Employee (f/m/x) in purchasing for product management

  • KARE Design GmbH
  • Garching b. München
  • Work experience
  • Purchasing, Materials Management, Logistics
  • Fulltime
  • Published: 2023-02-22
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KARE – a leader in its segment of the market – is a privately owned company with international operations in the field of furniture, lighting and furnishing accessories. With its ‘Joy of living’ slogan the company markets unconventional furnishing design at attractive prices under its own KARE brand since 1981. Today the company counts more than 200 shops in 50 countries.

To support the purchasing department in the KARE head office in Munich (Garching-Hochbrück) we are looking immediately for full-time employees (*) in purchasing with focus on product management.
*) Gender doesn't matter, the main thing is motivation

Your tasks:

  • Responsibility for product group areas
  • Continuous system support such as article creation and maintenance of article master data
  • Ensuring the availability and reliability of product data and information
  • Negotiating prices and conditions
  • Timely sample request and procurement
  • Support in planning and controlling the assortments
  • Trade fair preparation with pricing of new products
  • Supplier management

That's why you fit into our team:

  • Completed commercial training
  • Professional experience in the field of purchasing/trading and knowledge of distance selling would be an advantage
  • Passion and interest in the latest trends as well as existing product knowledge in interior design
  • Strong negotiating skills, assertiveness, good organisational and coordination skills and team player
  • Ability to work independently, quick comprehension, understanding of business administration, strong analytical skills and good numerical skills
  • Willingness to travel from time to time
  • Good MS-Office skills and ERP experience, knowledge of PIM (product information system) an advantage
  • Fluent German and English, both written and spoken

We offer you:

  • Dynamic, owner-managed company that stands for the pure joy of living and is unique and extraordinary
  • Agile environment and varied tasks
  • Flat hierarchy and open corporate culture
  • Possibility of a home office by arrangement
  • A team of unique colleagues
  • The KARE Academy in the head office and our e-Academy with a wide range of trainings support you in your daily work
  • Our subsidized fitness memberships with Body+Soul and EGYM Wellpass
  • Subsidized job bike leasing offer
  • Fresh meals from the in-house canteen
  • Free flatrate for coffee, tea, water, lemonade, fresh fruit ...
  • Various company events several times a year
  • Pension plan supported beyond the legal framework

Your application:

Become a part of the KARE team with varied and challenging tasks.
We look forward to receiving your application!
 
  • Olivia Kellermann
  • Head of Purchasing