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

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&…