{"id":4095181,"url":"https://alion.io/job/danish-crown-technical-buyer-mfd","title":"Technical Buyer (m/f/d)","company":{"id":2648,"name":"Danish Crown","domain":"danishcrown.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/danish-crown-gbs","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SuccessFactors","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":95,"open_postings":3,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0.333,"time_to_fill_p50_days":30,"computed_at":"2026-11-11T05:49:22Z"}},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":null,"employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Haarlem, Netherlands"],"countries":["NL"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-11T20:58:55Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-11","last_verified_at":"2026-11-12T03:27:52Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"11/11/2026\nDanish Crown Foods\nNLD-Haarlem\nTechnical Buyer (m/f/d)\nAre you passionate about procurement and ensuring the smooth supply of materials to production? Do you enjoy working in a structured and proactive way, coordinating deliveries, and collaborating closely with various departments? Are you someone who takes ownership, maintains an overview, and thrives in a dynamic manufacturing environment?\nThen join us as an Technical Buyer (m/f/d) at our Haarlem site!\nWhat is the job about?\nTo strengthen our Procurement team in Haarlem, we are looking for a driven and proactive Technical Buyer who moves smoothly between the factory and purchasing. You are someone who takes responsibility, maintains the big picture, and can switch between tasks quickly.\nIn this role, you will ensure the timely availability of spare parts. You will work closely with suppliers, craftsmen and central procurement in Denmark to ensure that purchasing processes run smoothly and efficiently. Further, you play an important role in maintaining reliable material flows and continuously improving our procurement processes.\nYou will report directly to the Head of Procurement, who is placed in Denmark, and have a dotted line to the Maintenance & Engineering Manager, located in Haarlem.\nYour Responsibilities:\nPlace and manage purchase orders (POs) with suppliers to ensure the timely availability of spare parts, lubricants required for production and various services.\nCoordinate deliveries, monitor progress, and ensure that suppliers meet agreed delivery schedules and commitments.\nIdentify delivery deviations and initiate appropriate actions to resolve bottlenecks and prevent disruptions to production.\nCheck invoices and prices and ensure the correct processing of purchasing-related transactions.\nCollaborate closely with the factory and central procurement in Denmark to ensure efficient procurement processes and reliable material supply.\nCoordinate article changes and new product introductions, ensuring that the relevant purchasing activities are aligned with production requirements.\nMonitor KPIs, support complaint handling, and identify opportunities to improve procurement processes and operational performance.\nContribute to continuous improvement initiatives, sustainability, and more efficient ways of working.\nEnsure procurement orders regarding CAPEX / investments.\nYour Profile:\nHigher Professional Education (HBO) working and thinking level, preferably in a commercial, supply chain, business administration, or comparable field.\nRelevant professional experience in a supporting role within procurement, technical know how.\nBasic experience with ERP systems; knowledge of SAP is an advantage.\nThe ability to work effectively within a matrix organization and collaborate with different stakeholders across departments and locations.\nAn interest in sustainability, process optimization, and continuous improvement is an advantage.\nFluent in written and spoken Dutch and English.\nA self-starter with a proactive attitude and the ability to take initiative and responsibility.\nStrong communication skills and a collaborative, solution-oriented mindset.\nExcellent prioritization skills and the ability to maintain an overview in a dynamic environment.\nAn analytical and accurate working style, with confidence working with numbers and data.\nA hands-on mentality and a strong focus on achieving results.\nWhat You Can Expect:\nA varied and challenging role within a leading international food producer with a successful future ahead.\nThe opportunity to contribute to the smooth operation of a modern production facility and make a tangible impact on procurement processes.\nA professional working environment with a strong focus on organization, efficiency, and continuous improvement.\nA supportive company culture that values its employees, collaboration, and mutual respect.\nOpportunities to develop your professional skills and grow within an international organization.\nA full-time position with a competitive salary and attractive secondary employment benefits.\nThe opportunity to work within Danish Crown, benefiting from the strength and experience of an international company with Danish roots.\nAt Danish Crown Haarlem, you will have the opportunity to develop yourself within a European meat products manufacturer that combines a professional approach to organization and processes with a genuine focus on its employees, efficiency, and continuous improvement.\nAppetite for more?\nTo learn more, please contact Lene Nelausen, Head of Procurement, at +45 21 66 45 56.\nWe review applications on an ongoing basis, so please send your application and CV as soon as possible, including your earliest possible start date.\nInterviews will be conducted in Haarlem, on December 1st or 2nd, 2026\nWe look forward to hearing from you.\nYour Contact:\nFrank Garbelmann\nRecruitment Team\nDanish Crown\nHaarlem, The Netherlands","description_format":"text","description_chars":4918,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"Dutch","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Meat & Poultry","Prepared Foods"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-11T20:58:55Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:1","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-12T04:56:12Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/danish-crown-technical-buyer-mfd","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/danish-crown-technical-buyer-mfd.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-12T04:56:12Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":10795,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-13T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2648},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2648"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fdanish-crown-technical-buyer-mfd"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fdanish-crown-technical-buyer-mfd"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fdanish-crown-technical-buyer-mfd"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/danish-crown-technical-buyer-mfd\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fdanish-crown-technical-buyer-mfd"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4095181}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"danishcrown.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4095181},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}