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(Senior) Purchasing Manager / Strategic Buyer (all genders)
Sunday Natural · 🌍 Berlin
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About the role
Your role As our (Senior) Purchasing Manager / Strategic Buyer you will take full ownership of a defined supplier portfolio or category, ensuring seamless execution within our purchasing process while actively contributing to inventory optimization and operational excellence. • Establish a best-in-class Category Architecture: Design and implement a clear category structure across all spend, identifying key leverage areas, critical dependencies, and bottleneck categories. • Lead high-impact cross-functional projects : Take ownership of critical initiatives such as the Raw Material Replacement project - a highly visible, cross-functional program requiring strong stakeholder alignment across procurement, R&D, Quality, Finance and Operations. • Drive strategic transformation through data: Build transparency across our procurement landscape by structuring and analyzing spend data, enabling better decisions, prioritization, and negotiation strategies. • Embed a robust risk management approach: Introduce structured risk frameworks across suppliers and categories, integrating quality and supply risk to strengthen long-term resilience. • Drive structured cost optimization: Identify and execute COGS reduction opportunities through deep data analysis, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) thinking, and targeted supplier negotiations. • Strengthen procurement processes and standards: Further develop and refine procurement processes (e.g. P2P workflows, SOPs), ensuring scalability, clarity, and high adoption across the team. Your profile • Background & Experience: 5+ years of experience in strategic procurement, category management, or supply chain - ideally in FMCG, food or pharma. Experience in supplements would be highly valuable, but we also welcome candidates from similar industries with comparable complexity. • Strong Data & Analytical Mindset: You are highly data-driven and comfortable working with large datasets. You know how to translate data into insights, priorities, and concrete actions. • Project Management Excellence: Proven track record of leading complex, cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders - from structuring the problem to driving execution. • Strategic Thinking: You understand how procurement creates value beyond cost - through structure, transparency, and long-term supplier strategies. • Stakeholder Management: You are confident working across functions such as R&D, quality, operations, and leadership - aligning different interests and driving decisions forward. • Process Orientation: You think in systems and processes, and know how to refine and scale existing structures without overengineering. • Tools & Tech: Experience with ERP systems (e.g. Odoo/MRP), and analytical tools such as Tableau or similar BI tools. • Language Skills: Fluent in English (C1); German is a plus. What we offer • An appealing discount on all of our products – from essential oils to vitamins & nutrients • We offer 28 days of paid time off per year plus up to 5 days off between Christmas and New Year • The Urban Sports Club membership and either Swapfiets bike rental or a subsidy for the Deutschlandticket • We believe great things happen when we meet in person, which is why we embrace a hybrid model with one home office day per week – up to two depending on the area you are working in – and up to two weeks per year working from abroad • Receive various discounts of up to more than 50 percent on attractive brands such as Flaconi, Bosch, Apple or Expedia • You will be given real ownership and plenty of room for new initiatives, as well as the opportunity to contribute your expertise and implement your great ideas • Inviting office spaces with access to plenty of organic teas and superfoods from around the world • We like