Operational Sourcing Manager (m/f/d)

HOLY; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 65.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Company shares

Equity opportunity

Berlin office in Prenzlauer Berg

Flexible hours

Startup culture

Competitive salary

Zusammenfassung

HOLY is seeking an Operational Sourcing Manager in Berlin to own the sourcing lifecycle for selected physical product categories. You will turn requirements into supplier commitments, ensuring accurate product data, compliant goods, and on-time delivery across merchandise and campaign products.

Collaborate with Forecasting, Design, Campaigns, and Logistics to keep products ready, available, and documented. English fluency is essential; German is a plus.

Qualifikationen

• 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 such as merchandise, packaging, or consumer goods.
• Strong commercial understanding of pricing, MOQs, lead times, and freight costs.
• Excellent supplier communication and negotiation skills.
• Experience coordinating product setup and master data, including SKUs, barcodes, pricing, and digital assets.
• Knowledge of quality checks, supplier documentation, and inbound logistics.
• Strong project management and problem-solving abilities.
• Fluent in English; German a plus.

Aufgaben

• Own operational sourcing for assigned categories from supplier research to delivery.
• Place and manage campaign, creator, fair, and merchandise orders once requirements are finalized.
• Maintain supplier portfolio and manage day-to-day communication and timelines.
• Track supplier performance and coordinate corrective actions to protect cost and availability.
• Support development and setup of merchandise with design briefs, barcodes, specs, and packaging.
• Create and maintain ERP records including SKUs, pricing, taxonomy, and vendor data.
• Coordinate sample and goods QC, manage documentation, and resolve quality or delivery issues.
• Manage direct shipments, forwarder coordination, freight rates, customs documentation, and delivery tracking.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure products are ready and documented and support creator collaborations.

Kenntnisse

Operational sourcing

Procurement

Purchase orders

Supplier negotiation

Product data management

ERP systems

Logistics coordination

Quality documentation

English fluency

German helpful

Tools

ERP systems

Odoo

PIM tools

Jobbeschreibung

About HOLY

• HOLYis the soft drink revolution: With our product lines Energy®, Iced Tea®, Hydration®, Milkshake®, and our newest innovation, the HOLY Syrup Bottle® you get amazing taste across 50+ flavors while maintaining a good conscience—for your body & the environment.
• Over 2M loyal customers: Started in a shared apartment by three best friends, we have scaled to Europe's fastest growing consumer brand—and our cult-like community, the HOLY Squad, loves it: 4.6 stars on reviews.io speak for themselves.
• From D2C to Global Omnichannel: In less than four years, we've profitably scaled HOLY to more than €180M D2C revenue in DACH, FR, UK and PL. Now scaling our retail business, we're on an exciting transition to becoming a true omnichannel rocketship.
• We are still just getting started: Backed by the world's best consumer investors, we aim to revolutionize the soft drink industry and build a generational love brand: tastier, healthier & more sustainable. Our team of 170+ people aims high (Coca-Cola, we're coming for you!).

About the Position

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

Sourcing & Procurement Execution

• 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.

Supplier & Order Management

• 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.

Product & Merchandise Setup

• 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.

Quality, Logistics & Documentation

• 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.

Cross-Functional Execution & Improvement

• 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.

About You

• Relevant experience: 3+ years of professional experience in operational sourcing, procurement, purchasing, supply-chain execution, or a comparable role.
• End-to-end order management: At least 2 years of hands-on experience managing suppliers and purchase orders from quotation or sampling through production, shipment, and delivery.
• Physical-product experience: Experience sourcing physical products is strongly preferred. Relevant backgrounds include merchandise, packaging, accessories, promotional products, consumer goods, or other manufactured goods.
• Commercial understanding: Strong commercial understanding of pricing, MOQs, lead times, production constraints, freight costs, quality, and availability.
• Supplier communication and negotiation: Strong supplier communication and negotiation skills, with the confidence to follow up, challenge deviations, and agree practical solutions.
• Product data and systems: 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. Experience with Odoo, SKU management, or PIM tools is a plus.
• Quality and logistics: Good understanding of quality checks, supplier documentation, customs, and inbound logistics.
• Project management and problem-solving: 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.
• Language skills: Fluent in English. German is a plus, especially for collaboration with German-speaking suppliers.

Our Offering

In today's job market, A-players have many options to choose from. As part of our offer, we prioritise providing a productive working environment and opportunities for growth. In addition to competitive compensation, including company shares, you can expect:

• A successful and growing company: Join a company that has been growing profitable and quickly for the last 36+ months and have just raised a series B, while many other e-commerce companies are struggling.
• Huge impact: Enjoy huge impact to shape HOLY's internationalisation in a top market.
• Awesome team: Join an awesome team of colleagues who are ambitious, funny, down-to-earth, and authentic. Get to know us and see for yourself!
• Top product: Marketing is important, but a good product is essential. Our differentiated soft drinks have won over customers. Check out our reviews.io reviews or contact us for free samples.
• Startup culture: Join a startup culture that values flat hierarchies, fast pace, and personal development. With us, you can make a real impact.
• Perfect setup: Enjoy a perfect setup that includes all the requirements of a modern employer, such as a central office in Berlin Prenzlauerberg, flexible working hours, and much more.
• Competitive comp. + equity: Join us at a pivotal stage of hypergrowth. We offer a strong salary and meaningful equity-giving you the chance to share in our current success and benefit from the massive upside as we scale.

Find out more about HOLY and our team on our careers page.

The Process

As we are experiencing rapid growth and have ambitious plans, the optimal start date for the position is today. Nonetheless, we are prepared to patiently await the arrival of the ideal candidate, recognizing that quality ultimately yields the best results.

• Getting to know you: We will have a 30 minute screening interview where we will talk to you more about HOLY and the position and see if our expectations match.
• Hiring Manager interview: You will meet Alina, our Procurement Lead, to dive a bit deeper into your experience and details of the role.
• Case study & on-site interview: As soon as you have successfully completed the first interviews, you will receive a case study. In a second meeting at our office, the team will discuss your case study with you and answer questions about our workspace, the HOLY Temple. Here you will also meet Markus, our COO.
• Interview with Fredi: As a strong cultural fit is important to us, you will have a final meeting with Fredi, one of our HOLY Founders. This gives both you and us the opportunity for a final check.
• Job offer and decision: If everything goes well, you will receive an offer and we are ready to embark you this journey together with you!

Typically his process should take around 2 weeks.

Any questions or concerns?

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