Buyer

• A completed commercial HBO (higher professional education) or WO (university) degree.
• At least 3 years of work experience in category management, purchasing, or supplier management.
• A professional conversation partner in Dutch. For relationships at every level, from account manager to senior management.
• A natural networker, extremely result-oriented, and a true dealmaker.

• Money.
• Unbeatably good atmosphere. Where we treat each other like friends and you can just be yourself. 
• Unprecedentedly good working atmosphere. With colleagues who make you happy, epic parties, pub quizzes and other team activities.
• A nice combination of working in the office and from home. Of course, we ensure you have a top-notch workspace at home. Including an office chair, laptop, and blue streamers.
• Travel allowance, pension scheme, and an allowance for when you work from home.
• 25 vacation days. If you promise to come back.
• You make us happy with new initiatives and ideas. Whether you work with us for a week, a month, or a year.
• An office you'll want to take photos of in a prime location. From Rotterdam Central, it's three falls before you arrive. Okay, it's a 2-minute walk.
• With more than 30 training courses in our own Studiefabriek, you get a little better every day.
• Discount on all the products we sell.

As a Buyer, you are responsible for building partnerships with your key suppliers. Together with your team, you run a product category, such as Laptops & Desktops or Audio Products, for example. To achieve this, you are continuously negotiating to secure the best purchasing deals. You handle the contract negotiations and the relationships; your Supply Planner is responsible for operational purchasing and inventory management. You make structural cooperation agreements regarding purchasing with your suppliers. You become part of a close-knit team with whom you consult daily, parry obstacles, and celebrate successes.  

• Building sustainable relationships with your suppliers. Together, you create short-term and long-term plans. 
• Analyzing sales reports and market data and preparing forecasts.  
• Smashing previous campaign records with a new, improved marketing campaign that you have launched together with the Media Consultant from your team.
• Giving a presentation to an international delegation for the annual contract negotiation. 
• A round of high-fives when it turns out that the promotions you have implemented are working very well.

As a buyer, you are responsible for making the best purchasing deals for your product group. You build pleasant relationships with suppliers and keep lines of communication short. You are part of a close-knit team with whom you consult daily, parry obstacles, and celebrate successes.