Procurement & Logistics Manager
Work Arrangement
Office Days per Week: 3 days
Key Skills
Job Description
Your mission
In this role, you are the go-to person for all procurement activities across our global projects from sourcing the right hardware, software, and services, to handling the logistics that follow. You ensure that what we buy fits both our budget and our ambition to deliver extraordinary global brand experiences.
Whether it’s securing LED panels from China, arranging the shipment of control systems to the US, or managing customs clearance for audio gear, you know who to call and what to do. You’ll liaise with suppliers, negotiate deals, plan shipments, and work closely with logistics partners and internal teams (our Project and Delivery managers) to make sure everything gets where it needs to go, on time and in full.
You’ll be based in Halfweg and/ or Zwaag (Noord-Holland) but work with colleagues and partners around the globe. As part of our operations backbone, you’ll play a crucial role in keeping projects moving and ensuring our production teams can deliver top-quality experiences without delay. In this role, you will:
- Own and manage the full procurement process for international AV/IT projects.
- Source and negotiate deals for hardware, software, and related services.
- Maintain relationships, including customs and compliance handling together with local partners.
- Coordinate global shipments, including customs and compliance handling together with local partners.
- Track deliveries and proactively resolve any shipping or sourcing issues.
- Keep a clear overview of procurement timelines and budgets across projects.
- Collaborate with project managers, technical teams, and finance to align needs and planning.
- Contribute to continuously improving procurement and logistics workflows.
Your profile
- 5+ years of experience in procurement or supply chain management, ideally with international scope.
- Demonstrated success in negotiating supplier contracts and managing logistics.
- Solid knowledge of international shipping, customs regulations, and compliance.
- Strong organizational and communication skills, able to juggle priorities.
- Experience in AV/IT-related sectors a plus, but not a must.
- Comfortable working with procurement and planning tools.
- Familiarity with SAP S/4HANA an added bonus
- Fluent in English; Dutch and/or additional languages are a bonus.
- Eligibility to work in Netherlands and the ability to work from our Amsterdam (Halfweg) office and/or Zwaag office at least 3 days per week.
Why us?
- A supportive and creative environment where your input is valued.
- Opportunities to work across diverse teams and grow professionally.
- A role that offers both ownership and collaboration in equal measure.
- A competitive salary, with annual performance-based bonuses.
- A solid pension plan and travel or public transport allowance.
- Industry appropriate vacation days + 1 company getaway.
- Fun company events, including a legendary yearly summer trip!
About us
The Storytelling Company is more than 180 people across Amsterdam, Zwaag, Berlin, Munich, and Charlotte.
We bring strategy, design, and technology together into experiences people can walk into, for global clients wherever they and their audiences are. A brand's experience center. A maritime simulator, accurate down to the last real parameter. An opera, an exhibition, a pop-up that wasn't there yesterday. Original worlds made to travel from one city to the next. Different scales, different briefs, one question underneath each of them: what does it feel like when this truly lands?
We work in close partnership with our clients and treat every project with the same care, for the people it reaches, the brands behind it, and the world around it. From the first idea to the last farewell note.
If any of that sounds like your kind of place, we'd like to meet you.
Core Responsibilities
You will own and manage the full procurement process for international AV/IT projects, including sourcing, contract negotiation, and logistics coordination. You will also collaborate with internal teams and external partners to ensure timely delivery while maintaining budget and compliance standards.
Requirements
The role requires 5+ years of experience in procurement or supply chain management with a strong understanding of international shipping and customs regulations. Candidates must be fluent in English and possess the ability to work from the company's Dutch offices at least 3 days per week.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Performance-based bonuses
- Pension plan
- Travel allowance
- Public transport allowance
- Vacation days
- Company getaway
About The Storytelling Company
Industry: Professional Training and Coaching
Company size: 2-10 employees
Welcome to The Storytelling Company. A coaching and training experience. For public speakers and brand storytelling. When you must deliver your message with impact. When you or your company must find an idea worth sharing. This is the place where your TED Talks, business presentations and investment pitches, come alive. With engaging stories, concise, vivid language, and a voice and delivery that matches your compelling messages, passion and clear purpose. But too often speakers are word machines, and the speech is just flat. Everything sounds the same. No emphasis on anything. No connection with the listeners. No connection with your purpose. Or no purpose. When that happens the message is lost. It doesn’t have to be that way. We provide truly world class speech coaching, training, and brand storytelling. This is Larry Schuster, in Shanghai, China, founder of The Storytelling Company. For 30 years, I’ve been a communications professional, including for 20 years as a US journalist. Now I apply the skills of a journalist — interviewing, writing, and editing — to help you find, shape and connect your compelling stories to your messages and your audience. My clients have included global architecture and design leader Aedas, Standard Charter Bank, a world leader in consumer audio Harman, and a world champion athlete. Invite us to join your team. Find your message, find your voice.