(Senior) Purchasing Manager / Strategic Buyer (all genders) at Sunday Natural | BE, DE | Rezi

(Senior) Purchasing Manager / Strategic Buyer (all genders) at Sunday Natural

(Senior) Purchasing Manager / Strategic Buyer (all genders)

Sunday Natural · BE, DE

2 weeks ago

(Senior) Purchasing Manager / Strategic Buyer (all genders)

Sunday Natural · BE, DE

17 days ago
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About the Role

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.

Responsibilities

  • 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.

Requirements

  • 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.
  • Proven track record of leading complex, cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders - from structuring the problem to driving execution.
  • Confident working across functions such as R&D, quality, operations, and leadership - aligning different interests and driving decisions forward.
  • Think in systems and processes, and know how to refine and scale existing structures without overengineering.
  • Fluent in English (C1); German is a plus.

Skills

  • Strong Data & Analytical Mindset: Highly data-driven and comfortable working with large datasets. Ability to translate data into insights, priorities, and concrete actions.
  • Strategic Thinking: Understand how procurement creates value beyond cost - through structure, transparency, and long-term supplier strategies.
  • Experience with ERP systems (e.g. Odoo/MRP).
  • Experience with analytical tools such as Tableau or similar BI tools.

Location

  • Berlin

Work Type

  • Hybrid

Experience Level

  • Senior

Benefits

  • Appealing discount on all products.
  • 28 days of paid time off per year plus up to 5 days off between Christmas and New Year.
  • Urban Sports Club membership.
  • Swapfiets bike rental or subsidy for the Deutschlandticket.
  • Various discounts of up to more than 50 percent on attractive brands such as Flaconi, Bosch, Apple or Expedia.
  • Real ownership and room for new initiatives.
  • Opportunity to contribute expertise and implement ideas.
  • Inviting office spaces with access to organic teas and superfoods.
  • Regular tea & office parties, Christmas and summer feasts and various influencer events.

About the Company

  • Sunday Natural emerged from a long-standing passion and research in the fields of health, healing, and personal growth.
  • The lack of natural, high-quality products on the market was the original motivation for founding Sunday Natural in 2013.
  • Aim to produce products that are as natural as possible, absolutely pure, free from any additives, and of the highest quality.
  • In a strategic partnership with CVC, Sunday Natural is now one of Germany's most renowned quality manufacturers, with its own research and development department in Berlin.
  • Collaborate with selected research institutes, scientists, therapists, farmers, and professional associations for continuous product improvement.
  • Take ecological responsibility seriously; the majority of the product range is vegan.
  • Innovative approach to packaging: most products are packaged in glass, making them almost entirely recyclable.
  • Diverse team in Berlin consists of over 400 employees from more than 45 nationalities and continues to grow at a sustainable pace.
  • Goal is to foster a collaborative, supportive, and inclusive work environment with a diverse group of motivated, talented, and visionary team members.

Equal Opportunity

  • Highly value equality of opportunity and inclusivity.
  • Particularly encourage women and candidates from under-represented backgrounds to apply, even if you don’t match with 100% of the requirements.