At Albert, we are proud of our work since it is our goal to help Czechs eat and live better. Each and every one of our colleagues does an incredible job every day so we can offer our customers healthier, friendlier and more local food.
That's why the work we do together isn't "just work". It's work that is meaningful to us, to our communities, to our land and to our planet. It is work that makes sense!
What we offer flexible working hours depending on the job position modern offices 5 minutes from Nové Butovice metro station and free parking for employees an open and friendly corporate culture of a multinational company, for which themes such as diversity and inclusion are important growth opportunities and various cross-brand career options flexible working hours and possibility to work from abroad (max. 20 days per year) zero food waste Canteen, fruit, massages, exercise at the offices membership in groups organizing supplier excursions, development workshops, trips, summer cinema, escape games and more What will be your responsibilities manage the complete sourcing process of private label products within specified categories under the best conditions in line with the overall strategy develop and execute sourcing strategies on the subcategory level contribute to cost base reduction by realizing purchase spend coverage growth ensure positive development of the specified subcategories by improving price and other conditions manage the complete administration process and proactively act upon prolongation/ renewal/ resignation of contracts build further on Private Label development comply with the goals/standards set on healthy living, sustainable trade, community engagement, good trading and climate actions follow market trends effective stakeholder management What we expect from you 2 years experience in retail business University degree preferred experience with negotiation and category management very strong communication and negotiation skills advanced English and Czech proactive strong in planning and organizing motivation to work in international environment What kind of employer we are we support healthy lifestyle: we play sports and relax with a discounted MultiSport card, we use the Zdrabert app to support physical and mental health, we have a Prevention with Albert programme and organise Health Days, and we regularly distribute fruit snacks to all employees, we and our family members can contact the Albert helpline whenever in trouble we put emphasis on work-life balance: we have introduced flexible working hours, we use family shopping discounts five times a year we are committed to social and environmental responsibility: we are the largest corporate food donor, we replace paper receipts with electronic ones, we operate the Albert Foundation, we regularly donate unsold food, we cooperate with local suppliers, we organize charity runs to support children's homes, and we have signed the Diversity Charter we are innovative: we renovate and modernize our stores, distribution centres and offices, we install self-service checkouts and electronic price tags in our stores, we work with Albert scan and smart scales, and thanks to the Můj Albert loyalty app we buy bargains we employ over 20,000 colleagues we are a part of the multinational Ahold Delhaize Group we service 4,000,000 customers a week we have been in the market more than thirty years (since 1991) we have over 340 stores across the Czech Republic and three distribution centres