Internship Category Management / Buying | Team Beauty & Essentials (m/f/d)

OTTO is one of the most successful e-commerce companies in Europe. With more than 18 million articles and more than 34,000 brands, otto.de is now one of the leading German online shopping platforms. As a marketplace, we are constantly opening up for other brands and partners and thus continue to grow. Relax? Not our thing! Not yours either? Then come to board and shape the future of e-commerce with us.

Diversity belongs to us, like the Elbe to Hamburg: We stand for openness, respect and tolerance, without If and But. Let's put the sails together – regardless of where you come from, who you love or what you believe in. Because you're unique and that's what we're looking for.

With us you can bring ideas and advance projects, engage in networks for your heart topic and actively shape our corporate culture. Trying things, thinking new, being innovative, growing beyond themselves – this is our mindset. Let's reach something big together. Whether you work on campus or at home. Our team focuses on the assortment of the Beauty & Essentials segment. Our task is to continuously develop our offer, to identify trends at the heart of time and to encode them on the platform through our hybrid management models. We work analytically, data-& tool-supported and are the central interface between supplier/brand and our platform. Through our cross-functional work structure, we interact directly with data management, availability management and retail marketing within the team. A high degree of agility, hands-on mentality and team spirit is important to us. We are a lively and communicative team with lots of fun at work. If you also have fun in fashion, beauty and e-commerce, want to gain an insight into the planning and control in Category Management / Purchasing, as well as in different business models at Germany's largest online platform, we will get you to us! Many speak of “Homeoffice” – we of “hybrid or mobile work”: You can work remotely up to 50% of your monthly working hours. Our teams, together with their leadership, decide how to balance out local time and mobile work.

You will get comprehensive insights into the planning and control of the category in terms of assortment and cross-channel marketing. In the buying process, you support order preparation for supplier appointments and in the creation of individual brand & assortment reports. Together with the Category Managers, you will implement the operational steps in the range selection, supplier communication and negotiations, as well as content deployment and the article go level. You participate in the campaign and marketing planning. You're not sure if the internship suits you? – Then please contact Johanna Lork (johanna.lork@otto.de) from the team.

Must-have: You are a registered student*in, or you are in a Gap Year between Bachelor and Master. You can now support us for 6 months. You have fun in fashion, beauty and e-commerce. You live a “Hands-on” mentality and desire for operational work. In a complex business, you are flexible on different tasks and take them independently. You have analytical thinking, as well as excellent MS Office skills, especially in Excel. You are happy to share with your team and external suppliers and have fun to learn new things. You strategically use AI tools to optimize processes in your field and motivate others to effectively use AI. Your language level: German C2 (approximately native) and English B2 (self-employed language use). Nice-to-have: You have first practical experience in the e-commerce/fashion environment.

Professional & personal development Further training courses such as OTTO Academy, Digital Learning Platforms (including Master Plan), Mentoring, Hospitations, Open Feedback Culture, Vocational Orientation Formats, Collaboration in Final Works, Fixed Personnel and Direct Persons in HR Culture and cooperation Students@OTTO Community & Networks, Coworking & Social Spaces, Leadership at eye level, flat hierarchies, independent & independent work, regular employee surveys, Leading Principles, free hot drinks and diverse – also vegan – food offer Remuneration & supplementary benefits Attractive remuneration (1300 € - 2266 €), 15% personal discount (on OTTO articles as well as numerous Benefits & employee offers (e.g. events, travels), 30 holiday days p. a., basic technical equipment Students@OTTO Onboarding One-week onboarding program for students consisting of: Welcome Session, Pulse Lectures, Get-Together & Board Stalk Work-life balance Hybrid working model with up to 50% remote work per month, flexible working hours (running time), 37.5h week Health and well-being Mindfulness and stress management courses, occupational health & psychosocial advice Mobility Germany ticket, free parking, e-store columns, StadtRAD stations & many Benefits more! You still have open questions? Then please contact us by e-mail to registruiting@otto.de or write us directly via WhatsApp at +49 151-51263286. We'll write you back as soon as possible. Here you can find further tips about your online application. .