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About the Role

As a Senior Ingredient Sourcing Manager, you will build and own HOLY’s end-to-end ingredient sourcing capability for our dry-powder portfolio. You will help transition procurement from a primarily contract-manufacturer-led model to a scalable, HOLY-owned sourcing model that improves cost efficiency, supply security, quality control, and operational flexibility. This role combines strategic category ownership with hands-on execution and close collaboration across Supply Chain, Quality, Product, Finance, Operations, contract manufacturers, and suppliers.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute HOLY’s ingredient sourcing strategy, including supplier mapping, qualification, selection, negotiations, and contract finalization.
Build a reliable supplier network with appropriate backup and dual-sourcing options for key ingredients.
Build and maintain strategic relationships with key ingredient suppliers and position HOLY as a preferred customer for strategic partners.
Drive supplier performance across cost, quality, service, innovation, and responsiveness through regular business reviews and continuous-improvement initiatives.
Continuously monitor ingredient markets, pricing trends, supplier landscapes, supply risks, and emerging technologies.
Identify new suppliers and ingredients and translate market developments into clear commercial recommendations.
Own recurring sourcing operations, including forecasts, quantities, MOQs, call-offs, replenishment, supplier capacity, lead times, and inventory risks.
Continuously improve procurement, supplier management, storage, logistics, and documentation processes, including the transition to HOLY-owned ingredient sourcing where relevant.
Coordinate specifications, samples, trial batches, sensory checks, stability testing, and supplier documentation with Quality, Product, and contract manufacturers.
Assess the impact of ingredient or premix changes on taste, appearance, blend performance, manufacturability, and product consistency.
Monitor supplier performance, availability, quality, pricing, and delivery risks, and implement mitigation plans where needed.
Establish suitable contingency measures, including backup suppliers, safety stock, and alternative sourcing routes.
Lead sourcing projects end-to-end, aligning Supply Chain, Quality, Product/Formulation, Finance, Operations, contract manufacturers, and suppliers.
Identify and track savings from supplier changes, specification optimization, and improved purchasing terms through to realized COGS impact.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in ingredient sourcing, raw-material procurement, strategic procurement, or supply-chain management.
Hands-on experience with ingredients for dry food, powdered beverage, dietary supplement, premix, or other dry-blend applications.
Strong understanding of how ingredient specifications and source changes can affect powder blending, homogeneity, flowability, taste, appearance, stability, and production performance.
Experience qualifying suppliers and ingredients using specifications, CoAs, certifications, traceability, audits, samples, and quality documentation.
Strong negotiation skills across pricing, payment terms, MOQs, lead times, capacity commitments, contracts, and service expectations.
Excellent project-management skills and a track record of driving complex, cross-functional initiatives to completion.
Strong analytical skills, including experience with cost models, volume forecasts, target prices, supplier comparisons, savings calculations, and market intelligence.
Familiarity with ERP, procurement, inventory-management, or supplier-management systems, as well as advanced spreadsheet-based analysis, is valuable.
Ability to balance cost, quality, technical suitability, supply risk, regulatory considerations, and operational complexity.
Fluent written and spoken English.
German at C1 level is a plus.
Bonus: Experience with functional ingredients, vitamins, amino acids, botanical extracts, flavor systems, complete premixes, or international supplier networks.

Skills

Ingredient Sourcing
Raw-Material Procurement
Strategic Procurement
Supply-Chain Management
Dry-Blend Applications
Supplier Qualification
Negotiation
Project Management
Analytical Skills
Cost Modeling
Volume Forecasting
Target Pricing
Supplier Comparison
Savings Calculation
Market Intelligence
ERP Systems
Procurement Systems
Inventory Management Systems
Supplier Management Systems
Spreadsheet Analysis
Functional Ingredients
Vitamins
Amino Acids
Botanical Extracts
Flavor Systems
Premixes
International Supplier Networks

Location

Berlin

Work Type

Onsite
Full-time

Experience Level

Senior

Benefits

Competitive compensation
Company shares
Opportunities for growth
Huge impact to shape HOLY’s internationalisation
Awesome team of colleagues
Startup culture
Flat hierarchies
Fast pace
Personal development
Central office in Berlin Prenzlauerberg
Flexible working hours
Strong salary
Meaningful equity

About the Company

HOLY is the soft drink revolution, offering amazing taste across 50+ flavors while maintaining a good conscience for body & environment.
Started in a shared apartment, HOLY has scaled to Europe's fastest growing consumer brand with over 2M loyal customers.
In less than four years, HOLY has profitably scaled to more than €180M D2C revenue in DACH, FR, UK and PL.
HOLY is transitioning to becoming a true omnichannel rocketship by scaling its retail business.
Backed by top consumer investors, HOLY aims to revolutionize the soft drink industry and build a generational love brand: tastier, healthier & more sustainable.
The team of 170+ people aims high.

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.