Operational Buyer

Operational Buyer

Your duties:

As an operational buyer, you will play a crucial role in the procurement process of our materials, both for our existing product portfolio and new developments. This position is an ideal opportunity for recent graduates or individuals up to 3y experience to work with suppliers and internal colleagues on a daily basis to develop a broad business understanding.

• You will support the procurement process by performing accurate administrative tasks and ensuring efficient order processing
• You are the first point of contact for operational questions to our suppliers. In doing so, you take a customer-oriented approach and support our customer excellence department.
• You are an essential link in building and maintaining sustainable long-term relationships with our key suppliers
• You also monitor and coordinate delivery times and provide administrative follow-up of contracts and price agreements.
• You also take on a coordinating role when articles and/or suppliers are phased in or out.
• You organise and support the structural reporting of our purchase department
• You follow up the introduction of new developments from A to Z. You work on a project basis and ensure that deadlines are not compromised.
• You are in close contact with the various suppliers for ordering prototypes, following up the first deliveries and evaluating them.
• With your proactive attitude, you anticipate problems and build in interim evaluations with suppliers in order to take the necessary actions in good time.
• When a development is ready, you determine the stock policy according to existing guidelines and correctly enter the data into the ERP system.
• You are willing to perform other administrative tasks

Your profile:

•  You hold a professional bachelor's degree (business management, supply chain management, international business, logistics management, etc.) or equivalent through relevant experience
• You have an affinity with logistics and supply chain
• You are an administrative jack-of-all-trades who works accurately and also enjoys human interaction with suppliers
• You are hands-on, hands-on, proactive and solution-oriented
• You communicate in a confident, friendly and respectful manner with internal and external stakeholders
• You are a real team player who can also work independently
• You are fluent in the standard office packages (including excel)
• You have good oral and written knowledge of Dutch and English, other languages are a plus

 Your new working environment:

•  A pleasant and dynamic working atmosphere with a new challenge every day.
• The opportunity to make your mark on the future, at a socially responsible and sustainable company that plays the card of innovation and digital technology.
• The opportunity for self-development and professional training.
• A competitive salary and numerous fringe benefits, in return for your expertise and commitment.
• A mobility plan that allows you to travel to work easily, healthily and green.

About us:

At Reynaers Aluminium you come to the specialist in developing and marketing advanced and sustainable aluminium solutions for architectural applications. Partners around the world have been processing the Belgian family company's solutions into beautiful windows, doors and façade systems for more than 50 years. With 2750 employees in more than 40 different countries and an annual turnover of €638 million (2021), you are at the same time assured of an international environment with a high level of ambition.

Your workplace in Belgium is the Reynaers Campus in Duffel, the headquarters of Reynaers. The Campus not only houses offices, you will also find a Technology Centre, Training Centre, 62 000 m² of warehouses and a virtual reality meeting space for partners, among other things.

Together for Better is our motto. We go a long way in supporting clients, architects and investors with our services. Our open and proactive collaborations allow us to achieve the highest standards and together achieve the best results in any project, large or small.