Our positions
Legal
Finance
Merchandising
Sales, eBusiness, New business
Information Technology
Human Resources, Financial Communications, Support Staff, Other
Legal functions : taking care of a secure framework for our daily business
At our headquarters in Amsterdam, the Executive Board and daily management are supported by an efficient staff of legal professionals who operate close to the company’s core business. As one of their colleagues, you will have the opportunity to form or join multidisciplinary teams and advise on a broad variety of subjects concerning operating companies, divisions, or the group as a whole. Your expertise covers almost every aspect of the law of obligation, contracts and other company issues.
Examples of positions in this area are:
- Legal Counsel
- Legal Secretary
- Legal Manager
Finance: being accountable, the backbone of our business
We offer a wide range of financial activities, varying from accounting & control to internal audit, tax and treasury. Due to our stock-listings on Euronext and NYSE, we report in IFRS and US GAAP and we are subject to Sarbanes-Oxley. Finance also takes care of monitoring, consolidating, analyzing and interpreting the business results of operating companies, ranging from large professional and fully automated organizations to enthusiastic start-ups. Hyperion Financial Management supports this process as a tool for statutory and management reporting. Working on a broad range of projects, such as acquisitions, divestments or systems implementation requires close cooperation between different disciplines. With many opportunities to acquire new knowledge and skills, we can ensure a challenging environment. Some positions require knowledge and skills transfer to operating companies and may include occasional travelling.
Examples of positions in this area are:
- Corporate Finance Manager
- Tax Compliance Officer
- Mergers and Acquisitions Manager
- Business Analyst
- Margin Analyst
- Merchandising Controller
- International Controller
Merchandising makes a difference [in delivering international business results]
Our Merchandising professionals ensure that we offer the right products to our customers. They also make sure that our customers find what they need, no matter how they search for it. As a member of this team, you form the link between suppliers and sales. In close collaboration with your colleagues, you define which products should be included in our offerings and how you will present these to our customers, making use of paper catalogues, promotional activities and online offerings. The decisions you take have a direct effect on our short-term profit and long-term market position. You’ll be at the heart of complex and interrelated business processes.
Examples of positions in this area are:
- Product Manager
- Category Manager
- Product marketeer
- Supply Chain Manager
- Catalogue developer
- Desktop publisher
- Rebate controller
- Purchaser
Sales is responsible for supporting and driving profitable growth
Using strategic knowledge to increase sales and margins, we drive new business and business development initiatives with international impact. Here, we also win and manage large international accounts, and we support local sales teams, share expertise and implement solutions such as CRM systems.
Advanced eBusiness systems are at the core of our offer: with a high-tech, easy-to-understand software tool, our customers can order with maximum ease. No wonder most of our business is conducted through eBusiness. The eBusiness team is responsible for constant improvement and extension of our eBusiness possibilities. At Sales, we make sure that best sales practices are shared across the European countries.
All positions in this team have an international scope and many require travelling.
Examples of positions in this area are:
- International account Manager
- Margin analyst
- Sales analyst
- New Business Manager
- Business Development Manager
- Tender & Bid Manager
- Tender writer
- Bid calculator
- eBusiness Project Manager
- International eBusiness Specialist
- Implementation Project Manager
Information Technology is central to our brand message
Information Technology enables all teams, in whichever country they are working, to focus on their jobs. We make sure that complex data streams are smoothly brought together for further analysis. This is done by smart implementation and integration of platforms, software and hardware.
Examples of positions in this area are:
- Enterprise Architecture Manager
- Project Manager (technical and functional)
- Process Manager
- Infrastructure Specialist
- Business Intelligence Manager
Human Resources: enables the business
Focus, execute and deliver: HR enables managers to deliver CE’s strategy by attracting, developing and retaining great people. At Corporate Express, HR is closely associated with the essence of the company, playing a pivotal role in providing processes. These focus on the management of performance, and developing the organisation as a whole by focusing on how we can develop the talents of individuals. Working for our own Amsterdam-based staff, as well as supporting operating companies worldwide, gives HR positions a truly international feel.
Financial Communications: share price influencers
Being a listed company, Corporate Express creates news and receives media attention. Financial Communications comprises all communication to corporate target groups, such as financial media (including radio and television), employees, analysts and shareholders. Press releases, internal and external publications, including quarterly and annual reports, internet, and acting as a spokesperson or ghostwriter are just some of the activities of this department.