Luxury department store chain modernizing operations across seven locations
de Bijenkorf is a 150+-year-old Dutch department store operator running seven physical locations plus e-commerce in Netherlands and Belgium. The tech stack—SQL, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana—signals infrastructure modernization work underway. Active hiring is sales-heavy (36 roles) with junior-to-mid seniority focus, paired with projects around omnichannel campaigns, store optimization, and inventory accuracy, suggesting a retail operation scaling digital and fixing operational friction.
de Bijenkorf operates a multi-location luxury department store chain anchored in Amsterdam since 1870, with physical flagships in Amsterdam, Den Haag, Rotterdam, Eindhoven, Utrecht, Maastricht, and Amstelveen. The business spans fashion, beauty, home goods, food service, and lifestyle categories across owned stores, webshops, a patisserie, bakery, and distribution center in Tilburg. The company employs 1,001–5,000 staff across retail, operations, sales, and support functions, with current hiring concentrated in Netherlands.
SQL, Excel, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana, Microsoft Office, and Verint for customer service. Infrastructure leans on Google Cloud and orchestration via Kubernetes.
Seven department store locations: Amsterdam, Den Haag, Rotterdam, Eindhoven, Utrecht, Maastricht, and Amstelveen. E-commerce operates in Netherlands and Belgium. Central bakery and distribution center are in Amsterdam and Tilburg respectively.
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