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

Your role

Department: Operations
Reports to: Michela-Maria Paoletti (Head of Purchase)
Start date: 15.05./
Contract: 1-year maternity leave cover (with potential for extension based on business needs)

Help us build a world-class procurement function.

At Sunday Natural, our mission is bringing premium wellness products into the world for millions of customers across Europe — sustainably, reliably, and with uncompromising quality. Procurement is at the heart of this, ensuring that every material meets our standards and supports long‑term, scalable growth.

With around 2,000 products and a continuously expanding portfolio, our procurement environment is anything but simple. The supplements industry brings a high level of complexity — from sourcing a wide range of raw materials to navigating strict quality and regulatory standards. To stay ahead, we need to go beyond operational excellence and bring deeper transparency, sharper data insights, and stronger strategic focus into how we elevate procurement and ensure reliable supply for our production at all times.

• 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, 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 standard: 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 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: highly data‑driven, comfortable working with large datasets, translating data into insights, priorities, and concrete actions.
• Project management excellence: proven track record of leading complex, cross‑functional projects across multiple stakeholders, from structuring the problem to driving execution.
• Strategic thinking: understand how procurement creates value beyond cost — through structure, transparency, and long‑term supplier strategies.
• Stakeholder management: confident working across functions such as R&D, quality, operations, and leadership — aligning different interests and driving decisions forward.
• Process orientation: think in systems and processes, 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.
• The Urban Sports Club membership, Swapfiets bike rental and a subsidy for the BVG ticket.
• Opportunity for tailored Learning & Development as well as (Leadership) Coaching programs, designed to support your personal professional journey on an individual basis.
• 28 days of paid time off per year plus up to 5 days off between Christmas and New Year.
• A little joy every month with our ‘Product of the Month’ and an exclusive birthday gift on your birthday.
• Hybrid model: 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.
• Various discounts of up to more than 50% on attractive brands such as Flaconi, Bosch, Apple, or Expedia.
• Real ownership and plenty of room for new initiatives, with the opportunity to contribute expertise and implement great ideas.
• Case‑by‑case relocation and visa support depending on your role and experience level.
• Inviting office spaces with plenty of organic teas and superfoods from around the world.
• Regular tea & office parties, Christmas and summer feasts and various influencer events such as Women’s Day.