Junior Buyer Food (m/f/d)

Is operational food purchasing your thing? Then you'll love this job! Together, we'll implement product ideas, keep an eye on the latest food trends, and maintain not only our product range but also our business relationships with our suppliers. Working closely with your team, you'll conduct negotiations and test new products. You'll also savor our working conditions—after all, teamwork, equal communication, and a high level of personal responsibility are the key ingredients to our team's success. Your tasks Responsibility for individual items from a food product group, from the initial idea to the finished product on the shelves of our stores Conducting negotiations and annual meetings with international suppliers Product range optimization through participation in tastings Trend scouting to identify new product innovations and future-proof the Lidl product range Sicherstellung der Lieferkette durch Bündelung von Informationen aus den Bereichen Supply Chain Management, Qualitätssicherung, Marketing, CSR, usw. Dein Profil Abgeschlossenes Studium vorzugsweise mit Schwerpunkt BWL / Handel / Einkauf / Vertrieb oder eine vergleichbare Ausbildung zum Fachwirt / Betriebswirt Affinität für Produkte aus dem Bereich Food Gespür für Marktentwicklungen, Kundenanforderungen und Trends Fließende Deutsch- und gute Englischkenntnisse

Lidl is one of the leading companies in the food retail industry. We operate over 12,200 stores in 31 countries worldwide. In Germany, over 100,000 employees work with a lot of passion to make Lidl possible: In 39 regional companies nationwide, which include our logistics centers and over 3,250 stores, and at the headquarters in Neckarsulm and Bad Wimpfen, for example in the areas of real estate or purchasing.