The Kramp Indirect Procurement team is looking for a pro-active and commercially minded full-time team member. You will collaborate with stakeholders from various departments, e.g. Technology, Supply Chain and Marketing to support them with their requests. Are you commercial, analytical and willing to work in an international organization? Then we are looking for you!
What is your role?
As a Buyer Indirect Spend, you will be supporting the business with Procurement activities such as supplier selection, (re)negotiations of contracts/work statements, commercial advice.
In this role, you will be responsible, amongst other activities, for the following:
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Leading sourcing activities (RFI / RFP / single source negotiations / supplier contracting)
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Identifying cost savings opportunities
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Contract management
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Spend analysis
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Supplier Relationship Management for key suppliers
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Managing your Indirect Procurement categories
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Procurement Category strategy development in alignment with business strategy
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Ensuring compliance with Kramp’s Procurement policies and procedures
The team
The Buyer Indirect Spend is part of the Indirect Procurement team within Group Management, reporting to the Procurement Manager Indirect Spend. The team consists of four people in total. The team plays a key role within Kramp for selecting Indirect suppliers with the best mix of quality and price.
Everyone within the team works on their own Procurement categories and projects with various stakeholders in different clusters, countries and business units.
You will regularly meet in the office or online and discuss (complex) issues with your manager and direct team members. In this way, you work both independently and together as a team across the whole organization. This is in line with our core values: collaboration, care and ownership.
Who are you?
You are available for 40 hours per week and based in the Netherlands, so you could work together with your team and stakeholders from our Headquarters in Varsseveld or from our office in Utrecht. You have a proactive attitude, and you are willing to go that extra mile. In addition, you are eager to develop yourself continuously.
Besides this, we are looking for someone who has:
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Completed a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Supply Chain, or a related field
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At least 5 years of relevant professional experience
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Strong ability to build relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organization
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Strong presenting, negotiating and persuading skills
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A strategic mindset and experience with developing a category strategy
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Commercial skills
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Fluent in written and spoken English
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A data driven and analytical mindset
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Excellent knowledge of Procurement Processes
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Experience with e-sourcing tools is regarded as an asset
What do we offer?
As an ambitious, fast-growing, and financially sound organization, you can expect several important benefits from us. We prioritize personal development and provide a substantial budget for courses and training. In addition to your monthly salary, we offer various benefits, including:
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25 vacation days and 12 ADV days, based on a full-time contract
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Flexible working and working from home allowance
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Travel allowance
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Great budget for training and courses
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Generous Pension scheme
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Laptop and phone
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Profit-sharing bonus
We are flexible regarding where you would like to work, whether it's at our headquarters in Varsseveld, or in our office in Utrecht.
Procedure and contact
If this role and its requirements excite you, we’d love to hear from you. Please apply via the application button and submit your CV and motivation letter.
Even if you don’t meet every requirement but believe you’re a strong fit, we encourage you to apply and tell us why.
Do you have a question about this role? Please don’t hesitate to contact Eirini Dragoumanou – Talent Acquisition Specialist, [email protected].
About us
Thanks to our ambitions we are active throughout Europe: a leading position in the agricultural market for parts. We heavily invest in E-Business and innovations. Our aim is to make it easy for our customers to run their business. Working at Kramp means working with over 3500 international colleagues. The people at Kramp are enthusiastic, professional and involved. We speak our customers’ language, understand their challenges and earn their trust to exceed their expectations. Our promise “It’s that easy” is embedded in our culture and DNA.
Working at Kramp means:
… you belong here! Being part of our open business community
… your work makes a difference! Have an impact on what matters
… you will develop and realize! Learn and realize your potential
More about Kramp: https://group.kramp.com/en/careers/
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