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Our Assortment Team for the Fragrance category ensures that we have the best in class products to offer to our customers in our webshop and app. We are looking for a (Junior) Purchasing Manager, to join our team of six. In this position, you will have the opportunity to develop; your analytical and stakeholder management skills and gain a deep understanding of the beauty industry by managing your own suppliers and performing market research to identify opportunities.

What you can expect in this role

• Support in operational supplier management tasks within the fragrance category and schedule, plan, hold and follow up on supplier meetings
• Also, you will keep your portfolio’s performance in check by doing regular analysis of KPIs in close cooperation with our Category Manager and your direct manager
• Hold annual talks with your suppliers and negotiate; ensuring the best terms & conditions possible
• Act as interface between supplier and our internal stakeholders, such as the Retail Media, Master Data Management or Supply Chain Management team for inquiries
• With your interest in beauty, you stay up to date in terms of new brands and trends in the fragrance category and after evaluating their fit to flaconi, you onboard new brands into our webshop & app

Your essential experience and education

• Relevant years of experience in purchasing, ideally in an e-commerce environment. Experience in the beauty industry is a plus!
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills in English and German
• A good understanding of negotiations and the wish to develop your negotiation skills further 
• You enjoy working with numbers and would like to develop your analytical skills further 
• A structured and detail oriented working style
• A problem solving abilities and flexible mindset, especially when handling suppliers requests 

What's in it for you?

• Full transparency: For this role, we have a salary band between 40,000€ and 51,000€ gross per year for Junior position and between 50,000€ and 65,000€ for a mid-level position. The salary that we will offer you will always be within this span and is based on the skills that you show during the recruitment process
• Our employees matter to us: We offer you a permanent contract and will cover the costs for your BVG or Deutschland ticket
• Work-life balance: 29 vacation days, flexible working hours, up to three days of working from home a week and in specific cases the option to work 100 % remotely within Germany; the possibility of a paid sabbatical
• flaconi Academy: Actively shape your own career path by taking advantage of our internal and external training opportunities
• We care about your well being: We want to support you also during difficult times. For this, we offer you and your close relatives counseling sessions with mental health professionals
• flaconi Fitness: a wide range of sports options & discounts on memberships
• Family first: Our “emergency-daycare” is there for you in out-of-the-ordinary situations to look after your child on site at our office
• Thinking about tomorrow together: flaconi subsidizes your savings contribution to the company pension scheme with an additional 20%
• A comfortable working space with everything you need: High end technical equipment, fruits and drinks, no dress code and dogs are welcome in our office!
• Other perks: Great discounts in our online shop as well with our partner companies, cool team events & company parties!
   

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Shape our company’s success with us and apply now online! We look forward to receiving your complete application documents including your earliest starting date. Please direct your application to Alejandra Velasquez (Talent Acquisition).

flaconi is one of Germany’s leading online beauty and self-care retailers with an extensive portfolio of almost 1000 national and international brands and 50.000 products. Founded in 2011 as one of the first online perfumeries, flaconi is honored to work with more than 700 people from 60 different nations at the flaconi headquarters in Berlin-Charlottenburg and its fulfillment center in Halle. With the Flaconi Concept Store in Berlin flaconi is also represented in the stationary trade. flaconi has received numerous awards and is also represented in Austria, Poland and France.

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