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Senior Buyer Fruit & Vegetables
- E-commerce - Amsterdam - Gepubliceerd op: 23 juni 2026 - Vanaf 4 jaar werkervaring - 92 views
Requirements* - Over 4 years of experience in commercial buying or category management - Background in fresh produce or food science - Sharp commercial instinct - Strong analytical skills - Entrepreneurial mindset
* Research shows that while male candidates feel confident enough to apply when they meet about 60% of the requirements, female candidates only apply when they tick every box. So if this role has your name on it, but you're not sure about the criteria, we still want to hear from you.
Picnic is built on a simple promise: groceries ordered through an app, at a fair price, delivered to the door. In fresh produce, it recently raised the bar: premium quality as a competitive edge. The Senior Buyer Fruit & Vegetables translates that ambition into what lands in the app every day, setting and upholding the quality standard across the category. About Picnic
Picnic launched in the Netherlands in 2015 with a pilot of twelve Electric Picnic Vehicles in Amersfoort. Two years later, that number had already grown to a hundred, and expansion has continued ever since, making Picnic one of Europe's fastest-growing online grocers. Today, thousands of recognizable red vehicles operate across the Netherlands, France, and Germany, delivering daily groceries to millions of customers. Backed by investors including Edeka and the Gates Foundation, Picnic has raised close to two billion euros to fund its continued growth. Much of what makes the model work is built in-house, from the software powering its fully automated fulfillment centers to its all-electric delivery fleet.
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