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About the Role

As an Operational Sourcing Manager at HOLY, you will own the operational sourcing lifecycle for selected physical product categories. Your mission is to turn approved product, campaign, and operational requirements into reliable supplier commitments, accurate product data, compliant goods, and on-time delivery. Merchandise is an important part of the role, alongside campaign products, creator and fair products, accessories, packaging, and other operational materials. You will work closely with Forecasting, Design, Campaigns and Activations, Quality, Logistics, Finance, Shop, and Customer Support to make sure products are ready, available, and operationally documented.

Responsibilities

Own operational sourcing for assigned categories, from supplier research and quotations through supplier selection, purchase order, production, and delivery.
Place and manage campaign, creator, fair, merchandise, and other operational orders once requirements, designs, product setups, and quantities are finalized.
Maintain the supplier portfolio and manage day-to-day communication, operational terms, production follow-up, delivery timelines, and supplier guidelines.
Track supplier performance, identify risks and delays early, and coordinate corrective actions to protect cost, quality, and availability.
Support the development and setup of merchandise and other physical products by preparing design briefings, barcodes, specifications, and packaging information.
Create and maintain accurate ERP product records, including SKUs, pricing, taxonomy, attributes, vendor data, lead times, and linked digital assets.
Coordinate sample and goods QC for merchandise and other products, manage supplier documentation, and support the resolution of quality or delivery issues.
Manage direct shipments, forwarder coordination, freight rates, customs documentation, import documents, and delivery tracking.
Coordinate with Forecasting, Design, Campaigns and Activations, Quality, Logistics, Finance, Shop, and Customer Support to ensure products are ready, available, and operationally documented.
Support creator collaborations, influencer drops, fairs, new shop merchandise, and pre-approved product catalogues, while improving recurring sourcing and procurement processes.

Requirements

3+ years of professional experience in operational sourcing, procurement, purchasing, supply-chain execution, or a comparable role.
At least 2 years of hands-on experience managing suppliers and purchase orders from quotation or sampling through production, shipment, and delivery.
Experience sourcing physical products is strongly preferred.
Strong commercial understanding of pricing, MOQs, lead times, production constraints, freight costs, quality, and availability.
Strong supplier communication and negotiation skills, with the confidence to follow up, challenge deviations, and agree practical solutions.
Experience coordinating product setup and master data, including SKUs, barcodes, vendor information, product attributes, pricing, packaging details, and digital assets.
Comfortable working with ERP, procurement, or product-information systems.
Good understanding of quality checks, supplier documentation, customs, and inbound logistics.
Excellent project management, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify risks early, involve the right stakeholders, and drive issues through to resolution.
Fluent in English.
German is a plus, especially for collaboration with German-speaking suppliers.

Skills

Odoo
SKU management
PIM tools

Location

Berlin

Work Type

Flexible working hours

Experience Level

3+ years of professional experience
At least 2 years of hands-on experience

Salary/Compensations

Competitive compensation, including company shares
Strong salary and meaningful equity

Benefits

Opportunities for growth
Productive working environment
Company shares
Huge impact to shape HOLY’s internationalisation
Awesome team of colleagues who are ambitious, funny, down-to-earth, and authentic
Differentiated soft drinks
Startup culture that values flat hierarchies, fast pace, and personal development
Central office in Berlin Prenzlauerberg
Flexible working hours
Meaningful equity

About the Company

HOLY is the soft drink revolution with product lines including Energy®, Iced Tea®, Hydration®, Milkshake®, and HOLY Syrup Bottle® offering amazing taste across 50+ flavors with a good conscience for body & environment.
Started in a shared apartment by three best friends, HOLY has scaled to Europe's fastest growing consumer brand with over 2M loyal customers and a community called the HOLY Squad.
In less than four years, HOLY has profitably scaled to more than €180M D2C revenue in DACH, FR, UK and PL, and is now scaling its retail business to become a true omnichannel rocketship.
Backed by world-class consumer investors, HOLY aims to revolutionize the soft drink industry and build a generational love brand that is tastier, healthier & more sustainable.
The team of 170+ people aims high, targeting the established soft drink industry.

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.
If you have a specific need that requires assistant in the application process, please reach out to our People Team at jobs@holy.com.