Category Mgr TCG, Toys & Comics

Title: Category Manager Collectibles: Trading Cards Toys Comics & Coins

Location: Toronto (GTA) Canada

Reports to: Head of Collectibles eBay Canada

Are you passionate about Collectibles Do you love helping find the rare and unique the sentimental and loved the rare find that you know will grow in value If so this role is perfect for you! eBay is the market leader in helping Canadian collectors sell and buy whatever their passion may be! Whether its comics toys stamps coins paper money vinyl you can find it on eBay. We are looking for people with drive ideas and a passion for helping small businesses succeed.

Business Overview:

Founded in 1995 in San Jose California eBay Inc is a global ecommerce leader and one of the worlds most recognizable brands. Our marketplace connects millions of buyers and sellers around the world every day. From our roots in online auctions for used goods today eBay is an ecommerce powerhouse with over 1 billion new and used items available for purchase using both fixed-price and auction formats. We have over 130M active buyers in 190 countries. Canadians trade over $1.5 billion dollars on eBay annually making us one of the countrys most successful ecommerce businesses.

eBays purpose is to connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all this includes individuals entrepreneurs and businesses of all sizes. eBays marketplace enables small and medium businesses across Canada to succeed while they stay local and sell global.

eBay Canada has a very entrepreneurial atmosphere with the feeling of a start-up but the resources (via our global teams) of an established company the best of both worlds.

Role Overview:

Reporting to the Head of Collectibles for eBay Canada this position involves driving the collectibles vertical strategy for Trading Cards (Sports & TCG) and Cross Collectibles (X-Collectibles - Toys Comics Coins) under the broader Collectibles business. You will work closely with both internal and external partners to make sure eBay has the inventory and on-site experience to grow the business. This category is a major priority for eBay and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to drive this business to the next level.

Key Responsibilities:

• Help drive category strategy (including strategic assessment of subcategory opportunities customers competitors market forces etc.)

• Develop and execute tactics and plans to build the business

• Monitor key performance metrics (pricing inventory discoverability customer happiness gross merchandise volume etc.) and react to drive business

• Lead all aspects of performance and business planning for top sellers buyers and 3rd party partners

• Develop solutions to identify new businesses build a strong pipeline and help with onboarding

• Drive strategic product policy communications business development marketing and inventory initiatives in a holistic manner to improve buyer & seller happiness

• Drive eBay onsite and offsite event planning with cross functional teams

• Develop and execute initiatives to fundamentally improve the user experience for our buyers and sellers

Required Skills:

• 3 - 5 years of relevant experience with growing responsibility in Merchandising Buying Category Management/Account Management in an online retail or marketplace environment

• Prior experience within the Collectibles industry (Comics stamps etc.) is an asset

• Strong written and verbal English communication skills; French fluency desirable

• Strong attention to detail with the sense of responsibility for the flawless execution of assigned tasks

• Strong time management skills including the discipline to get things done in ambiguous situations and the ability to work on multiple projects and navigate multiple partner engagements simultaneously

• Expert in MS-Excel and fluency with MS-Office and SQL

• Bachelors degree

• Experience in buying and selling on eBay an asset