Junior Purchase Manager

Are you eager to make a big impact with your commercial mindset on the Purchasing 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 teams within B&S are committed to the purchasing of our products. You play a crucial role in ensuring the availability of our A-brands such as Hersheys, Haribo and CocaCcola under the best conditions, without losing sight of quality and delivery reliability.

As a new addition to our purchasing team, you will be responsible for your own purchasing area. This means that as a buyer you are independently responsible for a specific part of the purchasing process.

We prepare you to become an independent Purchase Manager.

You:

• Take charge of selecting suppliers and managing the entire negotiation process
• Maintain 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 accuracy working, you ensure that the order process runs smoothly.

This is you

You have a commercial mindset, and you are a natural entrepreneur. Your goal 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 continuously push boundaries to challenge yourself!

You:

• Have a Bachelor’s degree in a commercial field
• Have gained about one to three years 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

We offer you

• A maximum salary of €3500,- 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)
• The flexibility to work 1 day a week 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 

This is King of Reach by B&S

Join our King of Reach team, where innovation and impact collide in the dynamic world of food and beverage distribution! As part of the renowned B&S family, we are on a mission to make premium consumer products accessible to everyone, everywhere. We do this by improving daily life with high-quality products.

King of Reach is not just about distributing products; it's about bringing quality and taste to the farthest corners of the world. From duty-free channels to government locations and remote retail locations, our expertise ensures that the world's leading food and beverage brands reach consumers in diverse markets worldwide.

Our recruitment process

• Step 1

  Apply

  Apply, send your resume and motivation, and maybe we will say hi.

• Step 2

  Say hi!

  First introduction with one of our Corporate Recruiters.

• Step 3

  Follow up

  A follow-up meeting with the manager of your department.

• Step 4

  Challenge

  An assignment to challenge your skills can be part of the process.

• Step 5

  Proposal

  We make you a proposal & final conversation to discuss your proposal.

• Step 6

  Let’s go!

  We’re looking forward to seeing you on your first day!

More info?

I'm only one phone call away!

Danine Stout

• +31 6 25779296
• [email protected]