Buyer / Vendor Manager (all genders)

TN Germany; München; Hybrid; EUR 50.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Vendor Manager to enhance its Local Champion Brands across Europe. This role involves managing vendor relationships, optimizing customer experience, and driving profitability. You will be responsible for implementing product strategies, negotiating contracts, and conducting market analysis to foster growth and retention. This innovative firm offers a hybrid work environment, fostering collaboration among passionate professionals. If you thrive in a fast-paced setting and are eager to make a significant impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Leistungen

20% discount in our zooplus shop

Internal and external training

Team events

28 vacation days plus days off on 24th and 31st December

Corporate rates at a local gym chain (Body & Soul)

Company mobile phone for work and personal use

Qualifikationen

• 2+ years of relevant experience in Vendor Management or Purchasing.
• Ability to understand customer needs and market requirements.
• High communication skills—speaking, writing, presenting, negotiating.

Aufgaben

• Develop and control product range strategy in collaboration with sales teams.
• Manage payment terms and cost structure in contractual agreements.
• Audit metrics to identify trends or issues and communicate root causes.

Kenntnisse

Category Management

Vendor Management

Project Management

Market Analysis

Negotiation Skills

Communication Skills

Fluency in German

Fluency in English

Ausbildung

Graduate degree in a business-related discipline

Tools

MS Office

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Posted:

11.05.2025

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25.06.2025

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Job Description:

We are looking for an exceptional Vendor Manager who will grow the Local Champion Brands of zooplus across Europe. You will have full flexibility in managing customer experience, topline performance, and profitability of your vendors, taking the relationship with them to the next level. By scaling and automating all interactions with the vendor base—including identifying and signing up new vendors, creating items in the catalog, negotiating contracts and terms, managing promotional activities, and resolving operational issues—you will have a direct impact on the business, setting zooplus apart from its competitors. Are you ready to take on this challenge?

As a Vendor Manager, you will:

• Develop, implement, and control a product range strategy in close collaboration with the manager and local sales teams.
• Implement an attractive presentation of the products (local product content as well as brand presentation).
• Manage payment terms and cost structure in contractual agreements; audit for best-in-class terms for assigned vendors or categories.
• Create opportunities for growth, customer acquisition, and retention by conducting market, competitor, and range analysis.
• Influence vendors to prioritize customer experience by lowering costs, improving the supply chain, reducing defects, and driving efficiencies in collaboration with the manager.
• Increase vendor participation through deep knowledge of program opportunities such as saver plan, bonus points.
• Review results of promotions and adjust strategies accordingly, negotiating new promotions if needed.
• Act as an escalation point to respond to vendor needs for categories; identify and communicate trends.
• Audit metrics (e.g., traffic, conversion, search results, customer feedback) to identify trends or issues; communicate root causes to the manager.
• Deep dive into customer pain points across vendors and categories; make recommendations for scalable solutions.
• Network cross-functionally with the local Sales team, Purchasing, Replenishment, Supply Chain Development, and Master-data to ensure efficient assortment management throughout the product lifecycle.
• Support project management for intra-functional and smaller cross-functional projects.
• Build and maintain knowledge management tools such as wikis and shared drives.
• Seek opportunities to develop deeper or multiple areas of expertise; share knowledge internally and externally.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in a business-related discipline
• 2+ years of relevant experience in Category Management, Vendor Management, or Purchasing
• Fluency in German and English
• Experience in project work
• Ability to understand customer needs and market requirements
• Ability to think and react in a high-energy, fast-paced environment
• High communication skills—speaking, writing, presenting, negotiating
• Proficiency in MS Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint)

Additional Information

With over 1,000 passionate professionals across 10 European offices, we believe our success comes from collaboration and leveraging our international strengths. Expect a hybrid work environment, collaborating remotely with colleagues across locations.

Our benefits:

• 20% discount in our zooplus shop
• Internal and external training
• Team events
• 28 vacation days plus days off on 24th and 31st December
• Corporate rates at a local gym chain (Body & Soul)
• Company mobile phone for work and personal use

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Want to know more? Learn about zooplus here, and check out our LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube for a glimpse into our culture.

zooplus is committed to equal opportunity. We value and embrace diversity and inclusion of all team members.