Sr. Merchandise Sourcing Manager (m/f/d)

About HOLY

HOLY is 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 on reviews.io speak for themselves. From D2C to Global Omnichannel: In less than four years, we've profitably scaled HOLY to more than €180M 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 HOLY grows from a D2C rocketship into a true omnichannel consumer brand, merchandise has become a key driver of campaign virality and customer loyalty — but our supplier base, quality processes and product data haven't yet scaled with that growth.

We're hiring a Senior Merchandise Sourcing Manager to own merchandise end-to-end: sourcing and negotiating campaign drops, building a long-term strategic supplier network for evergreen products, and putting scalable quality, compliance and product-data foundations in place.

You'll partner closely with Design, Campaign/Brand & Activations, and Finance to turn merchandise into a reliable, well-governed engine rather than a series of one-off projects. This is a high-ownership role for someone who wants to build sourcing infrastructure from the ground up at one of Europe's fastest-growing consumer brands.

Responsibilities:
Merchandise for Campaigns, Events & Collaborations
Own end-to-end procurement for campaign, event and collaboration merchandise — from supplier selection and negotiation through production follow-up, MOQ and capacity management, to on-time delivery. Partner closely with Design and Campaigns to challenge specifications and translate ideas into feasible, manufacturable products, without owning the overall product concept or creative direction. Strategic Supplier Portfolio
Build long-term strategic partnerships for evergreen products — continuously improving cost, quality and lead times — while taking a faster, more flexible approach with greater supplier optionality for campaign merchandise. Own framework agreements, contracts and NDAs, and build a preferred supplier portfolio and supplier guideline that scale across product categories. Quality & Compliance Frameworks
Define quality standards and scalable QA processes — defect handling, root-cause analysis, and multi-country labeling and certification compliance — with Operational Procurement supporting day-to-day execution. Act as a key point of contact, together with Operational Procurement, for merchandise quality issues from CS, retail and customers. Product Data & Cross-Functional Enablement
Own the merchandise product taxonomy, attributes and cross-sell relationships, feeding enriched product data to Design and Campaign/Activation teams; equip Finance with landed cost sheets and PO/commitment reporting, and support freight/forwarder decisions together with Operational Procurement to keep shipping costs and timelines on track. Continuous Improvement
Build repeatable sourcing processes and supplier performance metrics that let merchandise scale with HOLY's international growth.

About You

Sourcing & Negotiation Track Record: 5+ years in merchandise, packaging or promotional-product sourcing/procurement, with proven success negotiating supplier contracts and pricing across multiple countries. Supplier Network: Established relationships with — or a fast ability to build — manufacturers across the EU and Asia, balancing cost, quality, lead time and compliance. Quality & Compliance Know-How: Experience setting up QA frameworks, defect/root-cause processes, and multi-country labeling and certification requirements. Analytical & Financial Fluency: Comfortable building landed-cost models (unit price + freight + duties + insurance) and PO/commitment tracking to support Finance. Cross-Functional Operator: Proven ability to partner with Design, Brand/Campaign and Finance teams while juggling multiple fast-moving campaign timelines at once. Builder Mindset: Energized by creating scalable processes, documentation and supplier guidelines from scratch in a fast-paced, high-growth environment; fluent in English (German a plus).

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 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.

Any questions or concerns?

If you have any questions or feedback, please send an email to [email protected].