Indirect Purchasing - (Senior) Buyer - Creative agencies, digital marketing, media

☞ Toyota Motor Europe

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Update day: 26-11-2025

Location: Zaventem Flemish Brabant

Category: Marketing / PR

Industry: Automotive

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Company Information:
TOYOTA is one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers and a leading global corporation. Founded in 1937, Toyota now sells vehicles in 170 countries and employs over 300.000 people. As a company, Toyota Motor Europe focuses on sustainability and future generations and strongly promotes diversity, inclusion and gender equality. We are highly interested in receiving the applications from professionals of all backgrounds and genders looking to build their career in either scientific, engineering or corporate positions.
Based in Brussels, Belgium, and staffed by 2.700 people and more than 60 nationalities, Toyota Motor Europe (TME) handles the wholesale marketing of Toyota and Lexus vehicles, parts & accessories, and manages Toyota’s European R&D, manufacturing and engineering operations.
For Toyota, Quality is a way of life. Nothing is so good that it cannot be made better, that is why we strive for continuous improvement in everything we do. This basic principle for us is called: “KAIZEN” and is what guides us in our pursuit of best Quality and the delivery of unparalleled customer’s satisfaction.

We offer a dynamic multicultural work environment and the opportunity to be part of a highly motivated team where collaboration, courage, and curiosity play an important role. You will be working on exciting projects and benefit from a thorough on the job development and training.
Your commitment will be rewarded with a comprehensive renumeration package, including a bonus scheme and interesting extra-legal benefits.
We strongly promote diversity and we fully respect the personal and family backgrounds of our members. Hence, we offer you the flexibility to keep a healthy work-life balance through flexible hours and a combination of on- and offsite working.
Your Profile:
Your Profile:
To be successful in this position, you:
  • have a university degree or higher education ideally in business or purchasing
  • have at least two years’ experience for buyer level, 6 years for senior buyer level
  • have business understanding and affinity with automotive products
  • are results driven and able to break down complex issues into manageable portions
  • have good communication, negotiation and presentation skills
  • have highly developed analytical skills, accuracy and reliability
  • can work independently in multi-disciplinary teams
  • are computer literate (MS Excel, PowerPoint)
  • are willing to travel up to 20%
  • are fluent in English, another European language is an asset


You have a Toyota DNA, this means you:

  • 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
Your team and your responsibilities:
Your Team:
Do you want to take part in the development of the car of tomorrow? The Purchasing team at Toyota Motor Europe can offer you this challenge. Located in the heart of Europe, Purchasing plays a key strategic role in the development of our future products. As a buyer you will develop and manage all aspects of the commercial relationship between Toyota and its suppliers, located all over Europe. This position will allow you to have an insight into the most recent technical innovations and will enable you to get a deep understanding of how a leading multinational operates and interacts with numerous internal and external parties.

Your Responsibilities:
  • You develop and implement category and sourcing strategies in areas like creative agencies, media services, digital marketing products, market intelligence agencies, retailer refurbishments and other indirect categories of goods and services across Europe
  • You negotiate with our suppliers to achieve the best cost reductions
  • You manage all commercial issues related to your portfolio of responsibility
  • You are responsible to make appropriate supplier selection recommendations to senior management.
  • You develop comprehensive understanding of technological and market trends within the automotive industry.
  • You work closely with Global Toyota Purchasing. You will develop commodity strategies at regional level and have direct input towards global strategies.
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Deadline: 10-01-2026

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