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

Sunday Natural Products GmbH; Berlin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discount on products

28 days paid time off + up to 5 days

Urban Sports Club membership / Germany

Hybrid model with home office day once

Office spaces and team events

Job summary

Sunday Natural Products GmbH is seeking a (Senior) Purchasing Manager / Strategic Buyer to own a defined supplier portfolio and drive category strategy, cost optimization, and supplier risk management. You will lead cross-functional initiatives across procurement, R&D, Quality, Finance, and Operations, leveraging data to enable smarter decisions.

You will strengthen procurement processes, develop a robust category architecture, and push for long-term supplier partnerships while aligning with

Qualifications

• 5+ years in strategic procurement, category management, or supply chain.
• Experience in supplements is valuable.
• Strong data-driven mindset and ability to translate data into actions.
• Proven cross-functional project leadership.
• Strategic thinking beyond cost, focusing on long-term value.
• Ability to work with R&D, Quality, Finance and Operations stakeholders.
• Familiarity with ERP and BI tools; English fluency mandatory; German helpful.

Responsibilities

• Own a defined supplier portfolio or category and drive procurement excellence.
• Create and implement a best-in-class category architecture across spend.
• Lead cross-functional projects with R&D, Quality, Finance and Operations.
• Structure spend data to enable informed decisions and negotiation strategies.
• Embed risk management across suppliers and categories for resilience.
• Identify and realize cost reduction opportunities (COGS, TCO).
• Refine and scale procurement processes (P2P workflows, SOPs).

Skills

Strategic procurement

Category management

Data analytics

Project management

Stakeholder management

Process orientation

English proficiency

German language (plus)

Tools

ERP systems (Odoo/MRP)

Tableau / BI tools

Job description

Your role

As our (Senior) Purchasing Manager / Strategic Buyer you will 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.

• 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.

Your profile

• Background & Experience: 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.

• Strong Data & Analytical Mindset: You are highly data-driven and comfortable working with large datasets. You know how to translate data into insights, priorities, and concrete actions.

• Project Management Excellence: Proven track record of leading complex, cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders - from structuring the problem to driving execution.

• Strategic Thinking: You understand how procurement creates value beyond cost - through structure, transparency, and long-term supplier strategies.

• Stakeholder Management: You are confident working across functions such as R&D, quality, operations, and leadership - aligning different interests and driving decisions forward.

• Process Orientation: You think in systems and processes, and know how to refine and scale existing structures without overengineering.

• Tools & Tech: Experience with ERP systems (e.g. Odoo/MRP), and analytical tools such as Tableau or similar BI tools.

• Language Skills: Fluent in English (C1); German is a plus.

What we offer

• An appealing discount on all of our products - from essential oils to vitamins & nutrients

• We offer 28 days of paid time off per year plus up to 5 days off between Christmas and New Year

• The Urban Sports Club membership and either Swapfiets bike rental or a subsidy for the Deutschlandticket

• We believe great things happen when we meet in person, which is why we embrace a hybrid model with one home office day per week - up to two depending on the area you are working in - and up to two weeks per year working from abroad

• Receive various discounts of up to more than 50 percent on attractive brands such as Flaconi, Bosch, Apple or Expedia

• You will be given real ownership and plenty of room for new initiatives, as well as the opportunity to contribute your expertise and implement your great ideas

• Inviting office spaces with access to plenty of organic teas and superfoods from around the world

• We like to celebrate each other! Regular tea & office parties, Christmas and summer feasts and various influencer events such as Women's Day

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. We aim to produce the products we ourselves would love to buy - 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. For the continuous improvement of our products, we collaborate with selected research institutes, scientists, therapists, farmers, and professional associations.

We take our ecological responsibility very seriously: that's why the majority of our product range is vegan. We also take an innovative approach to packaging: most of our products are packaged in glass, making them almost entirely recyclable.

Our diverse team in Berlin consists of over 400 employees from more than 45 nationalities and continues to grow - but at a sustainable pace. Our goal is to foster a collaborative, supportive, and inclusive work environment with a diverse group of motivated, talented, and visionary team members.

We highly value equality of opportunity and inclusivity, and we would like to particularly encourage women and candidates from under-represented backgrounds to apply, even if you don't match with 100% of the requirements.