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# Category Manager Coins & Banknotes at Catawiki

- **Company:** Catawiki
- **Location:** France / Italy / Netherlands
- **Posted:** 2025-12-10
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/catawiki/jobs/7457386

## Job description

At Catawiki, every day brings the extraordinary! Whether it’s [Daniel Ricciardo’s Formula 1 Car](https://www.catawiki.com/en/c/583-sports-memorabilia), a [Woolly Mammoth’s Skeleton](https://www.catawiki.com/en/c/579-fossils), [Lady Gaga's Jumpsuit](https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/10035805) or [Usain Bolt’s running shoe](https://www.catawiki.com/en/c/583-sports-memorabilia), 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.

Category Manager – Coins & Banknotes

Coins & Banknotes is not just a category. It’s a global market built on history, scarcity, trust, and long-term value. Ancient empires. Gold with provenance. Rare mint errors. Investment-grade slabs. Pieces that carry centuries of story and serious financial weight.

It’s also a business with scale, responsibility and market cycles..

We’re looking for a senior commercial leader with strong consumer goods market experience who knows how to steer a large, growing business through both acceleration and volatility. A leader who cuts through noise, holds the ground when markets fluctuate, and creates clarity for the team.

You’ve managed larger teams and multiple direct reports before. You know how to make people feel heard while keeping them accountable. You build structure, set direction, and maintain performance even when the market has ups and downs.

## What You’ll Own

- Define and execute the long-term growth strategy for Coins & Banknotes
- Own the P&L and steer revenue, margin, and performance with disciplined decision-making
- Translate complex data into clear commercial priorities
- Lead, coach, and develop a large international expert team as your direct reports
- Create clarity, accountability, and stability within a growing organisation
- Anticipate and respond to market trends, seasonality, and investment shifts
- Build and maintain strong, professional relationships with key sellers  holding the ground in negotiations and commercial discussions
- Strengthen the seller pipeline in close partnership with Sales
- Work cross-functionally to unlock sustainable, long-term growth

## What You Bring

- Proven experience in consumer goods markets with deep understanding of market dynamics and cycles
- Experience managing larger teams and multiple direct reports
- Strong seller/supplier relationship management experience
- Senior leadership presence: calm, grounded, decisive
- The ability to hold the ground in commercial negotiations while maintaining long-term partnerships
- Strong analytical skills and comfort owning significant P&L responsibility
- The ability to cut through complexity and focus on what truly drives impact
- Confidence influencing senior stakeholders across the organisation
- Experience operating in dynamic, target-driven environments
- Interest in coins, banknotes, history, or collecting is a plus

## Why This Role

If you’re a steady commercial leader who builds strong professional relationships, keeps teams aligned, and navigates growth with composure this is your opportunity to lead a category that carries both heritage and commercial weight.

## 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.

Interested?

Apply with an English CV and Cover Letter. By applying, you agree to [Catawiki’s Applicant Privacy Policy.](https://www.catawiki.com/conditions/applicant-privacy-policy.pdf) If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

## About Catawiki

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Catawiki is a curated online marketplace for buying and selling special, hard-to-find objects through weekly auctions, ranging from collectibles and art to classic cars and fashion.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Growth-stage; raised a €150M investment in 2021 led by Permira)
- **Headquarters**: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **Founded**: 2008
- **Founders**: René Schoenmakers and Marco Jansen

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Online marketplace, e-commerce (specialty collectibles, art, antiques, and luxury goods)
- Target customers: B2C – both buyers and sellers globally; primarily consumers and collectors, with some B2B engagement via expert sellers
- Mission or purpose statement: “To become the most popular destination for special objects across the globe – starting with Europe” and “bring the traditionally offline world of special objects online.”

## Products & Services
- **Catawiki Platform**: A weekly online auction marketplace where over 75,000 objects are offered each week, curated by 240+ in‑house experts. Features secure payments, escrow for high-value items, and public reviews. Available in 17 languages across 60+ countries.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (but backed by a €150M investment in 2021)
- **Key Metric**: Over 3 million objects sold in 2023 (15+ million total to date); 10+ million unique monthly visitors; >1 million bidding users in 2023
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Permira (lead investor in 2021 round)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 800+ employees (Catawikians) from 50+ nationalities
  - Operations in 60+ markets across 17 languages
  - Two‑thirds of seller earnings come from buyers outside the seller’s home market
  - 98% positive buyer reviews; ~90% of spend from returning buyers

## Competitive Advantages
- **Expert Curation**: 240+ in‑house specialists (e.g., watch experts, art historians) who vet every submission, ensuring high quality and trust – over 1 million objects rejected annually to maintain standards.
- **Cross‑Border Reach**: Built‑in logistics, multilingual support, and escrow payments make it easy for sellers to access a global buyer base.
- **Brand & Trust**: Strong reputation among collectors; notable past sales include Banksy works, Sylvester Stallone’s Mustang, and rare comic books.
- **Category Breadth**: Over 600 weekly auctions spanning collectibles, art, design, jewellery, watches, classic cars, wine, and more.

## Strategic Focus
- Continuing to scale the platform across European markets while expanding into new categories and geographies.
- Enhancing the user experience for both buyers and sellers through technology (data science, engineering) and expert services.
- Leveraging the €150M investment to invest in product, engineering, and international growth.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Emphasizes ownership, openness to change and feedback, and passion for the mission. Described as “culture add, not just culture fit.”
- **Diversity & Inclusion**: Team of 50+ nationalities; inclusive and queer‑friendly environment; commitment to equitable pay with annual pay‑gap reviews.
- **Hybrid & Remote Flexibility**: Activity‑based working with 2 days/week in office (for office‑based roles), 100% remote options for experts and some other positions; commuter costs covered.
- **Perks & Benefits**: Minimum 32 days paid time off (inc. public holidays), extra day for following your passion, maternity/family/partner leave, Employee Assistance Programme, holistic wellbeing programme, learning & development budget, and relocation support.
- **Engineering & Data Science**: Open roles in backend, platform, security, and data engineering (offices in Amsterdam and Lisbon); focus on building a scalable marketplace.

## Sources
1. [catawiki.careers](https://catawiki.careers/who-we-are)
2. [catawiki.careers](https://catawiki.careers/)
3. [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/catawiki)
4. [catawiki.com](https://www.catawiki.com/en/help/about)
5. [catawiki.careers](https://catawiki.careers/benefits)

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