Picnic at a glance
Picnic
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
- BSc. or MSc. degree in Business Administration, (Business) Economics or equivalent
- 1-3 years of experience as a Buyer and/or Category Manager in a similar industry
- Lots of energy, persistence and drive to ensure successful end result of many projects simultaneously
- You know how to get the best best deals and are able to understand and assess what’s on “the nego table”
- Go getting mentality, hands-on and nothing is impossible mindset
- Excellent people knowledge and skills; you understand who you’re talking, their interests and how to build relationships
- Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills
- Fluency in Dutch and English
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.
To apply for this job please visit jobs.picnic.app.
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Working in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
Amsterdam is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area. Located in the Dutch province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", for its large number of canals, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
North Holland is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. As of January 2023, it had a population of about 2,952,000 and a total area of 4,092 km2 (1,580 sq mi), of which 1,429 km2 (552 sq mi) is water.
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