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Buyer for Services (m/f/x)

Location: Haren
Working Hours: Full-time employee


1,400 employees in 24 locations around the world with a fleet of 60,000+ circulating containers. Since ELA’s establishment in 1972, our business has continuously been expanding, we are specialists in mobile room solutions. Our family-run company based in Haren (Ems), Germany, is growing at a fast pace and we are actively looking for qualified and dedicated team players to join us locally, internationally and beyond.

Are you eager to take on responsibility, tackle complex challenges with a solution-oriented mindset, and actively contribute to exciting projects? Then this is your opportunity to step into a versatile role where you’ll not only manage tenders and negotiations but also help shape and optimize processes. Join a dynamic team that values initiative, collaboration, and continuous development! 

Your Future Role

  • Carrying out and organising tenders for subcontractor services
  • Carrying out research and preparing the results for presentation
  • Independently conducting negotiations in the national and international environment
  • Coordinating with related interfaces such as production, technical office or distribution
  • Participation in varied project tasks
  • Elaboration and optimisation of processes

What You Bring to the Team

  • Successfully completed commercial training as an industrial clerk (m/f/d), office clerk (m/f/d), a degree in (technical) business administration, industrial engineering or a comparable qualification
  • Experience in the tendering of subcontractor services
  • Extensive knowledge and very good handling of the current MS Office applications
  • Goal-oriented approach to work and a strong awareness of costs
  • Good understanding of technical contexts
  • Very good knowledge of German and English, both written and spoken

What you can expect from us 

  • We can help you with emergency childcare
  • We’d like for you to continue developing, which is why we support your personal development with a tailored range of options
  • Once ELA, always ELA. When you join our company, we want you to be a key member of the team, which is why we’ll offer you a permanent contract
  • The ELA Corporate Benefits portal offers attractive discounts on more than 1,500 brands from all relevant areas of life 
  • We offer you flexible working hours and the opportunity to work flextime
  • Our company fitness program: for just €25 a month, you can have access to thousands of gyms, swimming pools, and more throughout Germany, including unrestricted digital access
  • We want you to be optimistic about the future, which is why we support you with our company retirement plans and capital-forming benefits for your financial security
  • Your health matters to us, which is why we offer you height-adjustable desks in every office
  • Our company restaurant serves up fresh, delicious lunches on a daily basis
  • You have the option to work up to 60% of your week from home
  • We organize an extensive onboarding program for you at our headquarters in Haren (Ems), so that you can get to know the entire company, our products, and our employees
  • There’s no need to part ways with your four-legged friend at ELA, as you can simply bring your dog with you into the office if the situation allows

How You can apply

Please send your documents via our career website https://career.ela-container.com or via email career@ela-container.com including your CV, your essential certificates and qualifications, as well as a few lines about yourself and why we fit. We would then like to meet and have a personal conversation with you. We look forward to hear from you!


Any questions?
Contact us via email or WhatsApp/text message on +49 1511 9539616.