{"id":4204670,"url":"https://alion.io/job/klm-buyer-level-1","title":"Buyer Level 1","company":{"id":448287,"name":"KLM","domain":"klm.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/klm-stops-flying-to-ukraine","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SuccessFactors","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":100,"open_postings":6,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":16,"computed_at":"2026-11-12T10:38:37Z"}},"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":["Schiphol-Rijk, 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":"2026-11-12T23:17:44Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-12","last_verified_at":"2026-11-12T23:17:44Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Type vacature: Regular\nPlaats: Schiphol Rijk\nUren per week: 40\nOpleidingsniveau: Hbo\nSolliciteer t/m: 11/27/2026\nIntroduction\nWould you like to learn the procurement profession in the world of aviation and technology? As a Junior IT Buyer at KLM, you’ll help procure the IT services and applications that support our day-to-day operations. You’ll learn how to compare suppliers, assess quotations and document agreements. Your curiosity, commercial interest and motivation to learn are the starting point for this role.\nAs part of the IT Development & Services team, you’ll work with experienced buyers and colleagues from different KLM business units. You’ll learn on the job and gradually take on more responsibility. This is an opportunity to develop your skills while contributing to reliable, future-proof operations.\nWhat are you going to do?\nFrom digital solutions for passengers to software used in aircraft maintenance, IT is essential to KLM. You’ll help us procure the right IT services and applications. Working with experienced buyers, you’ll identify what colleagues need, explore which suppliers could meet those needs, and help prepare procurement and contract processes. You’ll start by providing support and take on more tasks independently as your knowledge and experience grow.\nYou’ll contribute by:\nSupporting colleagues in one or more KLM business units with their day-to-day IT procurement requests. You’ll clarify their requirements and work with an experienced buyer to decide on the appropriate next steps.\nResearching the market, requesting quotations and comparing offers. Alongside experienced buyers and internal stakeholders, you’ll help prepare RFPs, RFIs and contracts. This will teach you what to consider when selecting suppliers and agreeing terms.\nLearning about the IT supplier market and discussing relevant developments with your colleagues, building knowledge you can apply directly in your work.\nWhere do you land?\nYou’ll join the IT Development & Services team, part of the joint IT procurement organisation of Air France and KLM. You’ll work with colleagues from both airlines on a range of projects and areas of focus. Your main focus will be procuring IT services and applications. Your base will be Schiphol-Rijk.\nYour profile\nYou’re keen to develop a career in procurement and have an interest in technology. You enjoy researching information, comparing offers and working with others to find the right solution. You ask questions, welcome feedback and are comfortable saying what you’d like to learn. If you’ve recently graduated and are looking for your first job, we’d like to hear what motivates you.\nWhat you bring:\nA completed relevant degree at higher professional education (HBO) level.\nYou’re at the start of your procurement career. Experience from an internship, graduation project or first job is a plus.\nAn interest in IT and a desire to learn more about the supplier market, including the outsourcing and management of IT services (managed services) and IT consultancy.\nExcellent spoken and written Dutch and English, enabling you to work effectively in our international organisation.\nYou’ll recognise yourself in the following:\nYou find it easy to connect with people and handle commitments with colleagues and suppliers carefully.\nYou enjoy working with others, can take on tasks independently when appropriate, and ask for help when you need it.\nYou take initiative, ask questions and use feedback to support your development.\nYou have a commercial mindset and are keen to learn how to weigh up price, quality and other terms.\nCompetencies\nWat bieden wij?\nEen uitdagende rol bij een uniek Nederlands bedrijf;\nEen brutosalaris tussen € 3.796,93 en € 5.424,18bruto per maand;\nVolop ruimte voor persoonlijke ontwikkeling en mooie doorgroeimogelijkheden;\nEen uitstekende pensioenregeling;\n8% vakantiegeld;\nEen eindejaarsuitkering van 8,33%;\nEen regeling voor winstdeling, tot 20%;\n25 vakantiedagen en 5 extra vrije dagen;\nFikse korting op vliegtickets (als je minimaal 6 maanden in dienst bent);\nEen duurzaam vervoersbeleid, met o.a. 100% gratis reizen naar het werk met het Openbaar Vervoer (binnen Nederland);\nKorting op je ziektekostenverzekering;\nEen budget voor duurzame inzetbaarheid.\nReady for your next destination?\nWacht dan niet langer, en solliciteer voor de ‘final boarding call’ op 11/27/2026!\nJe hoeft geen motivatiebrief te schrijven; tijdens je online sollicitatie stellen we je enkele gerichte vragen. Je sollicitatieprocedure bestaat uit twee gesprekken en mogelijk een assessment, capaciteitentest een veiligheidsonderzoek.\nKandidaten die positief worden geselecteerd voor het eerste gesprek ontvangen een e-mail waarin zij zelf een geschikt tijdslot kunnen kiezen voor het interview. Zo houden we het proces snel en overzichtelijk, en heb jij regie over je planning. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de vacature hoor je van ons.\nVia je persoonlijke kandidaatprofiel kun je op elk moment inloggen. Hier vind je de vacature waarop je hebt gesolliciteerd - ook nadat deze is gesloten - én een overzichtelijk dashboard met eventuele andere lopende sollicitaties binnen KLM, inclusief status updates. Heb jij de drive om in deze rol verder te groeien? Dan kijken we uit naar je sollicitatie.\nWist je dat volgens onderzoek vrouwen minder graag solliciteren dan mannen, als ze niet aan alle functie-eisen voldoen? Zonde. Want ‘de perfecte kandidaat’ is wat ons betreft een fabeltje. Dus heb jij de drive om op enkele aspecten in deze rol nog te groeien? We kijken uit naar je sollicitatie.\nEen referentiecheck kan onderdeel uitmaken van de sollicitatieprocedure.\nVragen?\nWil je meer weten over de functie, neem dan contact op met de hiring manager. Bel of mail de recruiter voor vragen over de sollicitatieprocedure. Vergeet in beide gevallen niet om het vacaturenummer te noemen: #22686. Bij KLM geloven we in de kracht van diversiteit. Wil je meer lezen over dit onderwerp? 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