Operational Buyer (m/f)
Woodpecker Group AG
Frauenfeld
Key information
- Publication date:05 January 2026
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Frauenfeld
Job summary
Join Woodpecker as an Operative Buyer in Switzerland! Enjoy a dynamic work environment and great benefits.
Tasks
- Ensure availability of products cost-effectively across locations.
- Manage orders, deadlines, and complaints efficiently.
- Build strong supplier relationships beyond just orders.
Skills
- Commercial or technical training with purchasing experience.
- Strong communication skills and structured approach.
- Proficiency in MS Office and ERP systems.
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Operational Buyer (m/f)
Location freely selectable: Frauenfeld, Landquart, Reiden or Schlieren
We are Woodpecker – passionate about wood for over 190 years!
At six locations throughout Switzerland (Frauenfeld, Landquart, Reiden, Schlieren, Bremgarten and Pratteln), over 180 motivated professionals create added value for our customers every day. Joiners, carpenters, timber builders, architects and landscapers – they all rely on our wood expertise.
Procurement that runs smoothly. Because you keep it running.
Anyone can click. You control, prioritize, negotiate – and make sure everything fits in the end? Perfect. That’s exactly who we’re looking for.
At Woodpecker, operational purchasing is not a quiet backroom, but a central lever. With responsibility, visibility and real influence.
Operational Buyer (m/f)
Your playing field
- Ensuring availability: You keep things running – across locations, cost-conscious and forward-looking.
- Purchasing with sense: Order, deadline, complaint? You have everything under control and stay one step ahead.
- Suppliers on equal footing: You build relationships instead of just managing order numbers – clear, binding, professional.
- Numbers, data, ERP: Clean data is not a nice-to-have for you, but a must. Because good decisions are based on it.
- Team instead of silos: You work closely with logistics, product management and sales – pragmatic and solution-oriented.
- Improving instead of just going along: You recognize where things are stuck, contribute ideas and implement improvements.
What you bring:
Commercial or technical basic training, further education in purchasing is an advantage
Several years of experience in operational purchasing (construction, trade, industry or consumer goods)
Clear communication, structured working method and decisiveness
Confident handling of MS Office and ERP systems
Very good German skills
International procurement (Europe) is a plus – not a must.
What you can expect from Woodpecker
Responsibility from day one – no micromanagement
Short paths, flat hierarchies, honest collaboration
A team that values performance and does not forget humor
5 weeks vacation, flexible working models including home office, strong social benefits
Development opportunities that are more than just a promise
… sounds like your territory?
Then show us what you’ve got! Send your CV to personal@woodpeckerag.ch
Our HR specialist Michèle Rupp looks forward to meeting you and will guide you through the application process
Let’s make purchasing work!
