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# Strategic Buyer at Loop

- **Company:** Loop
- **Location:** Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **Compensation:** €60–€80/hr
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-30
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-30
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/loop-earplugs/6d145187-1e71-459d-8ad7-ff28c83b70a7

## Job description

Freelance Strategic Buyer Location: Antwerp / Amsterdam | Freelance | Maternity cover | Experience: 5+ years in strategic sourcing or manufacturing procurement

Own cost and help drive structural margin impact At Loop, strategic buying shapes how our products are made and what they cost. From silicones and plastics to softgoods and packaging, your decisions directly impact margin, innovation speed, and production readiness. As Strategic Buyer, you’ll take commercial ownership of your categories. Every RFQ you lead, supplier you position, and cost model you build helps move the business forward.

## The Role

You’ll build and execute category strategies that reduce structural BOM costs without compromising quality or scalability. You’ll break down supplier cost structures, challenge tooling investments with data, and define MOQ and landed cost setups that protect margin at scale. You’ll build a strong Approved Vendor List across the right regions, so new product launches are supported by validated, production-ready suppliers. You’ll secure DFM alignment and capacity early, and turn cost, risk, and manufacturability trade-offs into clear decisions that protect timing and margin.

## What You’ll Do

- Lead RFQs that turn competitive tension into structural margin gains.
- Own supplier onboarding and improve performance across quality, cost, and delivery.
- Drive dual sourcing and regional diversification to strengthen supply resilience.
- Support the Industrialization Team in preparing products for mass production.
- Build long-term supplier partnerships that can grow with Loop.

You Won’t

- Wait for endless approvals before taking action.
- Hide behind process when outcomes are at risk.
- Stay in the background without making your impact visible.
- Accept supplier quotes without challenging the numbers.

## How You’ll Succeed

You combine analytical depth with strong commercial instinct. You challenge assumptions with data and push for better outcomes while building strong supplier relationships. Engineering teams trust you because you understand manufacturing constraints and DFM principles. You stay structured under launch pressure and focus on what matters most: lower structural costs, strong supplier performance, and production-ready launches.

## What You’ll Bring

- 5+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or manufacturing buying.
- A strong background in plastics, silicones, softgoods, packaging, electronics or consumer goods.
- A track record of negotiating structural cost reductions.
- Advanced cost modelling skills, including should-costing, tooling, MOQ, and landed cost.
- Familiarity with mass production ramp-up and DFM alignment.
- Experience developing regional sourcing strategies and dual-sourcing setups.
- Experience working with suppliers in the APAC region is a strong plus.

Loop Isn’t for Everyone. We Might Not Be a Match If You:

- Avoid tough supplier conversations when margins are at stake.
- Rely on others to define your category strategy.
- Feel uncomfortable challenging engineering or supplier assumptions with data.
- Prioritise harmony over structural cost improvement.

Still Interested? Great. If you’re excited about owning sourcing strategies, challenging supplier costs, and helping Loop launch products with strong margins and production-ready suppliers, we’d love to hear from you.

Interview Process

Application Window: 30 October – 15 November (Applications are only accepted during this window) Recruiter Screens: 9 – 20 November Hiring Manager Interviews: 16 – 25 November Business Case Presentation: 26 November – 2 December Target Start Date: December 2026 /January 2027 (as soon as possible)

## About Loop

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Loop designs premium earplugs for situational hearing protection, focus, sleep, and sensory needs, building a new category in hearing wellness.
- **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped or VC-backed – funding details not publicly disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: Antwerp, Belgium
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Maarten Bodewes and Dimitri O

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Consumer electronics / Hearing wellness / Lifestyle products
- **Target customers**: B2C – nightlife goers, remote workers, people with sensory sensitivities, travelers, sleepers
- **Mission or purpose**: Helping people live life to the fullest by bettering their relationship with sound and senses.

## Products & Services
- **Loop Experience / Experience Plus**: High-fidelity earplugs for concerts, festivals, and loud events; reduce noise while preserving sound clarity (SaaS-like physical product with recurring accessories).
- **Loop Engage / Engage Plus**: Earplugs for conversations and social situations; lower background noise while maintaining speech clarity.
- **Loop Quiet / Quiet 2**: Earplugs for sleep, focus, and noise-sensitive needs; maximum noise reduction in a comfortable fit.
- **Loop Switch**: A single device with three interchangeable modes (Experience, Engage, Quiet) for on-the-fly adjustment.
- **Loop Dream**: Specifically designed for side-sleepers, ultra-soft and comfortable for overnight use.
- **Accessories**: Cases, ear tips in multiple sizes, lanyards. Most models come with multiple ear tip sizes to ensure fit.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: 1.5+ million customers served globally; 250+ employees across three continents [loopearplugs.com](https://www.loopearplugs.com/pages/about-loop)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed; company appears to be self-funded or raised non-public funding. Awards include Red Dot Design Award (2023, 2024), Deloitte Belgium Tech Fast 50, and recognition as Belgium’s fastest-growing tech company (2022, 2024) [loopearplugs.com](https://www.loopearplugs.com/pages/working-at-loop)
- **Growth Signals**: Expanded from nightlife earplugs into focus, sleep, and sensory comfort categories; opened hubs in Amsterdam, New York, and Shanghai; sustained rapid headcount growth from a small team to 250+.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Category creation**: First lifestyle earplug brand to treat hearing protection as a fashion/design item rather than a purely utilitarian medical product.
- **Design-led differentiation**: Award-winning product aesthetics (Red Dot), wide color palette and multiple form factors that appeal to different personas.
- **Strong brand community**: 1.5M+ customers create word-of-mouth flywheel; the brand is a status accessory in music and festival culture.
- **Full product ecosystem**: Multiple models for specific use cases, plus accessories, encouraging repeat purchases and cross-selling.
- **Early mover in sensory wellness**: Tapping into growing awareness around noise pollution, focus, and neurodiversity.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expanding into senses**: Moving beyond hearing to related sensory experiences (e.g., olfactory? – hinted as “expanding into senses” but not detailed) [loopearplugs.com](https://www.loopearplugs.com/pages/about-loop)
- **Global scaling**: Growing physical presence in key markets (US, China, EU) and building international teams.
- **Product innovation**: Continuous introduction of new models (Switch, Dream) that solve specific customer pain points and create new use cases.
- **Hiring top talent**: Aggressively hiring to maintain growth trajectory; focusing on “growth athletes” who can move fast and own projects.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: High autonomy, direct candor (“no politics, no ego, no BS”), steep learning curve, work with elite talent. Described as intense but rewarding – “you’ll learn more here in a year than most places teach in five” [loopearplugs.com](https://www.loopearplugs.com/pages/why-work-at-loop)
- **Hybrid/Remote**: Hybrid by design – typically two days in-office per week; plus four weeks per year of “work from anywhere” [loopearplugs.com](https://www.loopearplugs.com/pages/why-work-at-loop)
- **Benefits**: Top-of-market pay, 32 days of paid time off, comprehensive health insurance, ESOP (employee stock ownership plan), home office budget, mobility budget (company car/transport/bike lease or rent subsidy if close to office in Belgium) [loopearplugs.com](https://www.loopearplugs.com/pages/why-work-at-loop)
- **Engineering Culture**: Product developers and engineers have full ownership of projects; direct impact on millions of users; “your work doesn’t sit in drafts – it goes live” [loopearplugs.com](https://www.loopearplugs.com/pages/working-at-loop)
- **For Job Seekers**: Offers a fast-paced, high-growth environment where personal growth is prioritized. Not for everyone – requires high ownership and comfort with direct feedback.

## Sources
1. [Loop Earplugs – About page](https://www.loopearplugs.com/pages/about-loop)
2. [Loop Earplugs – Why work at Loop](https://www.loopearplugs.com/pages/why-work-at-loop)
3. [Loop Earplugs – Working at Loop](https://www.loopearplugs.com/pages/working-at-loop)
4. [Loop Earplugs – Careers page](https://www.loopearplugs.com/pages/careers)
5. [Loop Earplugs – Careers (Belgium)](https://www.loopearplugs.com/en-be/pages/careers)

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