Junior Purchase Manager

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.

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 gross salary of €3500,- in line with your experience, plus a yearly fixed Christmas bonus and a performance dependent bonus.
• 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