Junior Operational Buying Manager

🕒 April 30

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Packmatic

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11 - 50 employees

🤝 B2B

🛍️ eCommerce

🏪 Marketplace

💰 Seed Round on 2021-09

B2B • eCommerce • Marketplace

Packmatic is a leading digital platform specializing in product packaging. Based in Germany, the company offers an all-in-one purchasing solution that connects customers with the best packaging suppliers across Europe. Through its vast supplier network and innovative Smart-Matching technology, Packmatic helps businesses optimize their packaging procurement process, ensuring guaranteed cost savings and quality enhancement. The platform offers independent expert advice from packaging engineers, extensive supplier transparency, and helps realize significant time and cost efficiencies. Packmatic primarily serves over 300 satisfied clients by facilitating supplier matching and providing results within weeks, focusing on cost savings, sustainability, and quality. Its services are geared towards businesses looking to streamline and enhance their packaging supply chain through digital transformation.

📋 Description

• You negotiate with suppliers from our partner network and ensure customer requests are procured on optimal terms. • You identify gaps in the supplier network and actively contribute to the development and acquisition of new suppliers. • You work closely with the Packaging team on customer projects and support both technical and commercial coordination. • You recognize improvement opportunities in existing processes and contribute ideas to make our purchasing more efficient and scalable. • You actively maintain existing supplier relationships and act as the primary contact for operational queries and escalations. • You coordinate closely with the Sales and Customer Success teams to process customer requests on time and to the required quality standards. • You research potential new suppliers and make initial contact to expand our partner network.

🎯 Requirements

• Completed degree (Bachelor’s or Master’s), preferably with a business or technical focus. • Initial professional experience in purchasing, supply chain, or partnership management—either through internships or up to two years in a permanent role, ideally in an industrial or trade-related environment. • You have already gained first-hand experience with supplier engagement and communication. • Strong communication skills: you can communicate clearly and reliably with suppliers and internal stakeholders—fluent German and English, both written and spoken. • Structured and dependable working style—even when managing multiple priorities. • Strong problem-solving orientation: you don’t wait for someone else to solve a problem—you take initiative. • You bring a passion for technical topics and the packaging industry.

🏖️ Benefits

• Ownership: You will be part of a highly motivated, versatile, and successful team and will have a high degree of freedom and responsibility from day one. • Impact: Join the company early, help shape our success, and work with an exceptional team! • Flexibility: You will work from a great office in Berlin – Prenzlauer Berg. • Leadership: You will work at a company with an inspiring vision, led by experienced serial founders and supported by leading investors! • Recognition and commitment: We believe in fair compensation and you will benefit from a clear growth and development path.