Purchasing specialist
Start ASAP
Full-time / Contract
Wage (gross) 1000 - 1500€ / month (depending on experience)
Kosice, Slovakia / remote work
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- place orders with vendors, ordering transport;
- manage purchasing budget 5M€/Y, about 50+ suppliers and 1000 SKUs;
- analyse your portfolio of suppliers, analyse products for listing or delisting, analyse size and periodicity of orders, minimaliste overstock or out of stock, analyse margins, trade conditions;
- solve complaints with suppliers;
- negotiate advantageous deals from suppliers;
- update internal databases with order details (dates, vendors, quantities, discounts);
- pre-stock, create of products and transport ordering;
- maintain invoices and contracts with suppliers.
REQUIREMENTS - MUST HAVE:
- fresh graduate required or University under-graduate;
- English level: B2/C1 proficiency;
- analytical skills and strong attention to detail;
- ability to run several tasks parallelly and take over large responsibility;
- experience of doing cost analyses and cost / processes optimizations an advantage;
- work in a very fast working ecosystem, start up with triple digits growth;
- business spirit and negotiation skills;
- desire to grow and self-educate beyond working responsibilities;
- always going the extra mile to achieve great results.
REQUIREMENTS - NICE TO HAVE:
- advanced Google sheets;
- experience in B2B purchasing from abroad;
- experience in B2B purchasing;
- passion for sports nutrition industry and healthy grocery;
- experience with procurement;
- experience with clearance goods from abroad;
- agile project management foundations,
- certification from fields supply chain management, operational excellence work-out and kaizen facilitator or lean inventory management;
- knowledge of customs legislation.
