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About the Role

As Procurement Director, you will build a world-class supplier ecosystem to enable faster scaling, improved margins, and consistent delivery of outstanding products. This strategic leadership position involves owning the sourcing strategy across ingredients, packaging, merchandising, and co-manufacturing, while continuously improving cost, quality, supplier performance, flexibility, and speed. You will collaborate with Product Development, Supply Chain Planning, Operations, Finance, and founders to build supplier partnerships supporting HOLY's ambitious growth.

Responsibilities

Own HOLY's sourcing strategy across ingredients, packaging, merchandising and co-manufacturing
Develop category strategies that improve competitiveness, resilience and long-term scalability
Drive structural COGS improvements through strategic sourcing, commercial excellence and value engineering
Identify new sourcing opportunities, technologies and supplier capabilities to strengthen HOLY's competitive position
Build long-term strategic partnerships with HOLY's key suppliers
Develop suppliers across capacity, quality, innovation, flexibility and operational excellence
Ensure our suppliers scale alongside HOLY's ambitious growth plans
Establish HOLY as a preferred customer through trust, transparency and professional supplier management
Strengthen our supplier ecosystem through selective onboarding of new partners and pragmatic multi-sourcing where it creates value
Improve end-to-end supply chain performance by reducing lead times, increasing supplier responsiveness and improving planning reliability
Partner closely with Supply Chain Planning and Operations to align supplier capabilities with demand forecasts, inventory targets and growth plans
Improve working capital through stronger commercial terms, better supplier collaboration and optimized replenishment models
Support the development of a scalable and resilient manufacturing network
Own supplier performance across quality, OTIF, responsiveness, compliance and continuous improvement
Establish structured Supplier Business Reviews, measurable KPIs and clear accountability with strategic suppliers
Proactively identify and mitigate supply risks before they impact the business
Ensure suppliers consistently meet HOLY's quality, food safety and regulatory standards
Lead and develop HOLY's Strategic Procurement and Operational Buying teams
Build a high-performance organization with strong commercial capabilities, clear ownership and a continuous improvement mindset
Develop future leaders and continuously raise the maturity of HOLY's procurement function
Build scalable processes, systems and ways of working that support HOLY's growth

Requirements

5–10+ years of experience in Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Consulting, Operations, Supply Chain, Commercial or another analytical leadership role
Outstanding structured problem-solving skills and the ability to translate complex challenges into pragmatic solutions
Experience working in fast-paced, high-growth or entrepreneurial environments where ownership and speed matter
Strong commercial judgment and experience negotiating with suppliers, partners or senior stakeholders
Proven ability to drive cross-functional initiatives and deliver measurable business impact
Experience building scalable processes, organizations and ways of working
Experience leading and developing teams is a strong plus
Exposure to manufacturing, FMCG, food & beverage or consumer goods is beneficial but not required
Excellent communication skills in English (German is a plus but not required)
A builder who enjoys creating structures, teams and processes from scratch
Combines strategic thinking with strong execution skills and is comfortable getting hands-on
Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities and can quickly structure complex situations
Takes ownership, moves fast and thrives in environments with high autonomy and ambiguity
Builds trust easily and can influence suppliers, stakeholders and teams through strong communication and judgment
Commercially minded and always looks for ways to create measurable business impact

Skills

Procurement
Strategic Sourcing
Supply Chain
Operations
Strategy Consulting
Commercial
Negotiation
Cross-functional leadership
Process building
Team leadership
Analytical skills
Problem-solving
Communication

Location

Berlin

Work Type

Full-time
Hybrid

Experience Level

5-10+ years

Salary/Compensations

Competitive compensation, including company shares

Benefits

Company shares
Productive working environment
Opportunities for growth
Huge impact to shape HOLY’s internationalisation
Awesome team of ambitious, funny, down-to-earth, and authentic colleagues
Startup culture with flat hierarchies, fast pace, and personal development
Central office in Berlin Prenzlauerberg
Flexible working hours
Meaningful equity
28 vacation days
30 work-from-abroad days
€1,500 learning budget
Urban Sports Club membership
Public transport subsidy
Biannual 360° feedback tied to compensation

About the Company

HOLY is the soft drink revolution, offering powdered drinks in 50+ flavors with a focus on taste, health, and environmental consciousness.
Over 2 million loyal customers have been acquired, scaling from a startup to Europe's fastest-growing consumer brand.
Transitioning from D2C to a global omnichannel strategy, with over €180M in D2C revenue in DACH, FR, UK, and PL.
Backed by top consumer investors, HOLY aims to revolutionize the soft drink industry and build a generational love brand.
The team of 170+ people is ambitious and aims to compete with major industry players.

Equal Opportunity

Holy Softdrinks GmbH is an equal opportunity workplace and is devoted to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.
Assistance is available in the application process for individuals with specific needs upon reaching out to their People Team.