Assistant to the Head of Purchasing and the Purchasing Department (m/f/d) 100%

You support the head of purchasing and his team in coordinating the international purchasing activities of the Intercoop House & Garden Cooperative. For this purpose, you prepare meeting documents and create presentations and minutes. You organize and monitor appointment processes and coordinate meetings with national and international contacts. To a limited extent, you also negotiate independently with our business partners. You independently and reliably handle any administrative tasks.

Function as the "extended arm" of the head of purchasing / CPO

• Independent substantive preparation and follow-up of topics, presentations, meetings, and decisions.
• Independent development of concepts and decision templates for the head of purchasing.
• Proactive identification and implementation of optimization potentials in daily business.
• Management and monitoring of ongoing projects in close coordination with the CPO.
• Coordination and communication with national and international business partners at management level.

• Support of the head of purchasing and his team in coordinating the international purchasing activities of the Intercoop House & Garden Cooperative.
• Preparation of meeting documents as well as creation of presentations and minutes.
• Organization and monitoring of appointments and meeting processes.
• Coordination of meetings with national and international contacts.
• To a limited extent, independent negotiations with business partners.
• Independent and reliable handling of any administrative tasks.

• Administrative and organizational support of the head of purchasing and the purchasing team.
• Obtaining offers from suppliers and service providers, partly independently, partly under guidance.
• Support in conducting internal and external working groups, committee meetings, and the annual IC workshop / trade fair appearance.
• General administrative tasks and office organization

• Successfully completed commercial training or studies, ideally with a focus on purchasing, business administration, or comparable.
• Ideally professional experience in the assistant area, preferably in an international purchasing environment.
• Strong independence, initiative, and structured working style.
• Strong communication skills and professional appearance at all levels.
• High resilience and the ability to keep a cool head even in stressful situations.
• Very good knowledge of MS Office (especially PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook).
• Fluent German and very good English skills in spoken and written form; French or other language skills are an advantage.
• Organizational talent with a high degree of discretion and reliability.
• Desire to develop within the company towards a purchaser role.

The Intercoop House & Garden Cooperative is the leading purchasing organization for retail with a cooperative background in Europe. It has 14 members in 9 European countries. Together, our members operate over 5,000 stores across Europe and have an annual purchasing volume of over 3.0 billion €. Intercoop is headquartered in Biel/Switzerland and has an exclusive network of agencies and agents worldwide. This ensures our members direct access to suppliers from various regions worldwide. Intercoop bundles approximately 400 suppliers from 31 countries as a purchasing organization.

To strengthen our team, we are looking for an Assistant to the Head of Purchasing and the Purchasing Department who not only takes on classic assistant tasks but also acts proactively, independently develops topics, and acts as a trusted interface to the CPO.

If you have any questions, the CPO, Björn Löhrmann, is happy to assist you at +41 32 545 00 03. Further information can be found on our new career page: https://inter-coophg.com/de/karriere.