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Team Lead Performance Marketing (all genders) I Search

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Successfully completed a technical, scientific or economics degree
  • Experience in leadership and managing complex Search Ads accounts in e-commerce
  • Up-to-date with online marketing and PPC advertising tools
  • Fluent in English (C1), German skills are a plus

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Search team, providing growth support through feedback and development conversations
  • Translate company goals and OKRs into clear team goals and strategies
  • Drive continuous development of the Search area, including campaign structures and automation
  • Initiate and lead cross-team projects focused on automation and marketing technology

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Leadership
  • Communication
  • Teamwork
  • Problem Solving

About the company

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Kaufland e-commerce

E-commerce & Online Marketplaces

This is Kaufland e-commerce We operate Kaufland’s international online marketplaces. Behind the scenes you’ll find a team more than 800 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. What motivates us More than 11,000 sellers are connected to our online marketplaces, offering our customers a huge variety of more than 45 million products. Our employees and our platform technology ensure a completely safe, easy and personalised shopping experience – as well as services like the Kaufland app, Kaufland Card and our Fulfillment by Kaufland shipping option. What sets us apart Flexibility is a huge success factor in our dynamic environment. We’re a high-performing company that combines flat hierarchies with the power and infrastructure of a large company group. We merge years of experience in trade with a start-up feeling and e-commerce expertise. Learn more about our history on our website! Imprint: https://kaufland-ecommerce.com/impressum/

Company details

Company typeScaleup
IndustryE-commerce & Online Marketplaces
Company size501 - 1000

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Job description

Anstellungsdetails

Permanent Contract, Full- or Part-Time, Remote or Cologne / Düsseldorf / Darmstadt / Berlin

Info

Who we are

We are the tech powerhouse behind Kaufland's international online marketplace and a company within the Schwarz Group. Driven by a start-up mentality and working on an equal footing within flat hierarchies, we develop the best marketplace solutions for our customers, sellers and partners. #FromEuropeForEurope

As a part of Online Marketing, the Performance Marketing team does everything it can to increase traffic to our online marketplaces and convert it into sales. Advertising measures are performance-orientated and are optimised towards specific KPIs via data analysis.

Aufgaben

Your tasks - this is what awaits you in detail

  • You lead our Search team and support the team's growth through regular feedback and development conversations
  • You translate our company goals and OKRs into clear team goals, defining the strategies and actions needed to reach them
  • You drive the continuous development of our Search area. This includes campaign structure, bidding strategies, automation, and new trends like AI-driven developments and Search campaign innovations like AI Max
  • You oversee our account setup across different storefronts and use tools like Search Ads 360 to manage this. You make sure our account and campaign structure stays scalable and efficient as we grow
  • You initiate and lead cross-team projects, especially around automation and marketing technology. You coordinate everyone involved and act as the driving force behind these projects
  • You build regular reports using common BI and analytics tools. You turn results into clear, actionable next steps
  • You help build and improve processes around automation, scripts, and structured testing within the team

Profil

Your profile - this is what we expect from you

  • You successfully completed a technical, scientific or economics degree 
  • You have experience in leadership as well as dealing with complex Search Ads accounts in an e-commerce setting
  • You are up-to-date with the relevant online marketing tools (e.g. Google Analytics, Tableau, BigQuery...) and PPC advertising tools (Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Search Ads 360), as you use them regularly
  • You understand what scripts and automation can do for SEA processes, and know how to translate that potential into concrete actions for your team
  • You are GenAI savvy (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude) and bring your own use cases to the table
  • You have an excellent grasp of mathematical, analytical and technical subjects, complemented by the structured, reliable and independent way that you get work done
  • You are fluent in English (C1) and German language skills are a plus

Benefits

What we offer

  • Create your own work-life balance: You have the flexibility to choose between working remotely (within Germany) or from one of our locations in Cologne, Darmstadt, Düsseldorf, or in Berlin!
  • Urban Sports Club and RSG Group Fitness Studios: Get top deals for fitness, swimming, yoga and more
  • Mental Well-Being: We support you on your well-being journey with special offerings such as Instahelp, the digital platform for online psychological counseling
  • Vacation & Sabbatical: Enjoy 30 days of vacation per year and the opportunity to take a sabbatical once you have been part of the team for a certain period!
    Option for Pluxee restaurant vouchers: Buy Pluxee vouchers through us and benefit from tax-advantaged meal allowances!
  • ‘Deutschlandticket’: We subsidise your train season ticket for more mobility
  • Employee Discount: You will receive a monthly coupon for Kaufland.de
  • Free choice of operating system: MacOS, Windows or Ubuntu Linux, it's up to you
  • Boost your growth: Benefit from our online language learning programs, diverse in-house training, and our automated 360-degree feedback. We cover the costs for relevant conferences, training opportunities, and approved team workshops to strengthen personal interactions
  • This is who we are: Our dynamic culture combines flat hierarchies, a start-up mentality, an international team of over 65 nationalities, and the strength of the Schwarz Group to provide you an agile and secure working environment
  • We are team players: From day one, you will connect not only with your team but also with others through our digital onboarding journey, the buddy program, and regular team and company events, all-hands meetings, powerful mornings, and much more!

Check out our Principles & our blog for even more insights into our company culture!

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Diversity at Kaufland e-commerce

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! When applying, you can optionally include your pronouns in your resume.

Why are you the perfect fit for this position?
Don't bother with cover letters - we're interested in facts and figures! As we have very international teams, we would highly appreciate it to receive your CV or profile link in English.

We are looking forward to your application!
Kaufland e-commerce Services GmbH & Co. KG
Postal address:
Habsburgerring 2
50674 Köln

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Your contact person: Alena Müller

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