FP&A team, we’re much more than just the guardians of the numbers—we’re the strategic co-pilot for the entire company. Our mission: to turn data into real competitive advantages and to guide management and business units safely toward their goals with well-founded insights.

Your contribution to success

  • Product Range & Portfolio Analysis: Detailed analysis of product range performance by product category, brand, and product life cycle. Identification of “high-performing” and “low-performing” items, and derivation of recommendations for streamlining or expanding the product range.
  • Channel Management & Allocation Strategy: Business evaluation and decision support to determine which items should be stocked, shipped via dropshipping (direct shipping by suppliers), or sourced through marketplaces (sourcing mix optimization).
  • Inventory & Working Capital Management: Monitoring of inventory trends, analysis of inventory turnover rates and safety stock levels, as well as identification of excess inventory and optimization opportunities to reduce capital tied up in inventory.
  • Margin & Terms Controlling: Analysis of contribution margin levels, taking into account procurement and logistics costs as well as supplier terms. Support for Category Management in supplier negotiations through well-founded data analysis.
  • Forecasting & Budgeting: Creation of rolling forecasts for purchase volumes and inventory levels, as well as active participation in the annual budgeting process for Category Management.
  • Reporting & KPI Development: Setting up and maintaining dashboards to monitor product range performance (e.g., Earn & Turn, GMROI, out-of-stock rates, supplier performance).
  • Project Management: Actively contributing to the optimization of supply chain and sourcing processes, as well as interface coordination 

Your success factors

  • A bachelor’s degree in business administration with a focus on controlling, supply chain management, or retail—or alternatively, a business apprenticeship with substantial professional experience in inventory or product range controlling.
  • Proficiency in tools such as inventory analysis, contribution margin analysis, target-actual comparisons, and profitability calculations.
  • A deep understanding of e-commerce logistics, sourcing models (warehouse vs. drop shipping), and the dynamics of a digital marketplace is desirable.
  • Excellent numerical aptitude to efficiently evaluate complex product flows and product range structures.
  • Practical experience with ERP systems (ideally SAP), BI tools (e.g., Looker, Board), and very good knowledge of Google Cloud products (Google Sheets) or MS Office (Excel).
  • Analytical mindset, combined with an implementation-oriented approach and a strong “hands-on” mentality.
  • Very good German and English language skills.

Your benefits

We Are a Great Place to Work
Our tolerant and empathic work environment enables you to help shape our company’s future, thereby giving you lots of room for personal development. Our unique company culture was officially recognised by the Great Place to Work institute.

We Improve Your Work-Life Balance
Flexitime and hybrid working arrangements as well as a special leave allowance enable you to organise your workday around your needs. And we care about your children. Our head office in Hirschau operates a child day-care centre that looks after your little ones.

We Communicate at a Peer Level
We are a family-run business. Means friendly interaction is paramount to us. And when it comes to being a trust-based horizontal organisation, around here, we practise what we preach.

We Promote Health
Which is why we offer a variety of services and activities centred around health and fitness. Regular medical checkups are top of the agenda. Moreover, for all those who like to keep fit, there is Conrad Sports Club based at our Hirschau office that provides a range of activities, coaching sessions and even an in-house tennis court. Being healthy isn’t just about exercising, it’s also about a balanced diet. This is why food served in our cafeterias at Hirschau and Wernberg uses local produce and is freshly prepared.



At Conrad Electronic, we actively promote diversity and equality for all employees. Our jobs are open to all qualified applicants, regardless of their gender, nationality, ethnic or social origin, religion or ideology, disability, age or sexual identity.

Your Contact Person

   
  • Stefan Graf
  • Team Lead HR Recruiting & Employer Branding
  • +49 1755710155

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