Operational Buyer in the Netherlands

The role

You are responsible for placing and processing purchase orders with suppliers under the best conditions and delivery terms. You ensure that the ordered goods are delivered on time and in full.

Furthermore, your tasks and responsibilities consist of:

• Placing (urgent) orders with suppliers;
• Checking and processing order confirmations;
• Identifying price discrepancies and product changes;
• Ensuring the timely availability of purchased goods;
• Checking the receipt of goods and processing discrepancies;
• Checking deviating invoices;
• Proactively managing backorders.

• You possess an MBO education or working and thinking level;
• You have several years of experience as an operational buyer;
• You derive energy from the fast and highly accurate administrative processing of large quantities of purchase requisitions, order confirmations, and status requests and updates;
• You have strong oral and written communication skills;
• You are stress-resistant;
• You are decisive, flexible, you take initiative, and you are result-oriented.

• You are part of the international, industrial family business VDL Groep, where continuity is highly valued;
• Collaborating in a professional manner in an informal, no-nonsense environment where open communication prevails;
• Plenty of room for personal development and entrepreneurship;
• Excellent employment conditions and good opportunities for advancement.