Junior Supply Chain Manager (m/f/d)

Are you a strategic thinker ready to dive into the operational core of one of Europe s fastest-growing pet food startups?

At The Better Cat , our mission is to revolutionise the pet food market - and we re doing this at high pace. We s already won the Fressnapf Innovation Award 2024 !

Our focus is the cat segment - the largest and fastest-growing category in pet food.

You ll join our lean Supply Chain & Operations team, working directly with Lucia (Supply Chain Manager) and with direct access to the founders. Your mission: discover suppliers, run procurement, manage inventory, and automate the manual processes that don t scale - laying the groundwork as we expand beyond Germany.

Aufgaben

• Supplier Discovery & Procurement - Support supplier discovery for new co-manufacturing partners and ingredients, and run day-to-day procurement (POs, coordination, order follow-up).
• Inventory Management - Manage inventory levels across our co-manufacturer and logistics network to balance availability against working capital.
• Working Capital - Contribute to optimising working capital usage across the supply chain - stock levels, payment terms, order cadence.
• Automation of Manual Tasks - Eliminate repetitive processes across the supply chain using LLMs and no-/low-code tools like Claude and n8n .

Qualifikation

You ll be great at this if you…

• Have 0-2 years of professional experience in supply chain, procurement, buying, or operations.
• Have a strong academic background from a commercial or technical programme (e.g. Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or similar).
• Speak fluent English.
• Are confident in Excel/Google Sheets - comfortable building and maintaining trackers, supplier data, and simple forecasts.
• Have some exposure to demand forecasting, inventory management, or ERP/warehouse-management systems - nice to have, not a dealbreaker.
• Have hands-on experience with AI and automation tools (Claude , n8n , or similar) - you ve actually built something, not just used the tools.
• Are comfortable picking up the phone to negotiate with suppliers and manage external partners.
• Are highly detail-oriented and structured - you love turning chaos into order.
• Have a growth mindset and want to take on more responsibility quickly.

Benefits

• Learn from the best: Work alongside a super lean, experienced supply chain and operations team, with direct access to the founder.
• Growth mode: Join one of Europe s fastest-growing pet food startups.
• Meritocratic culture: Flat hierarchies, fast pace, and real ownership from day one.
• Front-row seat to scale: Be part of expanding our operations beyond Germany.
• Deutschland Ticket subsidy included.
• EGym Wellpass subsidy included.

Ready to make the world better for cats?