Buyer - 36-40 hours

Buyer

As a Buyer, you are responsible for securing the best purchasing deals for your product group. You build strong relationships with suppliers and keep communication lines short. You are part of a close-knit team that consults daily, tackles obstacles and celebrates successes together.

What do you do as a Buyer at Coolblue?

As a Commercial Buyer, you are a key player in our biggest business deals. You secure the best purchasing terms and make sure we submit commercially strong, smart and profitable quotes. You are constantly in contact with vendors, category teams and account managers to put forward the best price, the right advice and the strongest solution for the customer. You look beyond the price alone. With your commercial perspective, you see where we can improve margins, where our assortment can be made smarter and how we can help business customers even better. Together with category teams, you keep our business assortment up to date, expand it further and contribute ideas for campaigns that make our products and propositions stronger. You also make sure knowledge grows. Together with vendors, you set up training sessions and knowledge-sharing sessions, so account managers know exactly how to sell our products and solutions even better. This gives you a direct influence on our deals, our assortment and the commercial success of Coolblue Zakelijk.

• Build lasting relationships with your suppliers. Together, you make short- and long-term plans.
• Analyze sales reports and market data and prepare forecasts.
• Smash records from previous campaigns with a new, improved marketing campaign.
• Give a presentation to an international delegation for the annual contract negotiation.
• Go around high-fiving when it turns out that the promotions you launched are working very well.

This is what you bring

• Completed higher professional or university education in a commercial field.
• At least 3 years of work experience in category management, procurement or supplier management.
• A professional discussion partner in Dutch, for contacts at every level, from account manager to senior management.
• A born networker, extremely results-oriented and a true dealmaker.

What else you’re looking for in a job

• Money.
• An unbelievably great working atmosphere. Where we treat one another like friends and you can simply be yourself. Monthly drinks, freshly prepared bites, legendary Coolblue parties and the best team activities.
• A great combination of working at the office and from home. Of course, we make sure you have a top-notch workplace at home. Including an office chair, laptop and blue streamers.
• Plenty of room for your own ideas, initiatives and choices. You do your work your way.
• Travel expense reimbursement, a pension plan and an allowance for working from home. 25 vacation days. If you promise you’ll come back.
• An office you’ll want to take photos of in a top location. From Rotterdam Central Station, it’s just 3 falls away. Okay, it’s a 2-minute walk.
• More than 100 training sessions in our own Studiefabriek to get a little better every day.
• Discount on everything we sell.