[Hiring] Sales Manager (all genders) Polish Market @Kaufland e-commerce

Permanent Contract, full-time or part-time, Remote or Cologne/ Darmstadt / Düsseldorf

We operate the international online marketplaces of Kaufland: Several thousand sellers and millions of products make us one of the fastest growing online marketplaces. Ours is a dynamic corporate culture that merges a start-up mentality with the opportunities offered by a large corporation. We combine knowledge and many years of experience in e-commerce with flat hierarchies and a highly motivated team.

We love flexibility! We offer you the best environment to work in a flexible and focussed way: You get to decide whether you want to work in one of our offices in Cologne // Darmstadt // Düsseldorf, but also have the opportunity to work up to 100% remotely (within Germany). We want to offer you the most attractive workplace in e-commerce and maximum flexibility for your personal work-life balance.

In Marketplace Management we work behind the scenes to make sure that new offers keep turning up on our online marketplaces. Each team focuses on one area. In the Sales team, the tasks revolve around acquiring new sellers to sell on our online marketplaces on a national and international level.​

• You are significantly responsible for building the breadth and depth of the marketplace's assortment by actively recruiting Polish sellers
• You are the first point of contact for Polish retailers and help them to fully exploit their potential on the marketplace
• You are responsible for the constant monitoring and analysis of the competition in order to identify potential partners
• You convert ideas of our sellers into new features and work closely together with the interdisciplinary project team
• You present our marketplace at e-commerce trade fairs on site

• You are an expert in the local e-commerce market and you have a strong business network
• You have at least 2 years of professional experience in B2B sales in the e-commerce sector
• You can inspire other people and convince them quickly with your communication skills
• You are characterized by your proactive attitude and strong team spirit
• You have a creative mindset and your analytical & conceptual strength always bring you forward
• You have excellent English and Polish language skills and ideally you also have good German language skills

• Create your own work-life balance: Work remotely (within Germany) or at one of our locations in Cologne, Darmstadt, Düsseldorf!
• Diversity and variety: An international environment with talents from over 65 different nations creates innovative and exciting perspectives
• Power meets dynamic: Flat hierarchies and start-up mentality meet the power of a big corporate group, providing you an agile and secure working environment
• Free choice of hardware: Mac or Lenovo, it's up to you
• We are team players: Our strong bond extends beyond our own team: we stay connected thanks to our many internal offerings, such as our digital onboarding program, our all-hands meetings and regular team and company events
• Mental well-being: We support you with various initiatives on your personal and professional well-being journey!
• Boost your growth: Benefit from our online language learning offers, our various in-house training offers as well as our automated 360-degree feedback to boost your personal and professional growth
• The future is digital: Develop the e-commerce of the future with us and work on a product with millions of users
• ‘Deutschlandticket’: We subsidise your train season ticket for more mobility
• Urban Sports Club: Get top deals for fitness, team sports, yoga and more Check out our Principles & our blog for even more insights into our company culture!

We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of skin colour, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, ethnic origin, religion and ideology. We are signatories to the Charta der Vielfalt (German Diversity Charter) – because we know that extraordinary things can only be achieved with diversity. Read more here!

Why are you the perfect fit for this position?
Don't bother with cover letters - we're interested in facts and figures!

How would you like to be addressed?
Feel free to add the following pronouns "she/her", "him/he" or "they/them" optionally (e.g. after your name) in your CV.

Your contact person: Michèle Dyllong

Kaufland e-commerce Services GmbH & Co. KG
Postal address:
Habsburgerring 2
50674 Köln

We are looking forward to your application!

We operate Kaufland’s international online marketplaces. Behind the scenes you’ll find a team more than 850 strong, made up of international, inspired, intelligent minds. We work remotely within Germany, as well as in-person at our locations in Cologne, Darmstadt, and Düsseldorf. Our goal? Keep improving our customers’ digital shopping experience every day.