Manager Purchasing EMEA - Herbalife - Nederland

Manager Purchasing EMEA
Herbalife is global nutrition and
direct selling company offering a
range of science-based weight
management products, nutritional,
energy and fitness supplements,
as well as personal care products
to support a healthy lifestyle. The
company pursues its global
mission of ‘changing people’s
lives’ by marketing and selling its
products through a network of 2.2
million independent distributors
who conduct business in over 76
countries worldwide. In the EMEA
region Herbalife is active in 42
countries. The EMEA Head Office
is located in Uxbridge (London).
In Venray (Netherlands) the
EMEA Distribution Center is
located and with more than 130
employees the EDC takes care of
the distribution to independent
Distributors (Europe) and other
Distribution Centers (Worldwide).
This newly created position will allow EDC Venray to manage better
relationships with it’s vendors, improving supply and cost efficiency.
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Tasks and responsibilities
Manages Venray Purchasing team and day-to-day business as it relates to
supply of Herbalife product and other purchases bearing items into Venray’s
European Distribution Center;
Responsible for product availability and zero OOS (Out of Stock) situation
within the entire (EMEA) supply chain;
Manage vendor relationships and assist in building effective partnerships;
Assist department management in developing and implementing purchasing
strategies for products;
Develops systems and processes to support and improve EMEA product
availability while reducing inventory holding;
Sets team objectives and creates environment for team to meet these and for
them to take ownership and strive for continuous (process) improvement;
Procurement of Product, Marketing Material and packaging (components);
Prepare contracts (DSA’s); agreeing terms and conditions with EMEA based
Product suppliers;
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor degree in Business Economics, NEVI 1, preferably NEVI 2
Highly developed analytical skills;
At least 3 years experience in a supervisory position within a FMCG multi
national environment;
Experience with purchasing in an international setting
Thorough knowledge of ERP software, preferably Oracle;
Fluent in English, verbally and in writing;
Perform well under pressure handling multiple dead lines;
Hands-on mentality;
Strong customer focus and result oriented;
Excellent organizational and problem solving skills with the ability to deal with
changing priorities;
Highly communicative, across all levels of the organization and external
business relations
We Offer
Herbalife offers challenging jobs in a professional and informal work environment.
We also offer the opportunity to gain both great work experience and personal
experience, in a setting of high empowerment. Our employees say that they really
enjoy working with their colleagues and working in an international setting. They
value the opportunity to travel and meet people with different cultural
backgrounds. We promote a healthy life-style and care about the community and
are very committed to our Casa Herbalife programs.
Application details
If you are interested in this position, please send your application before May 31st
to hrnetherlands@herbalife.com. For more information please contact Patrick
Berkien (Sr. Manager Supply Chain Planning & Vendor Management EMEA) via
0478 55 6079.