Strategic Transportation Category Buyer | Hybrid, High Impact

Renewi Group; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 81,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Laptop & mobile phone

Excellent pension

Hybrid work

International team

Circular economy impact

Job summary

Renewi is seeking a Category Buyer Transportation to own a €110 million transportation portfolio. Location is flexible—Netherlands or Belgium—with Amersfoort as a weekly anchor.

You will shape sourcing strategies, lead contracts, and drive supplier performance to support one of the largest transport fleets in the Benelux. You will collaborate with operational stakeholders across Belgium and the Netherlands to optimise costs, push sustainable transport solutions and manage supplier relationships.

Qualifications

• Several years of procurement experience within transportation, logistics, fleet.
• Experience with strategic sourcing, contract negotiations and supplier management.
• Strong analytical skills and a data-driven approach.
• Experience in complex stakeholder environments; able to influence without direct authority.
• Fluency in Dutch and English; French is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute category strategies within the Transportation domain.
• Lead sourcing projects and contract negotiations.
• Manage supplier relationships and drive supplier performance improvements.
• Identify opportunities for cost optimisation, value creation and risk reduction.
• Assess and challenge internal versus external transport decisions based on total cost of ownership, service levels and operational constraints.
• Support the transition towards more sustainable and innovative transportation solutions.
• Work closely with operational stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into procurement initiatives.
• Monitor market developments, supplier trends and innovation opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies, governance standards and contractual obligations.
• Support cross-functional projects and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Procurement experience

Strategic sourcing

Contract negotiations

Supplier management

Analytical skills

Data-driven insights

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Transport operations knowledge

Transporeon or similar platforms

Dutch & English fluent

French is a plus

Tools

Transporeon

Job description

Renewi is seeking a Category Buyer Transportation to own a €110 million transportation portfolio. Location is flexible—Netherlands or Belgium—with Amersfoort as a weekly anchor.

You will shape sourcing strategies, lead contracts, and drive supplier performance to support one of the largest transport fleets in the Benelux. You will collaborate with operational stakeholders across Belgium and the Netherlands to optimise costs, push sustainable transport solutions and manage supplier relationships.