Operational Buyer at Cannondale
Almelo, Overijssel, Netherlands, CRWU-Cannondale-6, 32-40 hours per week
For more than 50 years, Cannondale has been a leading innovator in the cycling world. As more riders of all ages and abilities get on the roads, trails, and streets than ever before, we’re here to do the best work of our lives to push the greatest human-powered machine into the future each and every day. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce where every teammate can succeed as we inspire riders everywhere.
You are part of the Purchasing department at our new high-end production location in Almelo. Within this hands-on position, you will be responsible for correct execution of the material requirements planning process. You are the point of contact for suppliers and the internal stakeholders. Working closely with your enthusiastic colleagues in Assembly, Planning, Purchasing, Logistics, Warehousing and Product Management is essential to achieving our goals.
Your job
- Validating the order proposals and timely processing of Purchase Orders.
- Maintaining open orders and work on the exception notices.
- Working proactively with Suppliers and our Planning team in case of deviations between supply and demand.
- Create and send out monthly forecasts to our suppliers.
- Monitor inventory levels and take timely and effective action on excess and obsolete materials.
- Signal and support improvements on lead-times/prices/ payment terms.
- Check invoices for Finance to process.
- Ensure correct cost prices are in the system and communicate proactively in case of big deviations.
- Ensure correct material master and vendor settings are in the system
- Measure and analyze our vendor performance (OTD Purchase Orders) and communicate underperformance within the company/supplier.
- Ensure relevant supplier information is brought into the organization.
- Perform standard and ad hoc analyses for procurement.
- Drive supply chain excellence by managing new product intro data.
- Analyze current processes related to procurement and look for improvements together with all stakeholders.
Your experience
- Bachelor’s degree in business, commercial economics, supply chain, logistics or other relevant fields.
- A few years of experience in a purchasing role is a big plus.
- Must be fluent in Dutch and English.
- Supply Chain knowledge.
- Proficiency with software systems (SAP preferred).
Your Team
A team of colleagues with often a great passion for our beautiful brand! Colleagues who help each other and are strong as a team. But are also flexible enough to think outside the box and proactive enough to get things done. Together you go for the best possible result! After all, you make an immediate impact and that is of course super cool!
You will also share knowledge and work closely with your driven and enthusiastic colleagues from PON.Bike Procurement.
Sound like you?
The future is here. Welcome to our Factory of the Future!
This is where we build our premium Cannondale bikes, something you’ll live and breathe the moment you step through the door. Our all-new facility offers a unique and open space that enables us to innovate using the latest technologies for years to come. See a product finish before your eyes and then easily decompress during lunch or by hitting our very own gym, freshening up in our shower facilities afterward. The factory is built for growth. Grow with us.
Become a part of the Cannondale family! Along with a competitive salary and benefits package, we offer you a challenging role at an international company with a strong brand. If you have an aspiration to work with a great cycling brand and an extremely dedicated and passionate team, please get in touch! Recruitment.europe@cannondale.com
Don’t meet every single requirement? At Cannondale we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
WE ARE A CYCLE FRIENDLY EMPLOYER
The cycle-friendly employer certification scheme was developed to establish a European standard for cycle friendly companies. The certification is intended to help European companies to improve the situation for employees that cycle to work. As an acknowledgement for our effort we received the certificate “cycle-friendly employer”.
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