[NEDBIB-L] Vacature Information Specialist bij Yakult Europe BV

Yakult Europe B.V. located in Almere is the European headquarters of Yakult and a subsidiary of the Japanese multinational company Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd.
Yakult is a science-based company renowned worldwide specializing in probiotics as well as other functional foods. The fermented mild drink "Yakult" is currently sold in 32 countries and produced in 15 factories worldwide. Since 1994 Yakult has been operational in producing functional beverages for the Netherlands and other European countries.

The Business Information Centre is one of the departments within the European organization. The Business Information Centre (BIC) provides the staff of the Yakult Group in Europe with reliable external information which best meet the needs of the company.

BIC's responsibility is to monitor, analyse and inform about the competitive and scientific landscape relevant for the management and staff in the European region:

• Scientific information: health & probiotics and other functional foods
• Competitors intelligence: competitors, market and business information
• News monitoring & alerting services: Yakult, probiotics, competitors, health & food regulations, economic developments, etc.

Besides BIC designs and manages integrated information systems which fulfil the needs of user-friendly access to information.

For our Business Information Centre we are looking for an:

Information Specialist (16 hours per week)

Position
• Monitor, analyse, publish and distribute news information relevant for the Yakult Group in Europe
• Monitor, analyse, publish and distribute scientific information relevant for the Yakult Science group in Europe
• Screen incoming (on-line) magazines on important information and forward this to relevant staff
• Prepare and publish standard reports related to the competitive landscape of Yakult in Europe
• Handle journal subscriptions and book/reports orders

Profile
• HBO working and thinking level: finalised education as information specialist or other IDM education
• Theoretical and practical knowledge of indexing, classification and cataloguing methods
• Experience with online search systems and databases

Skills

• Search & retrieval skills
• Strong analytical and structuring skills
• Able to work independently
• Good command of English and Dutch language, command of other languages (French, Italian, Japans) is a pre
• Flexible personality

Specific working days are at least Friday. A second day is to be discussed with the candidate.

Yakult Europe B.V. offers an interesting job in an international environment. As benefits the company offers 27 vacation days per year on a fulltime basis, a partly company-sponsored pension scheme and the possibility to participate in a collective health insurance (discounted premium) and saving scheme. If you are interested in this position we kindly request you to send your application letter and CV to work@yakulteurope.com at the attention of Human Resources before Friday 6 January 2012.



Helga Dietrich
Manager Business Information Centre

Yakult Europe B.V.
Head office and Production
Schutsluisweg 1, NL-1332 EN Almere
Tel: +31 (0) 36 52 11 300
Fax: +31 (0) 36 53 29 840
Email: HDietrich@yakulteurope.com



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