Operational Buyer

Colmore Collections; Venlo; Remote; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discount

Opportunities to purchase wholesale

Job summary

Colmore Collections seeks a Category Manager in Venlo to own the furniture assortment, indoor and outdoor, and guide sourcing, pricing strategy, and supplier relationships. You will monitor market trends and shape the collection to Colmore's distinctive style at the best price.

You will travel abroad several times a year to visit trade shows and suppliers, lead the category team, and drive continuous improvement in processes and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Sourcing and supplier negotiation experience.
• Ability to analyse market trends and set category objectives.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• Willingness to travel to trade shows and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Implement sourcing and quality policies; negotiate terms with suppliers and explore supply-chain collaboration.
• Build and maintain supplier relationships and manage supplier contracts.
• Translate assortment and pricing strategies into category objectives and actions.
• Analyse results vs. market trends and internal data and propose improvements.

Skills

Sourcing

Negotiation

Supplier relationships

Analytics

Communication

Team leadership

Travel willingness

Education

College-level education

Job description

Are you the organizer who effortlessly navigates suppliers, systems, and colleagues? The one who ensures everything arrives on time while also brainstorming ways to improve things? Then you're the perfect fit!

As a category manager, you are responsible for the entire furniture collection, both indoor and outdoor. An understanding of the supply chain and logistics, along with strong product knowledge, is essential to ensuring our desired quality standards. You monitor market developments in consumer behavior, trends, and price trends and respond to them in a strategic manner. With your persuasiveness and negotiation skills, you consistently succeed in putting together a surprising, inspiring, distinctive, and contemporary collection, in line with Colmore's style, at the best price.

What will you do?

• Implementing sourcing and quality policies, negotiating with (primarily foreign) suppliers to secure optimal delivery terms and the best prices, and exploring opportunities for collaboration within the supply chain.
• Building and maintaining relationships with new and existing suppliers in accordance with the supplier strategy, and drafting and managing supplier contracts.
• Conducting analyses to develop and translate the product assortment plan and pricing strategy into concrete category objectives and actions.
• Evaluating and analyzing results, comparing them with market trends and internal data, and proposing improvements as needed.
• Determining and adjusting sales prices in line with pricing policy and developments in purchasing and competition.
• Managing and planning activities within the category team and monitoring the product range plan. Coaching, developing, motivating, and leading your colleagues.

What do we expect from you?

• You have a can-do attitude, and you thrive in an environment where you can surprise and inspire customers.
• A commercial mindset is second nature to you.
• You have financial acumen and are analytically and numerically strong.
• You don't get thrown off track when processes are adjusted based on new insights. In fact, you play a key role in optimizing internal processes.
• You're willing to travel abroad several times a year to visit trade shows and suppliers.
• You have a college-level education and way of thinking.
• You have at least three years of experience in a similar position.
• You have strong problem-solving skills.
• You are a strong communicator, results-oriented, and analytical.
• You are fluent in English and German.

What do we offer you?

• A versatile role with a great deal of freedom and responsibility.
• A pleasant workplace within a young and friendly team at a growing company.
• An informal work environment.
• A salary commensurate with your education and experience.
• You will report directly to management.
• Employee discount and the opportunity to purchase products from our wholesale division.

About Colmore

Since 1992, Colmore has grown into an international interior brand and wholesaler with its home base in Venlo. From furniture and lighting to home accessories and textiles, our extensive collection finds its way to interior professionals and projects throughout Europe.

But Colmore is more than our collection. Behind the scenes, different teams work closely together every day. From purchasing, styling and sales to marketing, logistics and our warehouse. It’s this combination of creativity, commercial thinking and teamwork that keeps Colmore moving forward.

With new products arriving every week and new ideas constantly taking shape, no two days are quite the same. We are always looking ahead, while staying true to the personal and down-to-earth way of working that has shaped Colmore over the years.

Interested?