Purchasing Area Manager China (all genders)
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Posted on:
08-11-2025
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Your role
We are seeking an experienced and forward-thinkingPurchasing Area ManagerChina (all genders)to lead and elevate our procurement strategy across the China supply chain. Youll play a vital role in ensuring a smooth and reliable material flow strengthening supplier relationships and driving cost and quality excellence that fuels our global growth. This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives on ownership collaboration and delivering real business results.
Strategic Procurement:Manage and continuously optimize the end-to-end procurement process for materials sourced in China ensuring a reliable compliant and cost-effective supply chain aligned with global objectives.
Supplier Management: Identify evaluate qualify and manage key suppliers; foster long-term partnerships while ensuring performance quality and cost targets are met.
Commercial Leadership:Lead all commercial negotiations pricing discussions and contract management activities to secure favorable terms and mitigate risks.
Operational Execution:Oversee the complete purchasing cycle from order placement and call-offs to material expediting to guarantee on-time delivery to operational sites.
Compliance & Quality:Ensure all vendors and purchasing processes fully adhere to local regulations ethical standards and internal company policies.
Inventory & Planning Collaboration:Work closely with the planning team to monitor inventory levels manage reorder points and reduce stock on hand (SoH) while maintaining supply continuity and preventing stock-outs.
Your profile
Education: You hold a degree in Supply Chain Management Business Administration Engineering or a related field. A Masters degree or professional certifications (such as CIPS or APICS) are a plus.
Experience: You bring4 years of hands-on procurement or supply chain experiencewithin the Chinese market ideally in the FMCG industry. You understand how business works locally and if youve lived and worked in China before even better!
Skills: Youre a strategic and hands-on procurement professional with strong negotiation and analytical skills and a solid understanding of end-to-end supply chain principles. You build trust easily across cultures communicate clearly and thrive both independently and in a collaborative fast-moving team environment.
Language Skills:You communicate effortlessly in Mandarin Chinese (native-level both spoken and written) and have professional fluency in English enabling you to navigate seamlessly between local suppliers and international teams.
What we offer
- An appealing discount on all of our Sunday Natural Group products from essential oils to vitamins & nutrients
- We offer 28 days of paid time off per year plus up to 5 days off between Christmas and New Year
- We believe great things happen when we meet in person which is why we embrace a hybrid model with 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
- The Urban Sports Club membership Swapfiets bike rental or a subsidy for the Deutschland ticket
- A healthy balance is important to us: we offer a hybrid work model and workation
- Receive various discounts of up to more than 50 percent on attractive brands such as Flaconi Bosch Apple or Expedia
- You will be given real ownership and plenty of room for new initiatives as well as the opportunity to contribute your expertise and implement your great ideas
- Inviting office spaces with access to plenty of organic teas and superfoods from around the world
- We the Sunday Natural Group like to celebrate each other! Regular tea & office parties Christmas and summer feasts and various influencer events such as Womens Day
About us
We take our ecological responsibility very seriously: thats why the majority of our product range is vegan. We also take an innovative approach to packaging: most of our products are packaged in glass making them almost entirely recyclable.
Our diverse team in Berlin consists of over 290 employees from more than 40 nationalities and continues to grow but at a sustainable pace. Our goal is to foster a collaborative supportive and inclusive work environment with a diverse group of motivated talented and visionary team members.
We highly value equality of opportunity and inclusivity and we would like to particularly encourage women and candidates from under-represented backgrounds to apply even if you dont match with 100% of the requirements.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Inventory Control
- Purchasing
- Sourcing
- Procurement
- Vendor Management
- HR Sourcing
- ERP Systems
- negotiation
- Materials Management
- Manufacturing
- MRP
- Contracts
About Company
Sunday Natural emerged from a long-standing passion and research in the fields of health, healing, and personal growth. The lack of natural, high-quality products on the market was the original motivation for founding Sunday Natural in 2013. We aim to produce the products we ourselves ... View more
