Manager, Category Management

Job description

If you’re here, it’s because you’re looking for an exciting ride.

A ride that will fuel up your ambitions to take on a new challenge and stretch yourself beyond your comfort zone.

We’ll deliver a non-vanilla culture built on talent, where we work to amplify the impact on millions of people, paving the way forward together.

Not your usual app. We are the fastest-growing multi-category app connecting millions of users with businesses, and couriers, offering on-demand services from more than 170,000 local restaurants, grocers and supermarkets, and high street retail stores. We operate in more than 1500 cities across 23 countries.

Together we revolutionise the way people connect with their everyday needs, from delivering essentials to connecting our ecosystem of users through innovative solutions powered by technology. For us, every day is filled with purpose.

What makes our ride unique?

🤝 Our culture and strong values.

💪 Our career development philosophy.

🤝 Our commitment to being a force for good.

We have a vision: Building the largest marketplace in your city, to give access to anything in minutes. And this is where your ride starts.

YOUR MISSION

As Category Management Manager – RO, you will lead the strategy and execution of category excellence across Glovo’s grocery and retail partners in Romania. You will shape our category playbook, elevate the catalog experience, and partner with key stakeholders to ensure our assortment is competitive, optimized, and drives growth. While you won’t own direct control of stock or pricing, your mission will be to influence partners through data-driven insights, category strategy, and best practices, acting as the key expert in shaping the end-to-end customer experience .

THE JOURNEY

• Build and drive the category strategy across grocery and retail, ensuring relevance, completeness, and commercial competitiveness of our partner catalogs.
• Lead category performance deep dives (e.g., AOV, conversion, search gaps) and turn them into actionable recommendations for partner teams.
• Partner with Strategic Account Managers and Partner Consultants to influence top partners on assortment, taxonomy, and content improvements based on data and customer insights.
• Own the development and maintenance of the category tree and navigation logic across partner stores, driving discoverability and consistency.
• Lead initiatives to reduce null search results, benchmark competitor assortments, and identify white spaces or underperforming categories.
• Create and implement scalable playbooks and toolkits for improving catalog quality (e.g., images, descriptions, categorization).
• Collaborate with Brand Ads teams to support campaign execution, promotional visibility, and partner monetization strategies.
• Act as the subject matter expert for category health across the cluster and be a key voice in strategic discussions with internal stakeholders (e.g., Q-Commerce, Ads).
• Identify and share seasonal trends, market insights, and shopper behavior data to help partners localize and adapt their offerings.
• Coach and mentor Category Analysts, while driving alignment with global grocery & retail excellence initiatives.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE RIDE

• 5+ years of experience in e-commerce, retail, or FMCG, ideally in environments where influence was more critical than control.
• Demonstrated ability to use data and commercial logic to drive category growth and improve customer experience.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence both internal cross-functional teams and external partners.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills — you know how to turn data into compelling narratives.
• Comfortable in ambiguity and fast-paced environments — you can set structure where there isn’t any yet.
• Familiarity with digital merchandising, catalog tools, and analytics platforms (e.g., Looker) is a plus.
• Full professional proficiency in English.
• Gritty, collaborative, and impact-driven mindset — you own your scope and strive to leave things better than you found them.

Individuals representing diverse profiles, and abilities, encompassing various genders, ethnicities, and backgrounds, are less likely to apply for this role if they do not possess solid experience in 100% of these areas. Even if it seems you don’t meet our musts don’t let it stop you, we are all about finding the best talent out there! Skills can be learned, and embracing diversity is invaluable.

We believe driven talent deserves:

• 🌟 An enticing equity plan that lets you own a piece of the action.
• 💪 Top-notch private health insurance to keep you at your peak.
• 🍔 Monthly Glovo credit to satisfy your cravings!
• 💳 Discounts on transportation, food, and even kindergarten expenses.
• 🏊 Discounted gym memberships to keep you energized.
• 🏖️ Extra time off, the freedom to work from home two days a week, and the opportunity to work from anywhere for up to three weeks a year!
• 👪 Enhanced parental leave, and office-based nursery.
• 🧠 Online therapy and wellbeing benefits to ensure your mental well-being.

Here at Glovo, we thrive on diversity, we believe it enhances our teams, products, and culture. We know that the best ideas come from a mashup of brilliant diverse minds. This is why we are committed to providing equal opportunities to talent from all backgrounds - all genders, racial/diverse backgrounds, abilities, ages, sexual orientations and all other unique characteristics that make you YOU. We will encourage you to bring your authentic self to work, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels heard.

Feel free to note your pronouns in your application (e.g., she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc).

So, ready to take the wheel and make this the ride of your life?

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