
Junior Purchase Manager
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Job Description
Company Description
King of Reach by B&S
Join the King of Reach team, where innovation meets impact in the vibrant world of food and beverage distribution! As part of the esteemed B&S family, we're on a mission to make premium consumer goods accessible to everyone, everywhere—infusing everyday lives with joy and comfort through top-quality products.
At King of Reach, we’re not just about distributing products; we’re about delivering happiness and flavour to the farthest corners of the globe. From duty-free channels to government sites and remote retail locations, our expertise ensures that the world's leading food and beverage brands find their way into the hands of consumers across distinct markets globally.
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Job Description
Are you eager to make a big impact with your commercial mindset on the Purchase department of an international and listed organisation? As a Junior Purchase Manager, you will be completely prepared, for your next step as a Purchase Manager. Ready for a challenge?
Reach your full potential as a Junior Purchase Manager
As a Junior Purchase Manager, you will join our Purchase team. The Purchase team within B&S takes care of the purchase of our products.
As a new addition to one of our purchasing teams, you will be responsible for your own purchasing area. We will prepare you to become an independent Purchase Manager. Once you have mastered everything, you determine the strategy for your product-market combination together with your manager.
You:
- decide which suppliers you work with and the entire negotiation process
- maintain customer contact with existing suppliers and try to expand your network by building new relationships
- will initially communicate a lot via telephone and digital meetings. Eventually, there will also be regular trips abroad on your schedule
- Your responsibilities also include registering and processing purchase orders. Due to your accurate working, you ensure that the order process runs smoothly.
Qualifications
This is you
You have a commercial mindset, and you are a natural entrepreneur. Your motivation is to learn and grow as much as possible within your purchase team. To do so, you are eager and ask a lot of questions. In addition, you like to explore things, seek opportunities and think outside the box. You push boundaries to challenge yourself continuously!
You
- have a Bachelor’s degree in a commercial field
- have gained about one year of working experience in a commercial position, during your internship or a side job
- can work with Excel, and you are good with numbers
- are internationally oriented during an internship or a side-job
- have a good command of the English (required) and Dutch (preferably) language in speaking and writing. Command of another language is an advantage
Additional Information
We offer you
- A good salary in line with your experience, plus a yearly fixed Christmas bonus and a performance dependent bonus
- Initially, a one-year contract with the prospect of permanent employment
- 25 vacation days, with the possibility to purchase additional days
- A travel allowance of up to 75 km on single trip travel when working at the office, or an allowance if you’re working remotely (from home)
- A pension scheme where 2/3rd of the pension costs are paid by us
- The possibility to take courses related to your growth ambitions and function
- A coaching program focused on your mental health (non-binding)
- Participation in group insurance such as disability insurance and survivor’s insurance
- Free use of our company gym
- Bicycle plan where you can benefit from a substantial discount
Core Responsibilities
You will manage a specific purchasing area, including supplier negotiations and building new relationships. Additionally, you are responsible for accurately registering and processing purchase orders to ensure smooth operations.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s degree in a commercial field and possess approximately one year of relevant work experience. Proficiency in English is required, along with strong numerical skills and experience with Excel.
Benefits
- Christmas bonus
- Performance dependent bonus
- Vacation days
- Travel allowance
- Pension scheme
- Coaching program
- Disability insurance
- Survivor’s insurance
- Company gym
- Bicycle plan
About B&S International
Industry: International Trade and Development
Company size: 1,001-5,000 employees
B&S is a tech company in the consumer goods industry. With our ever growing international network and physical local presence, we bring suppliers, logistics partners, wholesalers, retailers and consumers all over the world together that are in many ways difficult to connect. We partner with the world’s premium consumer brands in beauty, liquors, personal care, food, health and consumer electronics to serve millions of consumers daily either directly or through our wholesaler and reseller partners. Powered by our high tech platform and arising from supply chain expertise, we provide sourcing, warehousing, distribution, digital commerce, marketing and brand development solutions that enhance choice, speed up delivery, drive conversion and increase reach.