Operational Buyer

Fuel our high-tech growth and own the buy as our next Operational Buyer.

About Nearfield Instruments
Nearfield Instruments is a fast-growing scale-up high-tech company. We design, develop, integrate, market and service advanced metrology machines. Our machines enable our customers - the world’s leading chipmakers – to increase the production yields, and thus, functionality of their microchips, which in turn leads to smaller, more powerful consumer electronics.

Founded in 2016, we bring together the most creative minds (approx. 400 employees) in science and technology and develop a one-of-a-kind, revolutionary high throughput Scanning Probe Microscopy system.

Where will you be working?

You are working in the Production Operations department. Within this department you are part of the Strategic Supply Chain & Procurement team (14 colleagues).

What will you be doing?

As an Operational Buyer your main focus at our company will be technical purchasing ánd non-product related. Concrete: you are working with technical equipment, services and support in the development of scaling up the company for both purchase of technical products and services.

You are responsible for, but not limited to:

·         Execute and manage day-to-day operational procurement activities

·         get quotations, prepare PO’s, feed into PO approval process, make, administer, send and chase PO’s;

·         monitoring orders and guarding delivery times;

·         monitor and manage supplier performance, including delivery times, quality, and compliance with agreements.

·         meet with colleagues to define needs for services and lead negotiations;

This will be your challenge:

• Interpret fuzzy information and requests to deliver on time solutions for internal requestors;

• proactive problem solving in day-to-day tasks understanding how your work impacts the big picture; 

• taking responsibility and ownership of assigned responsibilities 

Why is the position interesting for you?

• High Impact in a Fast-Growing Environment
  You'll play a key role in keeping a rapidly scaling high-tech company running smoothly, your work directly enables innovation;

• Ownership & Autonomy
  This isn’t a corporate maze. You’ll have real responsibility, freedom to improve processes, and a voice in supplier decisions from day one;

• Work Where Innovation Happens
  Be part of a dynamic, tech-driven scale-up where every day brings new challenges, sharp minds, and the energy of building something big.

What are we looking for?

Startups can provide phenomenal learning and development opportunities but can also be a hectic environment at times. You must fit in such a climate and don’t mind to constantly implementing changes and process improvements, and to go the extra mile on a regular basis and feel comfortable with some uncertainty.

Furthermore, you need to recognize yourself in the profile as described below.

·         Educational Bachelor background in supply chain, logistics, or procurement;

·         Some years of experience in a similar role in a technical environment;

·         Comfortable working with applications like Excel and ERP.

·         Flexible and capable of working in a high-tech/high-pace environment;

·         Drive to succeed and add value to the success of the company;

·         A real team player with strong interpersonal skills, quality orientation and an excellent command of the English language.

·         Willing to work 5 days in the office in Rotterdam

·         For this vacancy, we do not offer visa sponsorship.

What can you expect from us?

Getting on board now is a great opportunity to grow with the company from a technical, personal, and financial perspective. Nearfield's momentum is energetic and promising!

Our starting point is of course to pay someone a fair and competitive salary and besides this we offer you:

·         30 holidays per calendar year (based on 40 hours);

·         8% holiday allowance;

·         Commuting allowance;

·         Discount on your health insurance;

·         We are here to support one another, and colleagues are there to help you.

·         Besides a challenging role where you can utilize the full extent of your professional knowledge.

Apply for this job

If the above challenges excite you, we encourage you to send us your details using the Apply now button on our career site.

Our recruitment process:

·         Screening by Recruiter

·         1st interview with our colleagues of Supply Chain

·         2nd interview with Supply Chain manager and HR Business Partner

·         Offer and reference check

·         Meeting our CEO

·         Onboarding and welcome at Nearfield Instruments!

If you have any questions? Feel free to contact me via:

Ilona Voshaart - Corporate Recruiter

x.ilona.voshaart@nearfieldinstruments.com