environmental manager vacatures in Amersfoort

Within TANATEX Chemicals B.V., the Purchasing Department is responsible for the planned availability of specified raw materials, resources and services at optimum cost price, thereby contributing to the timely delivery of solutions to our customers. Furthermore, the department plays a crucial role in obtaining information from our suppliers to meet our sustainability objectives. This requires knowledge and competence of a strategic approach to the supply market and active translation of changes in the raw material market to our business positions.

A few of you work-activities and responsibilities

• Strategic Procurement: Develop and implement procurement strategies, aligning with global and regional objectives while addressing organizational needs.
• Contract Management: Negotiate, manage, and update contracts, including toll manufacturing agreements, to meet operational requirements.
• Supplier Management: Manage supplier portfolios, negotiate terms, ensure sustainability, and evaluate performance to secure competitive advantages.
• Internal Customer Management: Collaborate with internal stakeholders to address supplier performance issues and align procurement policies with organizational goals.
• Leadership and Performance: Lead team to execute strategic plans, set performance objectives, and ensure goal achievement.
• Sustainability and Compliance: Drive supplier sustainability initiatives and ensure adherence to quality, health, safety, and environmental standards.
• Budgeting and Sourcing: Develop purchasing budgets and analyse market data to inform cost-effective sourcing decisions.

What we are looking for in you

• Master’s degree in business administration or economics.
• Over 5 years of experience in procurement and contract negotiations within Chemical Industry
• Successfully completed NEVI 2 (or similar) training
• Hands-on mentality, able to switch between execution and strategic helicopter-view
• Independent, good interpersonal savviness
• Good communicative skills and capable of communication with people with various fields of expertise and on all levels
• Excellent verbal and writing skills in English and preferably Dutch and German

What you can expect from us

• At TANATEX Chemicals you get an exciting, international working environment with various activities. Reaching our goals is what counts for us; so we’d love to get your input and get your help on our way to achieve ‘continuous improvement’.
• An excellent salary with great benefits.
• 25 days off and 12 so-called ATV days off.
• Elaborate pension arrangement, travel allowance and optional financing for a bike.
• Working from home partially can be discussed.
• Respecting each other and creating a good and safe working environment is crucial to us.
• You get plenty of time and space to work on your development as a person and as a professional.

About TANATEX Chemicals

TANATEX Chemicals is an international organisation that sells, develops, and produces chemicals for the textile industry. We have been leading innovative solutions for textile processing for almost 60 years. We are a group of enthusiastic science lovers with a passion for textiles and everything that makes them better. We work on products that add value to your fabrics and help you optimise your production processes. Thanks to our worldwide network of offices and distributors, we support our customers all over the world. We do this with a passion for textiles!

As the textile industry is on the move so are its consumers. New technologies, better machinery, sustainable fashion trends: they’re all gamechangers. This opens up vast and durable opportunities for the textile industry to create products that exceed expectations. As TANATEX Chemicals we don’t live up to standards. Instead we set our own.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Up to €100.000,00 per year

Work Location: Hybrid remote in 6716 AC Ede