Purchasing Project Manager

- 40 uur -

Project management, purchasing, retail, and working in an international environment. If these terms make your heart beat faster, we are looking for you. Project management is your strength. Adaptability and solution-oriented thinking are in your DNA. Every day in the project management team brings new challenges. Additionally, Karsten International is constantly evolving, and your personal development will certainly benefit from this. As a Purchasing Project Manager, you will oversee purchase projects from A to Z. You will play a key role, connecting purchasing, sales, logistics, design, marketing, quality, and our manufacturers. Together with your colleagues in China, you will be the main point of contact for our Chinese manufacturers.

Job overview:

• Project management of purchase projects.
• Handling purchasing orders and the associated deadlines.
• Responsible for creating and sending out new orders to suppliers.
• Monitoring product quality, in collaboration with our quality control department.
• Coordinating internal processes between the departments Quality Control, Design, Sales, Logistic and Finance.
• Planning kick-off meetings with all the departments and monitoring the progress.
• Internal point of contact for questions about assortments, prices, and other article information.
• Monitoring and updating data management systems like Business Central, MondayApp and Notion.
• Coordinate and label incoming and outgoing product samples.
• Checking and approving logistic information with supplier.
• Identifying trends to promote new product developments.

Katja, Project manager buying at Karsten International:
“At Karsten International you are working and growing in the best possible way. You are surrounded by people with tons of experience, eager to share their passion. At Karsten you will be noticed, and you will be heard. Over the past 4 years, I have worked on many different projects and there is much more to come. If you are looking for a job that is challenging, creative but most of all fun, this is the place to be.”

Your talents

To be successful in this position, you are precise, critical and take initiative when necessary. You are full of energy and only stop when you have achieved the desired result.

In addition, you have:

• Bachelor thinking and working level.
• At least two years of experience in a similar position.
• Nice to have: Experience in working with Chinese suppliers/manufacturers.
• Passion for product development and purchase.
• Problem solving mind set. You don’t see a problem, only solutions.
• Multitasking is a piece of cake.
• A purchasing process has no secrets for you.
• Strong proficiency in both spoken and written English; Dutch is a plus but not required.
• Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office tools.

What you can expect from us:

A great job within an enthusiastic team with an informal corporate culture. In addition to hard work, fun and collegiality are of paramount importance. Karsten International is in a phase of strong growth and development, so you have every opportunity to contribute to this.

Further:

• 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
• Its own football team
• Massage in the workplace
• Discount on cool products
• A weekly free lunch and fun company outings
• An Instagram-worthy and easily accessible office in Amsterdam
• A great team of colleagues