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

Your role

Department: Operations Reports to: Michela-Maria Paoletti (Head of Purchase)

Start date: 15.05./01.06.2026 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.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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.

Skills & Competencies:

• 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
• The Urban Sports Club membership, Swapfiets bike rental and a subsidy for the BVG ticket
• Tailored Learning & Development and (Leadership) Coaching programs
• 28 days of paid time off per year plus up to 5 days off between Christmas and New Year
• Monthly 'Product of the Month' and an exclusive birthday gift
• Hybrid work model with one home office day per week (up to two depending on the area) and up to two weeks per year working from abroad
• Discounts of up to 50 percent on attractive brands (e.g. Flaconi, Bosch, Apple, Expedia)
• Real ownership and room for new initiatives
• Case-by-case relocation and visa support
• Inviting office spaces with organic teas and superfoods
• Regular team events (parties, feasts, influencer events)