Procurement Manager Real Estate
Procurement Manager Real Estate
(Fulltime, 38hours per week)
Are you ready to take your career to the next level at the headquarters of a successful international retailer? Then this is the opportunity for you. Within the Procurement team, you will have ample opportunities to develop yourself in a dynamic, international environment with impact across multiple countries.
As Procurement Manager Real Estate, you play a key role in shaping the strategy and supplier landscape that support Action’s international growth. You work globally with Real Estate, Legal, Finance, and other teams to secure the right partners, services, and capabilities needed to scale and further develop the organization.
In this role, you collaborate closely with senior stakeholders worldwide, including Real Estate, Group Functions, Finance, Legal, and Country Construction teams. You understand business needs, align priorities, and influence decision-making. You bring structure and governance, translating requirements into cohesive, scalable, and efficient solutions for the business.
This is your daily action
- Owns and resolves complex, high impact challenges in close collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders
- Defines and drives Real Estate category strategies aligned to business priorities and growth objectives
- Leads and continuously improves end-to-end sourcing and supplier ecosystems, optimizing value, risk, performance, and scalability
- Holds full accountability for key Real Estate categories, including store construction, contracting, equipment, shopfitting, and utilities
- Drives competitive tender processes and structures commercial models to maximize business value
- Leads high stakes negotiations and manages contract lifecycles, balancing cost, quality, innovation, and compliance
- Elevates supplier performance through structured governance and continuous improvement initiatives
Success in this role means delivering a clear, globally aligned Real Estate strategy and building a high performing, scalable sourcing function. You establish strong supplier partnerships with robust performance frameworks, effectively influence senior stakeholders, and create governance that ensures clarity, control, and alignment across functions and markets.
Meet your team
Our Procurement department consists of around 25 professionals, each with their own area of expertise. Within this department, you will be part of a close-knit team of 4 colleagues. As Action continues to grow rapidly, Procurement is playing an increasingly important and strategic role within the organization.
This is you
We are looking for an energetic and ambitious professional who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. You combine pragmatism with strategic insight and are able to translate complex challenges into clear, actionable solutions. You are comfortable challenging the status quo, speak up when needed, and build strong, professional relationships across the organization.
You feel at ease in a high-complexity environment with shifting priorities and are able to bring direction and structure. With a sharp analytical mindset, strong business acumen, and influencing skills, you deliver impact and successfully connect strategy with execution.
You:
- Communicate clearly and persuasively with senior stakeholders
- Build trust and drive alignment across functions
- Thrive in environments with ambiguity and constant change
- Combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution
- Take ownership and actively seek responsibility and complexity
- Independently lead end-to-end tender processes and negotiations
In addition, you have:
- A relevant bachelor’s or master’s degree (e.g. Engineering, Supply Chain, Procurement, Business)
- At least 7 years of experience in a similar role, preferably in an international environment
- Experience with contract and supplier management
- Experience managing multi-million spend
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, interpersonal, and negotiation skills; proactive and business-oriented
- Excellent command of English, both written and spoken; additional languages are a strong plus
What we offer
Surprisingly much! From our international headquarters in the Netherlands you have an impact on what happens in our stores across Europe. We welcome more than 15 million customers every week in more than 3,000 stores in 14 European countries. We have great growth ambitions. For Action and for you. Because our growth means that you can always take new steps. A different position, an interesting innovation project, new skills: you can continue to develop as a professional. And all this in a culture where our shared values are truly lived: customer focus, teamwork, simplicity, discipline, cost conscious and respect.
Did you know that you can also count on us for:
- A market-based salary based on a 38-hour work week
- 24 days of holiday and the option to buy 5 extra days (based on 38 hours per week)
- An annual bonus between 10 and 20% based on company and personal performance
- Flexible working hours and the possibility of working up to 40% from home, of course in coordination with your team and manager
- 15% staff discount on your purchases at Action
- A good pension scheme, collective health insurance and travel expenses (Zwaagdijk-Oost is traffic jam-free and only 30 minutes by car from Amsterdam)
How we contribute to society
If you only know Action from the stores, a world will open up for you when you come and work with us. We work hard to make a positive impact on society and the environment. Did you know, for example, that we sponsor more than 2,500 children worldwide who grow up in an SOS Children's Village? That our team reflects the diversity of our customers, including 155 different nationalities? That we purchase 94% of our wood products and 100% of our cotton sustainably? And that almost all our stores only use energy-efficient LED lighting? Yes, that is also Action. Curious about what other initiatives we’re facilitating? Join our team and find out for yourself.
Interested?
We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and we warmly invite anyone who recognises themselves in the vacancy to apply. So take action and respond to this vacancy now!
What happens next:
- Response to your application within 14 days (and usually earlier)
- First meeting with the manager and a colleague
- Online assessment to get to know you better
- Second interview with the head of procurement and HR manager
- Welcome to Action…
Throughout the process, your recruiter is your permanent point of contact and is available to answer any questions you may have.
Integrity is very important to us. Pre-employment screening is therefore part of the process for this vacancy. Ask your recruiter for more information.