What will your job look like?
Vandapower is growing rapidly, and we're looking for someone who can help power that growth by building and developing strong, win-win partnerships with our suppliers. If you’re a natural relationship builder, a savvy negotiator, and you thrive on connecting the dots between people and ideas, we want to hear from you!
Your responsibilities include:

• Negotiate win-win collaborations with new and existing suppliers. Understand and explain both our and our suppliers’ strategy and identify common ground.
• Identify and deliver opportunities for improvement of our terms with suppliers, including margin enhancement, lead sharing and operational win-win models.
• Identify potential new suppliers globally who would fit in our strategy and product portfolio.
• Work closely with the rest of the team (both in Europe and North America) to decide how the product portfolio and market coverage should evolve.
• Build in-depth knowledge about our suppliers and their product lines and exchange the necessary information with the rest of the team to drive market success.
• Set up relations between the right contacts at our suppliers and Customer Service, Sales, Product Management where needed.

What is in it for you?
☻ A fast-growing, international company, multicultural environment
☻ Growth opportunities & personal development
☻ Teambuilding every 6 months (BBQ, paintball, bowling, escape room, ..)
☻ Close follow-up and mutual feedback
☻ Hospitalization AG insurance
☻ 6 ADV days a year
☻ Lunchbreak walks outside or playing a game on the kicker table
☻ Free coffee (incredible coffee bean machine), tea, soda, water, ...
☻ Did we already mention the amazing colleagues?
☻ And most importantly: French fries Fridays!
Are you the right person?
You have a strong talent for building successful relations and finding creative solutions. You can be calm in stressful situations and have excellent negotiation skills. You have no problem with intensive global travelling. You are proficient in English, other languages as German or Dutch are a plus.
You have excellent analytical skills, while being able to keep a high-level view. You can build up knowledge about the functioning, the benefits and disadvantages of industrial products and analyze the match with target markets and applications.
You conduct your own scouting and market analysis and take full ownership of supplier onboarding projects. At the same time, you are a real team player. You have a high level of professionalism and flawless integrity. You prefer candid communication.
Our values of Straight Talk, Respect, Reliability, Drive to Excellence are of great importance to you.
Not able to match all the boxes but feeling confident about being the right person in the right place? Great! Feel free to reach out. In a first talk we’ll check if there is a “click”, as this is very important to us.
Who is Vandapower?
Vandapower is a fast-growing company. It is market leader in the niche market of distributing components for electric vehicles, industrial batteries and several other markets. Our customers are both independent SMEs and multinational corporations. Through our operations in Erpe-Mere, Belgium, in the UK (Havant) and in US (Texas) we serve customers worldwide.
We strive to settle our leadership position in new markets and regions. This is made possible by combining our clear values, talented individuals, an agile organization and a strong focus on customer intimacy, market knowledge and service quality.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent contract
Benefits:

• Cell phone reimbursement
• Christmas basket
• Company car
• Company computer
• Company events
• Food allowance
• Fuel card
• Hospitalization insurance
• Internet reimbursement
• Professional development assistance
• Travel reimbursement
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental Pay:

• 13th month salary
• Bonus pay
• Vacation money
• Yearly bonus

Application Question(s):

• Do you live in Belgium?

Experience:

• Procurement: 3 years (Required)
• Negotiation: 2 years (Required)

Language:

• English (Required)
• Dutch (Preferred)

Willingness to travel:

• 50% (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in 9420 Erpe-Mere