Procurement Specialist Supply Chain

Are you an experienced procurement professional with a keen understanding of supply chain dynamics? Do you want a European procurement challenge where you can accelerate your career? Hop on and ride with us as Procurement Specialist towards a challenging and impressive future with Europe’s fastest growing retailer! 🚀

This is your daily action

As a Procurement Specialist Supply Chain you are responsible for a part of the Supply Chain suppliers (in the field: ocean freight/ transport/ material handling equipment/ logistic service providers). You will collaborate with outbound supply chain stakeholders, advising about contracts, and shape supply chain dynamics. As a procurement professional you understand the requirements and changes in the supply chain organization. On a day-to-day basis, you’ll be advising your stakeholders, shaping and assisting in implementing new strategies and negotiation of contracts. You will support the supply chain procurement team with market analyses, Ariba contract management, and track savings. You will also work closely with the procurement analyst team.

As a Procurement Specialist you:

• Create a solid and trustful relationship with your internal stakeholders and suppliers.
• Eager to develop procurement experience to Procurement Manager level and interested in assisting and shaping strategic categories with the procurement team and stakeholders.
• Have preferably logistical knowledge of supply chain or logistic flows or third-party logistic providers and their services.
• Contribute to Action's growth by ensuring our supply chain keeps pace with increasing volumes.
• Think global and act local!

If you're ready to take on a pivotal role in a dynamic team, steer Action's supply chain success, and thrive in a high-impact environment, this is your dream job! Your expertise will shape our future!

Meet your team

Our Supply Chain Procurement Team consists of 4 Procurement Managers with each their own field of expertise and a Lead Procurement Manager. On a daily basis, we work hard to accommodate the growth of Action. The volumes are increasing every year and supply chain has to keep up with the demands. Our team really makes a difference and there is plenty of room to build and implement new strategies and projects.

This is you

You feel you are a match with the values of our company. Continuously you balance proactivity, self-motivation, self-development, and speed of initiatives with strong interpersonal and communication skills in an environment where no day is the same. Being result-oriented and analytically strong, you feel comfortable negotiating.

In addition you have:

• Bachelor degree, preferably in business administration.
• A minimum of 2 years of procurement experience in supply chain.
• Strong analytics capability, accompanied by high-level Excel proficiency and adept presentation skills.
• Skills to structure activities, to manage projects and change (evaluation of the impacts, communication and coaching of the stakeholders).
• Fluent in English, Dutch language is a plus.
• Familiarity with SAP Ariba or similar Procurement tool is beneficial.

What we offer

Surprisingly much! From our international headquarters in the Netherlands, you have an impact on what happens in our stores across Europe. We welcome more than 15 million customers every week in more than 2,700 stores in 12 European countries. We have great growth ambitions. For Action and for you. Because our growth means that you can always take new steps. A different position, an interesting innovation project, new skills: you can continue to develop as a professional. And all this in a culture where our shared values are truly lived: customer focus, teamwork, simplicity, discipline, cost-consciousness, and respect.

A market-based salary

• 24 days of holiday and the option to buy 5 extra days (based on 38 hours per week).
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of working up to 40% from home, of course in coordination with your team and manager.
• Annual bonus between 7.5% - 15% based on personal and business objectives
• 15% staff discount on your purchases at Action.
• A good pension scheme, collective health insurance, and travel expenses allowance.

How we contribute to society

If you only know Action from the stores, a world will open up for you when you come and work with us. We work hard to make a positive impact on society and the environment. Did you know, for example, that we sponsor more than 2,500 children worldwide who grow up in an SOS Children's Village? That our team reflects the diversity of our customers, including 155 different nationalities? That we purchase 94% of our wood products and 100% of our cotton sustainably? And that almost all our stores only use energy-efficient LED lighting? Yes, that is also Action. Curious about what other initiatives we’re facilitating? Join our team and find out for yourself.

Contact

• Christel Schermers
• Recruiter
• c.schermers@action.nl
• +31630600511