Our client is a global leading discounter for food and household products. The company is currently looking for a full-time Buying Manager for Brand Products in the food section in leading position for their headquarters in centered position in Austria.

Are you looking for a new professional challenge where you can shine with your purchasing experience?

Are you interested in FMCG and would you like to become the leader of a growing team?

Then apply for this long-term and promising position as "Buying Manager Brand Proucts (f/m/d)" and become part of a great purchasing team.

Your tasks

• Responsibility to globally buy and negotiate international brands

• Lead a buying business unit independently

• Coach and develop up to six direct reports

• Be responsible for driving the global buying strategy to ensure profit growth

• Focus on strategic business development within your department

• Be the central contact person for the brand suppliers, the national buying teams and other relevant internal/external stakeholders

• Build and maintain long lasting relationships with all required stakeholders

Your qualifications

• Completed studies in Economics or other commercial major

• Several years of experience as Buyer or Account Manager within FMCG areas of food / near-food / household

• Experience with branded buying or selling (A-Brand only) and with multinational stakeholder management

• Well-founded negotiation skills and high degree of assertiveness and flexibility

• Proficient in MS Office to efficiently work in a paper-free environment

• Business-fluent English - capability to negotiate and align with suppliers and international stakeholders

• International willingness to travel up to 25% of working time

Our offer

• 6 weeks of annual leave every year

• Options to work remotely - from home or anywhere within Austria and from abroad

• Relocation support (including visas/permits, home search and moving allowance)

• Free and subsidized healthy food and drinks provided at work
• Subsidized public transport

• Bike leasing program to save up to 20% on bike costs

• Discounts on a wide range of shopping in the categories like fashion, travel, sports and many more

Salary package offered

Gross annual salary starting from € 100.000 willingness to overpay with appropriate qualification.