How do I become a Buyer Germany at Coolblue?
You are looking for a new challenge in the field of purchasing? Do you enjoy negotiating, maintaining relationships with stakeholders and finding the best deals? Are you looking for a flexible, dynamic company where you can develop yourself further? Read on, Kay explains how to become a Buyer at Coolblue.
You enjoy doing this
- Negotiate with manufacturers to build long-term partnerships and close critical deals for Coolblue. You will be responsible for contract negotiations while the Supply Chain Planner is responsible for procurement.
- Establish and maintain supplier contacts. Together you will make short and long term plans for Coolblue's sourcing in Germany.
- Analyze sales reports and market data.
- Break records with new, improved campaigns. You launch these in cooperation with your team, consisting of buyers, media consultants, product managers and product editors.
- Presenting your annual contract negotiations to an international delegation.
- Working with your buyer colleagues in the Netherlands to find meaningful synergies and learn a lot.
- Handing out high fives when the campaigns you organize go like clockwork.
- Maintaining your product category together with your team. This includes brainstorming sessions, consultations, overcoming obstacles and celebrating successes over (virtual) drinks after work.
You recognize yourself in the following
- You speak German and English or German and Dutch fluently.
- A completed university education, ideally in the field of business administration/economics.
- You like to negotiate for your life and have a winning mentality.
- Ideally you already have 2-3 years of experience in category management, purchasing or product management. Ideally even in e-commerce.
- You are a professional conversationalist for business relationships (from customer service to management).
- You're not afraid of the responsibility that comes with important contract negotiations.
- You are a born networker.
- You're extremely results-oriented and a true dealmaker.
- You see opportunities based on the data you analyze to consistently close better deals.
- You lenjoy coming to the Rotterdam office 2-3 times per week.
This is what you're looking for in a job
- With over 30 training courses in our own Coolblue University, you can become a little bit better every day.
- An extraordinarily good work environment, with freshly made snacks, monthly drinks, legendary Coolblue parties, awesome team activities, and an informal, playful department.
- Salary in line with the market.
- Retirement plan.
- A picture-perfect office at a great location. You could crawl to work from Rotterdam Central Station. Though we recommend just walking for 2 minutes.
- Room for new initiatives and ideas. We're always open to those, whether you've been with us for a week, a month, or a year.
- Challenging work to really immerse yourself in, so you sometimes forget you're even working.
- A flat organization in the broadest sense of the word. You can just go and have a drink with the boss.