Our customer is one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers and a leading global corporation. Based in Brussels, Belgium, and staffed by 2.700 people and more than 60 nationalities

For their European Distribution Centre in Diest which is responsible for the procurement, storage and logistics supply of spare parts, accessories and technical campaign parts supporting the both the new car sales and existing customer vehicles service and warranty needs, they are urgently looking for a new colleague at the Supply department.

Your responsibilities:

You will be responsible for the procurement and inventory control of auto parts and accessories sourced from local suppliers.
• Further be able to analyze stock and service levels. Initiate necessary improvement actions to meet our customers’ service expectation in line with targets for key KPI’s :

- follow up allocation Service Rate to Toyota customers

- solve backorders to Toyota customers

• Respond to customer complaints in a professional way

• Improve supplier performance.  Create & follow up actions plans with supplier to cover any gap to target, using the TPS (Toyota Production System) philosophy and Toyota problem solving approach:

- Create/map/review & improve processes

- Understand abnormalities caused by supplier in our warehouse. Visit supplier to understand root cause, to find countermeasures, to improve process to avoid recurrence, to support in creation of standards.

• Ensure availability of parts to European Markets through regional locations and beyond to the end customer, for both current and future models of Toyota and Lexus vehicles.

Our customer is one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers and a leading global corporation. Based in Brussels, Belgium, and staffed by 2.700 people and more than 60 nationalities.

 Work location: Diest.

Who are we looking for?  My first thought is YOU!

You have a Bachelor or Master in logistics, procurement or related discipline such as economics / engineering are also welcome to apply.

• You are also genuinely interested in the automotive industry & supply chain management.
• You have attention to detail and enjoys working in an active supply environment.
• Outgoing proactive personality with excellent teamwork skills with customer mind-set.
• Very good numeric and MS office skills including Access databases/Power BI
• Some business travel necessary to both Brussels Head Office and European supplier’s hence driving license is required.
• Fluent in English as business language is necessary, Dutch recommended.

You have a our customer’s DNA. What does this mean?

• Courage: you are ready to let go of the easy path to reach challenging targets
• Collaboration: you are a team player, respectful and inclusive in your style and you take a customer-oriented approach
• Creativity: your passion drives you to explore innovative ideas and challenge the impossible 
• Curiosity: you combine imagination and fact-based observation
• Coaching: you share knowledge and feedback with your colleagues and celebrate each other’s success

What do we offer?

Dynamic multicultural work environment and the opportunity to be part of a highly motivated team where collaboration, creativity, courage, and curiosity play an important role.

Working on exciting projects and benefit from a thorough on the job development, coaching and training. 

Your commitment will be rewarded with a comprehensive renumeration package, including a bonus scheme and interesting extra-legal benefits. 

They provide a hybrid work environment with structural possibility to both work from home & collaborate in the office. You can also take your work abroad for up to 20 days/year.

Our customer is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all. All of their recruitment decisions are based on the individual and their qualifications along with the job requirements.

They do not tolerate harassment or discrimination as our individual experiences and overall diversity is our key strength.