EDEKA ZENTRALE Stiftung & Co. KG | Germany | 22xxx, 21xxx, 20xxx Hamburg | Permanent position | Full time / Home office | Published since: 18.06.2026 on stepstone.de
Kaufer / Buyer Own Brand Food (m/f/d)
The coordination of the EDEKA strategy takes place at the Hamburg EDEKA headquarters. It controls the national goods business as well as the successful campaign “We Love Food” and gives a wide range of impulses to achieve cross-linked goals. With the subsidiary net brand discount, it also sets successful accents in the discount business. EDEKA generated sales of 77.3 billion in 2025 with around 10,900 markets and around 417,500 employees. Euro. With around 20,900 trainees, EDEKA is one of the leading trainers in Germany.
Design our own brand world with great visibility in the shelves. As a buyer: for our own brands, you actively shape our assortment, bring your ideas and develop processes actively. It expects a varied and challenging job where you take responsibility for your tasks from the outset.
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Your tasks • Your profile • What we offer
With know-how and far-sightedness, you are responsible for the procurement of goods and the continuous development of our own brands You will accompany your products from the idea to the market launch and take on the following: product development in cooperation with (potential) suppliers and our quality assurance the contract negotiations (price, delivery conditions etc.) and supplier visits the packaging design in cooperation with marketing
In addition, you will have the potential to further develop your own brand range with the help of assortment and market analyses as well as competition observations. Within the framework of invitations to tender, you will conduct negotiations with the (inter)national suppliers and develop, together with them, flexible procurement procedures In close cooperation with marketing, you plan national promotions and advertising campaigns Furthermore, on your agenda: the implementation and evaluation of tastings and derivation of measures In your role, you will present your products and successes in the meetings with the EDEKA regional companies and net brand discount Your communication skills and trend sense are required if you participate in relevant trade fairs for us Finally, you will guide the shopping specialist: in a professional sense and make sure that we have a bike in the other place.
Complete economic studies or comparable training/qualification Passion for food and ideal experience in the food sector At least 1–2 years of relevant experience in purchasing Experience in leading negotiations Possibly first experience in project management Understanding raw materials & flows Embossed numerical understanding Trend, innovation and detail oriented Enforced, structured and conflictable Dynamic operation in a moving market Very good knowledge of German and English (min. C1) Safe handling of MS Office, especially Excel
A safe workplace in a very successful trading company based in Hamburg, City Nord We offer flexible working hours, the opportunity to participate in mobile work and 30 days vacation Individual training opportunities and career opportunities are guaranteed by our internal development programs A freshly cooked lunch awaits you daily in our canteen at attractive prices A performance-oriented compensation package and a variety of other benefits, such as fitness studio, concierge service, grant to the German ticket, service bike, advantages for numerous partner companies or company pensions are of course for us In addition, we also offer comprehensive and award-winning health management
Location
 | EDEKA ZENTRALE Stiftung & Co. KG | |
| New-York-Ring 6, 22297 Hamburg | ||
| Germany |
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