Sr. Ingredient Sourcing Manager (m/f/d) in Berlin

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 onreviews.iospeak for themselves.
• From D2C to Global Omnichannel:In less than four years, we've profitably scaled HOLY to more than €250M 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 200+ people aims high (Coca-Cola, we’re coming for you!).

About the Position

As aSenior Ingredient Sourcing Manager, you will build and own HOLY’s end-to-end ingredient sourcing capability for our dry-powder portfolio. You will help transition procurement from a primarily contract-manufacturer-led model to a scalable, HOLY-owned sourcing model that improves cost efficiency, supply security, quality control, and operational flexibility. From supplier strategy and commercial negotiations to ingredient validation, supply continuity, and sourcing-process setup, you will create the operating model that enables HOLY to scale its product portfolio. This role combines strategic category ownership with hands‑on execution and close collaboration across Supply Chain, Quality, Product, Finance, Operations, contract manufacturers, and suppliers.

Responsibilities:

Supplier Strategy & Commercial Ownership

• Develop and execute HOLY’s ingredient sourcing strategy, including supplier mapping, qualification, selection, negotiations, and contract finalization.
• Build a reliable supplier network with appropriate backup and dual-sourcing options for key ingredients.

Supplier Development

• Build and maintain strategic relationships with key ingredient suppliers and position HOLY as a preferred customer for strategic partners.
• Drive supplier performance across cost, quality, service, innovation, and responsiveness through regular business reviews and continuous‑improvement initiatives.

Ingredient Market Intelligence

• Continuously monitor ingredient markets, pricing trends, supplier landscapes, supply risks, and emerging technologies.
• Identify new suppliers and ingredients and translate market developments into clear commercial recommendations.

Sourcing Operations & Process Setup

• Own recurring sourcing operations, including forecasts, quantities, MOQs, call‑offs, replenishment, supplier capacity, lead times, and inventory risks.
• Continuously improve procurement, supplier management, storage, logistics, and documentation processes, including the transition to HOLY‑owned ingredient sourcing where relevant.

Ingredient Validation & Quality

• Coordinate specifications, samples, trial batches, sensory checks, stability testing, and supplier documentation with Quality, Product, and contract manufacturers.
• Assess the impact of ingredient or premix changes on taste, appearance, blend performance, manufacturability, and product consistency.

Supply Continuity & Risk Management

• Monitor supplier performance, availability, quality, pricing, and delivery risks, and implement mitigation plans where needed.
• Establish suitable contingency measures, including backup suppliers, safety stock, and alternative sourcing routes.

Cross‑Functional Delivery & Savings

• Lead sourcing projects end‑to‑end, aligning Supply Chain, Quality, Product/Formulation, Finance, Operations, contract manufacturers, and suppliers.
• Identify and track savings from supplier changes, specification optimization, and improved purchasing terms through to realized COGS impact.

About You

• Relevant experience: 5+ years of experience in ingredient sourcing, raw‑material procurement, strategic procurement, or supply‑chain management.
• Dry‑blend expertise: Hands‑on experience with ingredients for dry food, powdered beverage, dietary supplement, premix, or other dry‑blend applications.
• Technical understanding: Strong understanding of how ingredient specifications and source changes can affect powder blending, homogeneity, flowability, taste, appearance, stability, and production performance.
• Supplier qualification: Experience qualifying suppliers and ingredients using specifications, CoAs, certifications, traceability, audits, samples, and quality documentation.
• Negotiation strength: Strong negotiation skills across pricing, payment terms, MOQs, lead times, capacity commitments, contracts, and service expectations.
• Project leadership: Excellent project‑management skills and a track record of driving complex, cross‑functional initiatives to completion.
• Analytical and systems fluency: Strong analytical skills, including experience with cost models, volume forecasts, target prices, supplier comparisons, savings calculations, and market intelligence. Familiarity with ERP, procurement, inventory‑management, or supplier‑management systems, as well as advanced spreadsheet‑based analysis, is valuable.
• Balanced decision‑making: Ability to balance cost, quality, technical suitability, supply risk, regulatory considerations, and operational complexity.
• Language skills: Fluent written and spoken English; German at C1 level is a plus.
• Additional experience: Bonus: Experience with functional ingredients, vitamins, amino acids, botanical extracts, flavor systems, complete premixes, or international supplier networks.

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.

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