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Buyer (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. 

 


Do you have a talent for organization, love negotiating good deals and always keep an overview? Perfect! We are looking for you as a Buyer (m/f/x) to strengthen our purchasing team. Whether product groups, services or projects - with your flair for markets and trends, you will actively shape our purchasing strategy. You will ensure that we not only secure the best conditions, but also build long-term, successful partnerships.

But it's not just what you can do that counts for us - it's also who you are. With your individual talents, qualifications and ambitions, you will fit in with us if you are looking for exciting challenges, development opportunities and a relaxed “Moin” culture. Sounds exciting? Then we should get to know each other better!

Your Future Role

  • Carrying out market analyses and identifying potential suppliers
  • Negotiating prices, delivery terms and contracts with suppliers
  • Implementation of product group or service strategies to optimize procurement costs
  • Creating reports and analyses to provide data-based support for purchasing decisions
  • Participation in varied project tasks in the purchasing area
  • Coordination with related departments to ensure an efficient purchasing process

What You Bring to the Team

  • Successfully completed commercial training as an industrial clerk (m/f/x), office clerk (m/f/x), or successfully completed studies in the field of business administration, industrial engineering or a comparable qualification
  • First professional experience as a purchaser (m/f/x), buyer (m/f/x), material planner (m/f/x) or in a similar field is an advantage
  • Negotiating skills and assertiveness as well as cost awareness
  • Good understanding of technical contexts and analytical thinking
  • Very good written and spoken German and English skills

What you can expect from us 

  • 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
  • With us, you can expect flat hierarchies and short decision-making processes
  • 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
  • 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 (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.

 
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