Media Buyer

**Your mission**:

- Responsibility for one or more indirect purchasing marketing commodity groups with a focus on digital and offline media
- Develop, establish and maintain cost-effective, service-oriented and quality-driven supplier relationships in alignment with company goals and industry "best practices"
- Conduct market, supplier and pricing analysis
- Execution of decision-making processes with different stakeholders and for this purpose prepare strategies, concepts and argumentations for decision-making bodies in a comprehensible way
- Conducting marketer and supplier negotiations, evaluating offers and securing contract conclusions in cooperation with the legal department
- Identification of business ideas for the expansion of existing and the development of potential new markets (core focus on expansion in CEE)
- Further development of functional performance indicators as well as continuous review of improvement potentials and supplier risks
- Contact person for internal customers and stakeholders on purchasing needs, processes and guidelines for own commodity group(s)

**Your profile**:

- Successful completion of a business degree, ideally with a focus on supply chain management, marketing or comparable qualification
- At least three years of professional experience in a strategic purchasing function, preferably in a related industry, as well as a fundamental understanding of
- Procurement channels and instruments of indirect purchasing
- In-depth knowledge of the different media, their strengths and weaknesses, adequate deployment options and costs
- Very good MS-Office skills as well as experience in dealing with different procurement solutions (e.g. SAP Ariba)
- Strong analytical skills and affinity for numbers as well as solution-oriented, structured and service-oriented way of working
- Team player with communication and negotiation skills in cross-hierarchical stakeholder management
- Business fluent in English

**Why us?**:

- Diverse projects in one of the most successful fashion retailers in Europe
- A dynamic working environment characterized by team orientation and a high level of personal responsibility
- The opportunity for both personal and professional development
- Development opportunities tailored to the individual needs of the employee
- Attractive workplace with a very good location
- Employee discounts in P&C stores
- Cultural, sports and health offers
- Flexible working: Home office & office

Flat hierarchies, swift decision-making and an agile way of working characterize the new-work environment at JC New Retail, founded in October 2021.

As an integral-part of the Peek & Cloppenburg Group JC New Retail combines start-up vibes with the experience and security of a 120 years family business.

Aligned with the ambitious goals of international expansion and digitalization, JC new retail combines central functions such as procurement, strategy, IT and marketing that coordinate processes crucial for Peek & Cloppenburg Group.

The focus is always on the best possible customer orientation. With its analytical and strategic orientation, JC New Retail will play a decisive role in the successful omnichannel transformation of Peek & Cloppenburg Group's portfolio, which continues to grow internationally.