Job description
We are Vilgain 🚀, a fast-growing food & e-commerce brand reshaping the market with better nutrition, home care and lifestyle products. We’re looking for a Category Buyer – Sport Nutrition, who has a strong product sense, understands numbers, and knows how to build long-term supplier relationships. Someone who isn’t afraid to take ownership and push their category forward.
What you’ll be responsible for:
Managing and developing your assigned Vilgain product category/product lines – including working on new products based on given requirements.
Overseeing the full process from initial brief all the way to product launch.
Sourcing and selecting suitable suppliers, manufacturers, ingredients and packaging; managing purchasing and supplier relationships.
Monitoring trends and identifying new opportunities.
Working closely with production, quality and procurement to ensure smooth manufacturing – tracking availability, quality, lead times and supplier capacity; collaborating with marketing to bring products to market.
Who we’re looking for:
Experience in purchasing, ideally with private-label production.
A love for food and a genuine desire to change the world.
Strong analytical thinking and the ability to see processes in context.
Ability to coordinate multiple areas at once – from production to procurement.
Precision and attention to detail in data, numbers and processes.
A proactive mindset and the drive to seek more efficient solutions.
A results-oriented approach and the ability to keep things under control.
What we offer:
A fast-growing e-commerce brand where your work has real impact.
A team that sticks together, works hard and knows how to have fun (and eat well 🍽️).
Internal learning opportunities, product credits and additional benefits.
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