Product Manager (f/m/x) Living and Accessories

  • KARE Design GmbH
  • Garching b. München
  • Work experience
  • Purchasing, Materials Management, Logistics
  • Fulltime
  • Published: 2025-03-19
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KARE – a leader in its segment of the market – is a privately owned company with international operations in the field of furniture, lighting and furnishing accessories. With its ‘Joy of living’ slogan the company markets unconventional furnishing design at attractive prices under its own KARE brand since 1981. Today the company counts more than 200 shops in 50 countries.

To support our purchasing department, we are looking for a full-time Product Manager (f/m/x) Home and Accessories to join our product management team at the KARE head office in Munich (Garching-Hochbrück).

Your tasks:

  • International supplier management with responsibility for own product group area
  • Implementation of purchasing & product range strategies with planning, control and briefing of suppliers
  • Conducting price and condition negotiations with suppliers
  • Coordination of the market launch of new products and support throughout the entire product life cycle
  • Ensuring the availability and reliability of product data and necessary data maintenance in the PIM system
  • Participation in international trade fairs, including preparation

That's why you fit into our team:

  • You have 3+ years of professional experience in purchasing/retail, ideally B2B & B2C
  • We require passion and interest in the latest trends, at best you have merchandise knowledge in interior design
  • You are a strong negotiator and have excellent organisational and communication skills
  • You also have an understanding of business administration, analytical skills and a good understanding of numbers
  • Fluency in German and English is mandatory, as well as intercultural competence

We offer you:

  • A dynamic, owner-managed company with a flat hierarchy and open corporate culture
  • A team of unique colleagues, as well as varied & exciting tasks
  • Possibility to work from home by arrangement (1-2 days per week)
  • Our subsidised fitness memberships with Body+Soul and EGYM Wellpass
  • Offer of subsidised job bike leasing 
  • Free drinks flat rate in our own canteen
  • All the usual benefits from pension plans to additional holidays

Your application:

We look forward to receiving your application!
 
  • Christina Ilbertz
  • Head of Product Management