Job description
Company Description
stow is a global market leader in industrial storage solutions. Headquartered in Belgium, stow employs ca 2,000 ‘Rack Stars’ across Europe and the US. The group has a pan-European production footprint with 10 production facilities and a global commercial network.
Job Description
We are looking for an Operational Buyer to join our growing purchasing team at stow. As Operational Buyer you will work with people across our organization committed to bring growth to stow, solve issues and actively look for opportunities to improve. Your tasks:
- Follow up stock levels of raw materials and material requirements for production, and call off materials in time
- Monitor material flows, verify applicable customs and VAT procedures, and set up purchases correctly.
- Order traded goods in line with category strategies, supplier selection and pricing outlined centrally
- Pull forward or push back purchase orders when planning is revised
- Convert purchase requisitions into purchase orders and follow up delivery of orders according to requested delivery date
- Manage daily relationship between the factory and its suppliers
- Provide input on supplier performance (delivery, quality, …) to central category managers for regular supplier evaluation
- Solve potential invoice blocks due to quantity or price discrepancies
Qualifications
- You have a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree
- You have at least 5 years of relevant work experience
- You are fluent in Dutch, French & English
- You are figures/data driven
- You have the ability to act in a fast-moving environment
- You have a strong will to contribute to process improvement
- Your level in Excel is intermediate or expert
- You have a strong affinity with IT and digital applications. SAP experience is a big plus
Additional Information
We offer:
- Group & hospitality insurance
- Meal vouchers (€ 8/day)
- Fresh meals at our re[stow]rant
- 12 days ADV
- CAO 90 bonus
- Possibility to work from home 1 day/week after training
- Working closely together with other Rack Stars in an open and enthusiastic culture
- An attractive salary based in an international environment
Unsolicited representations by third parties (recruitment agencies, headhunters, …) of CVs via mail and/or telephone for our vacancies are considered as direct applications where no compensation is provided to the third party. Any T&Cs from these third parties will not be accepted unless upon signature of the T&Cs by a person in charge of HR. Candidates remain registered in the system for 12 months and cannot be proposed again during this period.
