Supply Chain Operations Manager - External Manufacturing

Start: asap | Level: Intermediate /Senior | Location: Hamburg (hybrid) | Worktime: Fulltime (40h/week) 

Your start in the Supply Chain Team at ESN & More! 

As an Supply Chain Operations Manager – External Manufactuting (gn), you take on the leadership of the External Manufacturing supply and procurement operations team and own, end-to-end, the supply of externally manufactured and traded goods across the group's brands. You secure availability, proactively drive supplier capacity planning, and run a clean, well-governed purchase-order-to-invoice process in SAP. You act as the operational counterpart to Strategic Procurement and execute the inventory targets and policies set by Planning.

Get in touch and become part of the team!

Your mission

• You lead, coach, and develop the external planners and order execution team, setting priorities, balancing workload, and building team capability, while owning hiring, onboarding, and performance management
• You own availability and supply performance for externally manufactured/traded goods across all brands
• You own the planning and execution of key suppliers' operations, ensuring demand reliably translates into supply, capacity, and replenishment
• You govern the end-to-end order-to-invoice process in SAP (PO, delivery, goods receipt, invoice, finance coordination)
• You establish proactive capacity planning with key external manufacturers and own supplier availability, lead-time, and risk management, driving mitigation measures
• You provide input on supplier selection and steer onboarding/ramp-up for innovations, together with Strategic Procurement
• You act as the operational counterpart to Strategic Procurement, feeding consolidated volumes and requirements into contracting and coordinating commercial topics/escalations
• You ensure operational execution stays aligned with contracted terms and conditions
• You define and track KPIs (availability/service level, supplier OTIF, PO cycle time, invoice accuracy, capacity coverage) and drive process standardisation with GPOs/Transformation Team and Master Data Lead
• You own SAP process quality and master data governance for external supply, partnering closely with Planning, Procurement, Finance, Quality, and Logistics stakeholders

Your experience & skills

• You should hold a degree in supply chain, business, or engineering — or equivalent experience
• You bring 5+ years of experience in supply chain, procurement operations, or external manufacturing
• You have strong SAP expertise (MM, order-to-invoice); SAP APO/IBP is a plus
• You have a proven track record in supplier/capacity management and PO-to-invoice operations
• You demonstrate strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management skills
• You speak good working-level German and business-fluent English, with solid German needed for close collaboration with Finance and end-to-end problem solving
• You bring an FMCG, food, nutrition, or supplements background
• you have experience managing co-manufacturing networks
• You have experience in transformation or process governance (S&OP/IBP, GPO operating models)

Why choose us?

Being part of our team means joining a high-performing company with a diverse and inclusive culture. In our fast-growing team of over 1,200 employees, we combine our passion for sports nutrition, supplements, and healthy foods with cutting-edge technology, production, and logistics processes. All of this serves one goal: providing our customers with top-quality products to support their healthy and active lifestyle.

You can look forward to a strong sense of team spirit, ongoing opportunities for professional growth and responsibility, and an exciting work environment that blends lifestyle and career. With locations in Hamburg, Elmshorn, Kaltenkirchen/Nützen, and Elsdorf, TQG offers diverse career opportunities in areas such as technology, product development, sales, marketing, and logistics. Additionally, you’ll benefit from:

• Flexible working hours and remote work options
• Attractive employee discounts
• Subsidy for the E-gym Wellpass
• Workation
• Corporate benefits
• 28 days vacation/year
• and much more

About Us

The Quality Group (TQG) is an innovative provider of sports nutrition products, bringing together the successful brands ESN and More Nutrition since 2021.

ESN has been the German market leader in sports nutrition since 2004, offering products like protein powders, bars, and supplements designed for ambitious fitness goals. Founded in 2017, More Nutrition focuses on healthy, reduced-sugar foods, providing solutions for conscious nutrition and weight management without compromise.

TQG’s vision is to help people become the best version of themselves. With passion and innovation, the company develops high-quality products that promote health, performance, and joy in life. Its agile company culture and exciting career opportunities make TQG a strong partner not only for customers but also for employees.

This is us – The Quality Group – nice to meet you! Now it’s your turn!
We look forward to your application! Regardless of gender, age, background, or identity – what matters to us is who you are and what you bring to the table. Join our team and grow with us!