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Expert Automobilia

Catawiki

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Expert knowledge of Automobilia, particularly car parts
  • Proven commercial experience with the ability to maximise sales opportunities
  • Experience optimising auction strategy, including reserve pricing, sell-through rate, and cash flow
  • Strong analytical skills to monitor performance, identify trends, and guide sellers

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate and curate Automobilia lots, with a focus on car parts, to ensure quality and authenticity
  • Create compelling lot titles and descriptions that attract collectors and maximise bidding activity
  • Provide reliable estimated values and professional guidance to sellers
  • Optimise auction performance through effective reserve pricing and strategy decisions

Key facts

  • Remote from: Europe
  • Full time
  • German, English, Dutch

Hard skills

Bid Management Materials Management

Other skills

  • Communication
  • Analytical Skills

About the company

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Catawiki

IT Services & IT Consulting

Catawiki is the most-visited curated marketplace for special objects in Europe. Every week, the platform puts on offer 65,000 items from around the globe, in more than 80 categories such as collectables, art, design, jewellery, watches, classic cars and more, attracting 10 million unique users every month. Catawiki has more than 500 passionate employees working throughout Europe to serve customers across the world. Through its protected platform, Catawiki ensures an exciting, safe and hassle-free buying experience. Every day, Catawiki’s 200+ in-house experts carefully select and value the best items to auction, ensuring that people can easily discover and buy special objects that help them fulfil their passions. Founded in 2008 by René Schoenmakers and Marco Jansen with a vision to make special and hard-to-find objects more accessible, Catawiki has evolved into a large and healthy online marketplace, operating in 45 different markets. In 2019, Catawiki generated a gross merchandising value close to €350 million, with 27% year-on-year growth. Although we only started a few years ago, our mission to make special objects available to everyone is already becoming a reality. Catawiki's offices across Europe house a dynamic, fast-growing and open organisation. Catawiki has a real ‘hands-on’ mentality, with a casual and friendly atmosphere. We share a strong team-spirit, and all of our inspired employees use their own unique talents and skills to make sure we offer only the very best in online auctions. We are very proud to be the first Benelux company to have received an investment from famous investors Accel Partners and Lead Edge Capital (first venture capital investors in Facebook, as well as Dropbox, Spotify, and Alibaba).

Company details

Company typeScaleup
IndustryIT Services & IT Consulting
Company size501 - 1000

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Job description

At Catawiki, every day brings the extraordinary! Whether it’s Daniel Ricciardo’s Formula 1 Car, a Woolly Mammoth’s Skeleton, Lady Gaga's Jumpsuit or Usain Bolt’s running shoe, we encounter exceptional objects every day.

We’re a one-of-a-kind marketplace for buying and selling special objects. Each week, more than 100,000 unique items are auctioned, all carefully curated by our passionate in-house experts.

Having sold over 25 million unique objects, our mission is to become the world’s most popular destination for special objects. As a growing, diverse and sustainable scale-up, we proudly live by three core values. If these values resonate with you, we’d love to explore how you can join us.

  • Taking ownership and driving impact 
  • Being open to change and feedback
  • Being passionate about our mission and our customers. 

Your Mission

As an Automobilia Expert specialising in car parts, your mission is to bring your deep Automobilia expertise to the curation of high-quality, compelling lots that attract collectors and drive successful auctions. Your knowledge of the market, materials, authenticity, and collector value is central to ensuring transparency, fairness, and strong results for both buyers and sellers.

By evaluating submissions, advising users, and optimising auction performance, you play a key role in strengthening the credibility, growth, and specialist appeal of the Automobilia category.

What You’ll Do

  • Evaluate and curate Automobilia lots, with a focus on car parts, to ensure quality and authenticity
  • Create compelling lot titles and descriptions that attract collectors and maximise bidding activity
  • Provide reliable estimated values and professional guidance to sellers
  • Review images and submissions to ensure they meet Catawiki’s quality and transparency standards
  • Optimise auction performance through effective reserve pricing and strategy decisions
  • Build and maintain relationships with sellers, buyers, and industry contacts to grow the category
  • Collaborate remotely with internal stakeholders to align on commercial goals and category performance

What You’ll Bring

  • Expert knowledge of Automobilia, particularly car parts
  • Proven commercial experience with the ability to maximise sales opportunities
  • Experience optimising auction strategy, including reserve pricing, sell-through rate, and cash flow
  • Strong analytical skills to monitor performance, identify trends, and guide sellers
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills in a remote environment
  • A well-established network of dealers, collectors, curators, or experts within Automobilia communities
  • Fluency in English, additional Dutch or German language skills are a plus

Where You’ll Be

This is a 100% remote role that can be based in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, or the United Kingdom.

 

Why You'll Love Working with Us

  • Create a visible impact by working at scale in a global organisation serving millions of customers across 80+ categories. In our flat structure, every role has a broad scope and directly impacts both our customers and the business.
  • Learn and grow through our Learning & Development initiatives, including clear development plans and mentorship programmes to support your career progression.
  • A culture of connection defines us. We’re a passionate, diverse team of 800+ Catawikians representing 60+ nationalities. We foster an inclusive and queer-friendly environment where everyone is encouraged to bring their full self to work.
  • Celebrate life’s moments with us. You’ll receive a €100 Catavoucher when you join, a €50 Catavoucher on your birthday, and an extra day off each year to “Pursue Your Passion”. We also offer additional leave for key work anniversaries and important life events. Benefits may vary by location.

Our Offices and Way of Working

Our vibrant offices in Amsterdam and Lisbon are designed to inspire collaboration. Most Catawikians operate in a hybrid setup, combining office-based and remote work, with a minimum of two days per week in the office, unless a role is explicitly stated as fully remote or fully office-based.

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