Junior Business Manager - Trading
In a nutshell
We’re looking for driven and curious future commercial leaders to join Picnic as Junior Business Managers. You'll work in the beating heart of our assortment strategy - diving deep into data, negotiating with suppliers, and creating the next product that makes customers smile.🥑🥐🍎
You’ll start in one of our Trading positions (Buying, Category Management, or Private Label) based on your strengths and interests, and shape your role from there. No fixed rotation. No waiting. Just real ownership from day one!
Tricks of the trade
Depending on your focus area, here’s what you could be doing:
Category management: Dive into customer data, market trends, and supplier insights to build a razor-sharp understanding of your category. Use this to guide commercial strategy and product choices.
Data-first buying decisions: Use customer behavior, sales trends, and pricing data to identify winning products and smart category innovations.
Supplier negotiations: Prepare and lead negotiations that secure the best terms. From initial outreach to signed contracts, you'll own the process end-to-end.
Private Label development: Collaborate on the creation of Picnic’s own products - from sustainable packaging and pricing to quality checks and market positioning.
Product & range optimization: Evaluate product performance and identify gaps or overlaps. Spot opportunities to improve assortment, margin, or availability.
Cross-functional collaboration: Partner with supply chain, design, and analytics teams to align commercial goals with operational excellence.
Category improvement plans: Build and execute clear improvement roadmaps, always balancing customer experience, commercial impact, and long-term category health.
And the best part? You can pivot between focus areas over time. Your growth is not linear, it’s yours to shape.
Your superpowers
Finishing (or recently completed) an MSc in Business, Economics, Analytics, Food Retail, or a related field.
Up to 5 years of experience in a commercial, analytical, or product-focused role within FMCG or retail - internships and student roles included.
A sharp analytical mindset with a commercial instinct; able to connect the dots between data and action
Able to juggle multiple projects without losing focus - structured, persistent, and calm under pressure
Known for building strong relationships and communicating clearly across diverse teams and stakeholders
Always scanning for opportunities - whether it’s a smarter way to negotiate, a better price, or a product with untapped potential
Naturally curious and quick to take ownership; not afraid to get stuck into the details
Fluent in English; Dutch is a bonus, not a must
You love food, retail, tech - or all three!
This is the start of a real career - not just a job or a rotation. You’ll build, learn, and grow with a team that thrives on doing things differently.
Excited? So are we. Apply today and let’s shape the future of online groceries together!
Picnic perks
🥗Fresh Lunch, coffee, and snacks
Our offices are equipped with fully-fledged coffee bars and a kitchen and chefs. They prepare delicious fresh and warm lunches every day so you can keep your energy up.
🚴🏼♂️Health insurance discount & bike plan
We have a partnership with CZ (a health insurance provider). Picnic employees get a discount on CZ insurance packages between 5% and 15%. Furthermore, through our partnership with Lease a Bike, you can rent-to-own a new (e)bike at a discounted rate
✍🏼 Learning & development
You’ll get ample opportunity to work on yourself at Picnic. We offer personal development through Lepaya courses, Academy trainings, and more. Interested in improving your mental wellbeing? Through OpenUp you get free access to trained psychologists and many courses.
All the rest
At Picnic you get 25 holidays, we cover your travel expenses and offer a pension plan. And your phone and laptop are on us, as well.
A bit about us
When you join Picnic, you’re joining the shopping revolution, delivering groceries to millions of people across Europe, and we’re growing fast. Think super fresh products and personal service, but in a modern, sustainable way. And we’re the only ones in the world doing it all by ourselves. From our fully automated fulfillment centre to delivery algorithms and marketing campaigns: we do it all in-house. Our team consists of 85+ nationalities and we’re always looking for new talent. Ready for the ride?
Recruitment Process
CV screening
Phone screening
Online assessment
Interviews
Assessment day
Closing interview
Offer
Commitment to equal opportunities
Picnic is an equal opportunity employer—this means that all decisions regarding applications will be based on qualifications and merit. Applicants will be regarded independently of age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, skin color, civil status, religious beliefs, physical or mental disability, or any other factors protected by law.
At Picnic, we celebrate and value our differences and are committed to building a safe and inclusive working environment where everyone can be themselves.
