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Buying Assistant

  • On-site
    • Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
  • €2,700 - €3,300 per month
  • Buying

Job description

32 - 40 hours per week 

Do you want to combine your love for purchasing, multitasking and retail within an international working environment? Do you like to grow into a buying team and create improvements within the team? That's possible with us! 

As an buying assistant you will help with the development of cool products and offer support to the buyer in every area. This can be trend watching, doing market research and help finding white spots within specific product categories. You will form a team with our category buyers and project manager buying and give support in the process of bringing products to the market. 

Your tasks will further consist of: 

  • Coordinate and label incoming and outgoing product samples. 
  • Ordering market references. 
  • Market research, trend watching and making comparisons. 
  • Making price calculations for sales quotations. 
  • Testing of incoming product samples. 
  • Other supportive and administrative tasks to relieve the buyer, such as booking trips, making PowerPoints, managing samples etc.. 

Job requirements

Your talents: 

  • At least 2 years of relevant work experience and willingness to learn. 
  • Completed MBO or HBO education in purchasing and/or administration. 
  • Good command of the Dutch and English language, spoken and written. 
  • Excellent knowledge and command of Microsoft Office; advanced in the use of Excel. 
  • Reliable, accurate and good administrative skills. 
  • You have an affinity with retail. 


Who we are? 

Karsten International develops a wide range of products for daily use, from the latest gadgets to sustainable beauty products. You name it, we make it. In addition to working hard and delivering quality, enjoyment and collegiality are our top priorities. The team consists of driven product developers, sales experts, logistics talents, online marketing specialists and graphic designers. Thanks to a broad international network and more than ten years of experience, we are winning the hearts of consumers all over the world with our products. You will be given every opportunity to contribute to this. To ensure that you stay in top condition, we offer you: 

  • Space for personal growth and professional development 
  • An excellent pension scheme 
  • Travel allowance 
  • 13th month 
  • 8% holiday pay 
  • An extensive lunch 
  • Fresh fruit 
  • Freshly ground coffee 
  • Boot camp 
  • Yoga 
  • Lease a bike option 
  • OpenUp for mental health 
  • Karsten football team 
  • Massage in the workplace 
  • Discount on cool products 
  • Fun company outings 
  • An Instagram-worthy and easily accessible office in Amsterdam 
  • A great team of colleagues 
  • Support on HSM visa and 30% ruling application if applicable  

Here you can already view your new workplace:


Are you the candidate we are looking for? Then we would like to receive your motivation with CV short motivation via the application link.  

Questions? Ask our Recruiter Fanisha: 


Mobile: +31 6 27 46 47 74 | Landline: +31 20 261 4883  

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