Key Skills
Job Description
In a nutshell
Products are the core of our business. We aim to offer the best product range, to make sure we always deliver the best quality. As Buyer, you're responsible to do this for your category. With your team you take full responsibility for your category, with the goal to make customers happy and improve profitability. Picnic is data-driven and complex - from pricing strategies, forecasting, warehouse automation, to the ever-expanding growth of our company, we are constantly faced with new challenges and opportunities…that’s where you come in! We are on the hunt for an ambitious buyer with superb category management and negotiations skills while building lasting relationships with suppliers. You also offer entrepreneurial, realistic, and practical business opportunities. Have a forward-thinking idea? Tell your team, modify it, evaluate, experiment, and then make a real impact in our company!
Tricks of the trade
- Negotiation strategies: Define clear negotiation strategies to ensure competitive conditions with our suppliers.
- Supplier negotiations: Run negotiations with many suppliers from start until signed contract.
- Category expertise: Build and develop a deep understanding of your category through a combination of Picnic data, customer insights and supplier input.
- Commercial opportunities: Keep an eye open for commercial opportunities and use a data-first approach to identify category innovations.
- Category improvements: Create and execute a pragmatic plan to drive the category improvements.
- Supply chain: Understand the end-to-end supply chain and identify opportunities to improve the range, product quality and profitability.
- Team collaboration: Work together with your category team to bring the best to our customers.
Your superpowers
- MSc degree with exposure to analytical problem-solving
- 1-3 years of work experience, preferably as (junior) category manager and/or buyer in a commercial and analytical environment
- Commercial drive, a nose for opportunities and not afraid to negotiate
- Persistence and enthusiasm to drive projects to a successful end result
- Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills
- Drive to deal with day-to-day operations, swift problem-solving skills
- A genuine passion for food and/or consumer products
- Fluent in English (Dutch, German or French is a plus!)
Note: This is not a one-time hire. We’re hiring for this role throughout the year as part of our ongoing growth and expansion.
Picnic perks
🥗Fresh Lunch, coffee, and snacks
Our offices are equipped with fully-fledged coffee bars and a kitchen and chefs. They prepare delicious fresh and warm lunches every day so you can keep your energy up.
🚴🏼♂️Health insurance discount & bike plan
We have a partnership with CZ (a health insurance provider). Picnic employees get a discount on CZ insurance packages between 5% and 15%. Furthermore, through our partnership with Lease a Bike, you can rent-to-own a new (e)bike at a discounted rate
✍🏼 Learning & development
You’ll get ample opportunity to work on yourself at Picnic. We offer personal development through Lepaya courses, Academy trainings, and more. Interested in improving your mental wellbeing? Through OpenUp you get free access to trained psychologists and many courses.
All the rest
At Picnic you get 25 holidays, we cover your travel expenses and offer a pension plan. And your phone and laptop are on us, as well.
Core Responsibilities
The Buyer is responsible for managing a product category by developing negotiation strategies, building supplier relationships, and identifying commercial opportunities. They must also collaborate with the team to drive category improvements and optimize the end-to-end supply chain.
Requirements
Candidates must hold an MSc degree and possess 1-3 years of experience in a commercial or analytical environment. Strong negotiation skills, analytical problem-solving abilities, and a passion for consumer products are essential for this role.
Benefits
- Fresh lunch
- Coffee and snacks
- Health insurance discount
- Bike plan
- Personal development courses
- Mental wellbeing support
- 25 holidays
- Travel expenses coverage
- Pension plan
- Company phone
- Company laptop
About Picnic
Industry: Retail
Company size: 5,001-10,000 employees
At Picnic, we’re a team of inventors, builders, dreamers, and best-in-class operators! With our app-only business model and custom-built in-house supply chain, we're revolutionizing the way people buy groceries and eat every day. We're growing across the Netherlands, Germany, France, and beyond. One of the things that makes Picnic different is that we handle almost everything ourselves: from forecasting and building automated warehouses to designing custom electric vehicles and writing our own software. It gives us total freedom to experiment with bold, new ideas (which we do a lot!). We love to challenge ourselves and learn by doing. The best way to grow here? By taking ownership from day one and pushing boundaries every single day. As a diverse team of over 85 nationalities, there’s always something happening - whether you’re into sports, board games, charity work, dancing at our legendary Picnic festival, or licorice tasting (yes, really!). Our scale-up culture means you get to own your work and bring fresh ideas to life. If you’re looking to make a real impact, reach out. We’d love to hear from you!