Category Lead

In a nutshell

Products are the core of our business. We aim to offer the best product range, to make sure we always deliver the best quality. As Buyer / Category Lead, you're responsible to do this for your category. With your team you take full responsibility for your category, with the goal to make customers happy and improve profitability. Picnic is data-driven and complex – from pricing strategies, forecasting, warehouse automation, to the ever-expanding growth of our company, we are constantly faced with new challenges and opportunities…that’s where you come in! We are on the hunt for an experienced Buyer / Category Lead with superb category management and negotiation skills while building a high performing team and lasting relationships with suppliers.

Tricks of the trade

Supplier negotiations: Define clear negotiation strategies to ensure competitive conditions and run negotiations with suppliers from start until signed contract

Category development: Build and develop a deep understanding of your category through a combination of Picnic data, customer insights and supplier input

Identify opportunities: Keep an eye open for commercial opportunities and use data-first approach to identify category innovations

Category improvements: Create and execute a pragmatic plan to drive category improvements and understand the end-to-end supply chain and identify opportunities to improve the range, product quality and profitability

Team development and collaboration: Work together with your category team to bring the best to our customers

Your superpowers

MSc. degree in Business Administration, (Business) Economics or equivalent

6+ years of experience as a Buyer and/or Category Manager in a similar industry

Experience with leading a small team

Lots of energy, persistence and drive to ensure successful end result of projects

You know how to get the best best deals and are able to understand and assess what’s on “the nego table”

Go getting mentality, hands-on and nothing is impossible mindset

Excellent people knowledge and skills; you understand who you’re talking, their interests and how to build relationships

Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills

Fluency in Dutch and English

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 test

Interviews

Assessment day

Closing interview

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.

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