Buying Manager
Zapp, Netherlands

Experience
1 Year
Salary
0 - 0
Job Type
Job Shift
Job Category
Traveling
No
Career Level
Telecommute
No
Qualification
Bachelor's Degree
Total Vacancies
1 Job
Posted on
Jun 12, 2021
Last Date
Jul 12, 2021
Location(s)

Job Description

Zapp is building the future of convenience with a full stack approach to on-demand essential items, 24/7, delivered in minutes. Customer obsession is at the heart of everything we do, and from founders to riders we are relentlessly focused on delighting our customers. We are backed by the world's leading investors and our team has scale-up and exit experience at companies such as Amazon, Jumia, Deliveroo, Tesco, Stuart and Just Eat. If you’re ready to help build the world’s most customer-focused company, get in touch.

We are looking for a Buying Manager to manage the supply of our products and services, source suppliers and work together with our catalogue team to build an attractive offering for our customers across the strategic category. Your responsibilities include overseeing efficient operational and commercial processes and successful distribution of items, from replenishment to demand anticipation, and negotiating to find and secure cost-effective deals and supplier partnerships. The Vendor Manager's duty is to discover the best ways to optimize the buying and delivery process as well as to cut procurement expenses, so that the company can invest in its growth and people.

Responsibilities

  • Work with replenishment and supply chain to enable efficient operational processes for distribution of a category
  • Set the goals and strategic direction for a category and ensure alignment with broader business goals
  • Manage the Pamp;L, including planning, forecasting and drive growth across the category
  • Drive negotiations with large vendors and distributors and represent Zapp when meeting with senior leaders
  • Support our key accounts within your category and develop new relationships
  • Generate and implement big ideas to drive business improvement, innovation, and scale within your categories and across the retail business as a whole
  • Develop scalable processes to manage multiple distributors across different categories
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams that support business needs, including catalogue, marketing, and in-stock, to ensure processes are in place for flawless execution

Requirements

  • 2-3 years relevant professional experience, for example in commercial negotiation gained within major organizations, in e-commerce or retail, key account management, product management or consulting
  • Outstanding analytical skills, as demonstrated through prior roles held, and experience in Pamp;L management, planning and forecasting
  • You are a passionate self-starter decisive and able to move with speed to implement ideas, to audit and to correct when issues arise
  • Demonstrable experience leading, managing and coaching a team
  • Proven ability to influence others in a business setting
  • Strong commercial acumen, a business focused way of thinking and a strong hands-on, results-driven mentality
  • Strong communication skills (written and verbal), specifically excellent English communication skills
  • Intermediate/Advanced Excel and SQL skills are a plus

Benefits

  • Competitive salary amp; equity package
  • Spend your monthly wellbeing allowance on things that really matter to you via our Juno benefits programme. This can be anything from veggie boxes, to indoor plants, tax advice and much more
  • Make use of our home office allowance for office supplies
  • Benefit from our monthly Zapp order allowance
  • Be part of a fast-growing company and a super motivated team


At Zapp we embrace diversity. We are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive work environment. We firmly believe that a variety of backgrounds amp; perspectives make our team stronger and brings our product closer to the customer.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we make all employment decisions without regard to age, national origin, race, ethnicity, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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