Buyer Consumer

Picnic; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fresh Lunch, coffee, and snacks

Health insurance discount & bike plan

Learning & development

25 holidays and pension plan

Job summary

A leading grocery delivery service in Amsterdam is seeking an ambitious Buyer to manage product categories and enhance profitability. The ideal candidate will have 2-6 years' experience in a similar role and strong negotiation skills. Responsibilities include supplier negotiations, category analysis, and collaboration with teams to ensure excellent product offerings. This position offers numerous perks like fresh lunches, health discounts, and personal development opportunities.

Qualifications

• 2-6 years of experience as a Buyer and/or Category Manager in a similar industry.
• Lots of energy, persistence, and drive to manage multiple projects.
• Ability to negotiate effectively and assess supplier offers.
• Hands-on mentality with a go-getting attitude.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; proficient in building relationships.
• Outstanding communication and stakeholder management.
• Fluency in Dutch and English.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute negotiation strategies with suppliers.
• Conduct negotiations from initial contact to contract signing.
• Deepen category understanding using data and insights.
• Identify commercial opportunities and innovate in category.
• Create actionable plans for driving category improvements.
• Analyze the supply chain for quality and profitability enhancements.
• Collaborate with category team to enhance customer experience.

Skills

Negotiation strategies

Supplier negotiations

Category expertise

Commercial opportunities

Category improvements

Supply chain understanding

Team collaboration

Education

BSc. or MSc. in Business Administration or (Business) Economics

Job description

Join Picnic as a Buyer

Products are the core of our business. We aim to offer the best product range, to make sure we always deliver the best quality. As Buyer, you're responsible to do this for your category. With your team you take full responsibility for your category, with the goal to make customers happy and improve profitability. Picnic is data-driven and complex - from pricing strategies, forecasting, warehouse automation, to the ever-expanding growth of our company, we are constantly faced with new challenges and opportunities…that’s where you come in! We are on the hunt for an ambitious buyer with superb category management and negotiations skills while building lasting relationships with suppliers. You also offer entrepreneurial, realistic, and practical business opportunities. Have a forward-thinking idea? Tell your team, modify it, evaluate, experiment, and then make a real impact in our company!

Tricks of the trade

• Negotiation strategies: Define clear negotiation strategies to ensure competitive conditions with our suppliers.
• Supplier negotiations: Run negotiations with many suppliers from start until signed contract.
• Category expertise: Build and develop a deep understanding of your category through a combination of Picnic data, customer insights and supplier input.
• Commercial opportunities: Keep an eye open for commercial opportunities and use a data-first approach to identify category innovations.
• Category improvements: Create and execute a pragmatic plan to drive the category improvements.
• Supply chain: Understand the end-to-end supply chain and identify opportunities to improve the range, product quality and profitability.
• Team collaboration: Work together with your category team to bring the best to our customers.

Your superpowers

• BSc. or MSc. degree in Business Administration, (Business) Economics or equivalent
• 2-6 years of experience as a Buyer and/or Category Manager in a similar industry
• Lots of energy, persistence and drive to ensure successful end result of many projects simultaneously
• You know how to get the best deals and are able to understand and assess what’s on “the nego table”
• Go getting mentality, hands-on and nothing is impossible mindset
• Excellent people knowledge and skills; you understand who you’re talking, their interests and how to build relationships
• Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills
• Fluency in Dutch and English

Picnic perks

• 🥗Fresh Lunch, coffee, and snacks
  Our offices are equipped with fully-fledged coffee bars and a kitchen and chefs. They prepare delicious fresh and warm lunches every day so you can keep your energy up.
• 🚴🏼♂️Health insurance discount & bike plan
  We have a partnership with CZ (a health insurance provider). Picnic employees get a discount on CZ insurance packages between 5% and 15%. Furthermore, through our partnership with Lease a Bike, you can rent-to-own a new (e)bike at a discounted rate.
• ✍🏼 Learning & development
  You’ll get ample opportunity to work on yourself at Picnic. We offer personal development through Lepaya courses, Academy trainings, and more. Interested in improving your mental wellbeing? Through OpenUp you get free access to trained psychologists and many courses.
• All the rest
  At Picnic you get 25 holidays, we cover your travel expenses and offer a pension plan. And your phone and laptop are on us, as well.