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Junior Buyer

City: Schiphol

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Supply

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

As a Junior Buyer within the Global Packaging Procurement team, you will support the sourcing, category management and supplier management activities for Pallets EU and Adhesives EU/NAC, overseeing a combined spend of £18M. You will work in a dynamic, international environment, partnering with procurement peers, factories, suppliers and cross‑functional teams across Europe, the US, and other regions.

This role is a strong development opportunity for early‑career talent looking to build procurement expertise. You will contribute to strategic initiatives, support category leadership, participate in supplier negotiations, and help shape procurement decisions that impact product launches, packaging improvements and supply resiliency.

Your responsibilities

Develop and execute the optimal strategy that delivers business objectives.
Deliver results in key performance areas: cost management, financial forecast, NWC, service and quality, process improvements and innovation.
Have full financial accountability for the category: Plan, Forecast, PPV, NWC, prices compliance.
Support innovation implementations in the category while securing a resilient supply chain.
Manage and develop strategic supplier relationships.
Develop Commodity Risk Management strategy aligned with key stakeholders.
Develop and implement sustainability strategy in collaboration with Sustainability group.

The experience we're looking for

6–12 months of experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, or related areas (internship experience accepted).
A degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance or a related field.
Strong analytical skills and ability to work confidently with data.
Familiarity with procurement systems (e.g., Ariba, Anaplan or equivalent).
Fluent written and spoken English – C1 level
Excellent relationship-building skills and a collaborative working style.
Strong communication and presentation skills, with confidence to support category discussions with senior stakeholders
Ability to work in a multicultural, international environment.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
Ability to manage multiple tasks and adapt to shifting priorities.
Willingness to travel within Europe when required.

The skills for success

Supply Chain Management, Relationship Management, Business Accumen, Productivity management, Improve business processes, Distribution Logistics, Logistics Management, Management Third-party Logistics Providers, Supply Chain Planning, Vendor Negotiation, Contract Negotiation, Supply Management, Procurement.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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