Supplier Onboarding & Qualification Specialist Huizen (32-40 Hours)

• The salary starts from € 3,546 gross per month based on 40 hours, whereby your expertise and experience determine your final entry level.
• A varied and versatile position within an organization and department that is in full development.
• 24 vacation days and 3 ADV days based on a 40-hour work week.
• We pay 70% of your pension premium.
• A laptop to perform optimally.
• Possibility for hybrid working (combination of office and home).
• Lunch at a Lidl price in our company restaurant.
• Plenty of (international) growth and development opportunities.

Are you looking for a pivotal role within Procurement where your accuracy and communicative strength make a direct impact on our supplier chain? As our new supplier onboarding & qualification specialist, you will be the central point of contact for suppliers and internal specialist departments. This is the chance to play a crucial role in streamlining our supplier processes, ensuring data quality, and building future-proof collaborations!

As a supplier onboarding & qualification specialist, you will be an indispensable link within our Supplier Management team from day one. You will guide new suppliers through the complete onboarding process and ensure that all administrative, legal, and sustainability data are flawlessly entered into our systems. But you do more than just administration: you look critically at delivery performance, identify bottlenecks and risks, and advise the Procurement department on how collaboration can be even better.

In this role, you are responsible for the full cycle from onboarding to process improvement:

• Central point of contact: you help suppliers get started during their onboarding, act as their first point of contact for general questions (such as regarding delivery performance or data), and connect them with specialists for substantive questions.
• Data Management & Assurance: you enter supplier data and keep it up-to-date. You also ensure that all necessary certificates, sustainability agreements, and agreements regarding fair trading practices UTP information (Unfair Trading Practices) are recorded in a timely and correct manner.
• Platform & System Management: you manage the supplier portal (both content and user rights) and assist in resolving functional and substantive questions or malfunctions.
  EDI Coordination: you guide technical support (both test and live phases) when new suppliers are connected to our EDI system for automated order processing and assist with data malfunctions.
• Process Analysis & Advice: you analyze data regarding delivery delays, map out risks and bottlenecks, and share your insights with the Procurement department to optimize collaborations.
  Stakeholder Management: you work closely with both national and international colleagues, prepare clear reports, and ensure that changes in guidelines are implemented smoothly.

The salary starts from € 3,546 gross per month based on 40 hours.

Your expertise and experience determine how high you ultimately enter.

You are a proactive, accurate, and communicative professional who knows how to take action. You enjoy tidy administration, but also have the insight and the courage to approach colleagues or suppliers when processes stall. You feel at home in a dynamic and rapidly changing environment, pick up new IT systems quickly, and switch effortlessly between daily tasks and ad hoc problem-solving.

As the largest supermarket chain in Europe, we are active in 31 countries. In the Netherlands, we have more than 21,000 employees in 440 branches. The customer is central to us and we have an eye for sustainability, for example, by including more and more organic, animal-friendly, and sustainable products in our assortment and by building the most sustainable distribution centers in the Netherlands. That commitment also extends to our employees. Lidl ensures a healthy work-life balance, sufficient growth and development opportunities, and of course, the right reward. Additionally, diversity and inclusion are high on the agenda at Lidl, so that everyone gets equal opportunities. Together we make Lidl! #teamlidl.

If interested, we ask you to apply exclusively via the ‘Apply directly’ button. Applications per email will not be processed due to privacy guidelines. For substantive questions about the vacancy, you can contact our recruiter Maryam Oosterbroek via maryam.oosterbroek@lidl.nl.