Purchasing Assistant

From price agreements and supplier data to promotions and process improvements. As a purchasing employee at Bidfood, you will support our purchasing organization and ensure that all agreements and data are correct. You will work together with suppliers, sourcing managers, and various departments. A great opportunity to get to know the purchasing profession, even if you have just graduated or want to take your first steps within purchasing.

We are the leading online wholesaler for food professionals. From Michelin-starred restaurants to snack bars: every day we ensure that our customers can rely on the best products and service. A lot goes on behind the scenes to make that happen. This includes our purchasing organization. And that is exactly where we need you.

As a purchasing employee, you will support our sourcing managers and ensure that everything regarding supplier agreements, prices, and contracts is well-arranged. You will have a lot of contact with suppliers and colleagues from, among others, purchasing, logistics, marketing, and sales. You will maintain data, prepare reports, and assist in coordinating promotional activities.

In addition, you will be given the space to think along about how we can work smarter. Do you see opportunities to improve processes, use data better, or automate tasks? Then we would love to hear it. This way, you will get to know our purchasing organization from the inside and lay a solid foundation for a further career within purchasing.

You are going to start working as a purchasing employee. What is important in this role:

• You support sourcing managers and suppliers with daily operational questions and agreements.

• You maintain prices, contracts, bonus agreements, and supplier data, and ensure that everything is recorded correctly.

• You coordinate promotional activities and check whether marketing communications and product information are correct.

• You liaise with logistics, marketing, sales, and other departments, so that everyone has the right information.

• You prepare reports, analyze data, and identify opportunities to organize processes more smartly, for example through automation or AI.

• You assist with improvement projects, such as CRM implementations, and support the preparation and execution of annual promotional plans with suppliers.

Ultimately, you ensure that the foundation within our purchasing organization is correct. This allows our sourcing managers to focus on the right commercial choices. And with that, you make the difference in the foodservice industry.

You make the difference in foodservice!

• You work accurately and in a structured manner. You maintain an overview, even when many things are happening at once.

• You have a commercial mindset and communicate easily with suppliers and colleagues.

• You are analytical, enjoy working with numbers, and find it interesting to work with data and process improvements.

• You have a good command of the Dutch language, both spoken and written. This is important for daily collaboration with suppliers and colleagues.

• Experience with contract management, purchasing administration, or supplier management. Experience from an internship or graduation project also counts.

• Interest in automation, data analysis, or AI applications.

• Affinity with purchasing, supply chain, or the foodservice industry.

No experience in purchasing yet? No problem. Even if you have just graduated or want to take your first steps in the profession, we invite you to apply.

Applying? It's a breeze!

You can apply in just a few clicks. Do you have a question first? Feel free to call or WhatsApp Brent at 06 21382377 or email recruitment@bidfood.nl.
We would love to hear from you!

At Bidfood, we work hard, but always together. We do this with more than 2,500 colleagues. Large in scale, but small in how we interact with one another. You can walk into a manager's office just as easily as a direct colleague's. If something can be done better, we go for it. We help each other move forward and also make room for a joke in between. With us, you get the space to develop yourself and make an impact.

• Delve into the world of food & non-food and discover where your talents lie

• Short lines, fast decisions, and a lot of freedom with practical-minded colleagues who truly understand each other

• Follow more than 100 online trainings via GoodHabitz and build your future

• You get the chance to give something back to society, for example through our commitment to the Food Bank

• You work for an organization that is conscious of people, product, and planet. From less waste to smarter transport: we are taking steps every day.