Operational Buyer Food

Your Work Context

The Jan De Nul Group focuses on complex projects and offers its clients – whether private or public – a comprehensive, bespoke package. This approach, combined with our technical expertise and many years of experience, ensures that we are among the very best in the industry.Are you passionate about optimising processes and finding the best deals? If so, you might just be the right candidate for our Operational Procurement Department in Aalst.

Your Role

As part of a large procurement organisation, you will be responsible for managing our procurement activities at an operational level for your relevant category. You will be supported in this by Procurement Excellence and a team of category buyers.As an operational food buyer, you will have a broad procurement portfolio comprising all food and related products on our various ships and shipyards at home and abroad.In this role, you will work on the range of food, non-food (e.g. cookware, kitchen appliances, etc.) and restricted products (e.g. alcohol) supplied to our ships and shipyards.Your main tasks and responsibilities:

• Requesting quotations and selecting ship suppliers with the aim of achieving the best value for money.
• Managing food lists relating to shore-based operations and suppliers.
• Monitoring the correct delivery of ordered products to ensure that delivery deadlines are met.
• Monitoring and handling complaints with a view to the ongoing evaluation of suppliers.
• Holding regular (online) meetings with suppliers to improve the quality of deliveries and collaboration.
• Monitoring invoices received to ensure correct payment to suppliers.
• Negotiating and purchasing standard equipment. Subsequently, also compiling catalogues for standard equipment on board the vessels: kitchen fittings, galley equipment, etc., in consultation with the Procurement Manager.
• Adjusting orders placed by the ship’s officers.

ProfileYou hold a bachelor’s degree or have equivalent experience. Experience in retail, hotel management and/or kitchen work, as well as initial experience within a procurement organisation, would be an advantage. You are a good communicator, meticulous and cost-conscious. You can express yourself fluently in Dutch and English.  

Working at Jan De Nul

Working at Jan De Nul means helping to find solutions to some of the greatest challenges of our time: from the energy transition and rising sea levels to smart mobility. It means learning and collaborating every day, with the aim of securing a better quality of life worldwide for generations to come.

What we offer

• Through the JDN Academy, we offer you a continuous learning and development programme.
• Through our FIT programme, we support your well-being, with a focus on exercise, nutrition, and a variety of team activities.
• A healthy work-life balance, including flexible working hours and occasional remote working.
• A permanent contract with 42 paid days off (20 statutory holidays, 12 ADV days, and 10 public holidays).
• An attractive salary with a 13th-month bonus and double holiday pay, including:
  • Meal vouchers and eco vouchers.
  • Public transport reimbursement and a bicycle allowance.
  • Group and hospitalisation insurance.
  • Various employee discounts.
• The opportunity to make a difference together with your colleagues in a stable and growing family-owned company.

The world is what you make of it

Jan De Nul shapes water and land around the world. We drive the transition towards renewable energy through offshore energy infrastructure. We focus on nature-inclusive dredging solutions to build ports and protect our coastlines. We develop innovative construction projects for smart mobility and sustainable buildings. And we redevelop our planet by giving polluted sites a new purpose.

At Jan De Nul, the world is what you make of it.

Jan De Nul Group promotes diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to a discrimination-free workplace.