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Form der ArbeitCategory manager Food, International Procurement (f/m/d/x)
Category Supply Chain Management & Operations Location Berlin, Germany
At HelloFresh, we want to change the way people eat forever by offering our customers high-quality food and recipes for different meal occasions. Over the past 10 years, we've seen this mission spread around the world and beyond our wildest dreams. Now, we are a global food solutions group and the world's leading meal kit company, active in 18 countries across 3 continents. So, how did we do it? Our weekly boxes full of exciting recipes and fresh ingredients have blossomed into a community of customers looking for delicious, healthy, and sustainable options. The HelloFresh Group now includes our core brand, HelloFresh, as well as: Green Chef, EveryPlate, Chefs Plate, Factor_, and Youfoodz.
The role
We are looking for a talented and experienced Category Manager to become part of our International Procurement Team. Your role will involve developing and implementing a category strategy spanning multiple markets across Europe and Australasia. As an International Category Manager, you will collaborate closely with both local and global stakeholders and ensure we source high-quality ingredients at the best costs.
Above all, we are looking for people who will make HelloFresh better. We believe there are many different ways of developing skills and we love diverse experiences! So even if you don’t "tick all the boxes” but think you’d thrive in this role, we would like to learn more about you.
What you’ll do
- Develop and implement a category strategy that aligns with our overall objectives and supply chain requirements.
- Identify, select, and manage relationships with key suppliers and vendors across various markets.
- Lead supplier negotiations to ensure the best possible terms and conditions.
- Identify and implement cost reduction opportunities by leveraging volumes and improving processes in different markets.
- Conduct make-or-buy analyses to ensure well-informed strategic procurement decisions.
- Develop robust cost models using in-depth analysis, and monitor essential commodity prices to ensure we pay fair and accurate prices.
- Forecast future cost pricing utilising data, industry knowledge, and insights to make well-founded assessments.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive and execute procurement projects and initiatives.
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment between category strategy and business objectives.
- Stay informed about market trends, regulatory changes, and emerging technologies to identify potential risks and opportunities.
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor's or master's degree from a top-tier college or university, preferably in business, engineering, supply chain, finance, or science.
- Minimum of 3 years of strategic procurement or production experience, preferably in the food or food-packaging industry, or alternatively as a management consultant with a focus on operations.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to take initiative, work independently, and drive implementation.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work successfully in flexible team structures around the world.
- Excellent organizational and project management skills with a track record of successfully implementing complex cross-functional projects
- Capability to excel in flexible global team structures amid a reasonable degree of uncertainty.
- Comfortable managing complex projects, including developing new processes, SLAs, and KPIs.
- Exceptional at devising creative and unconventional solutions to supply issues, as well as designing, communicating, and executing action plans for effective resolution.
- Convincing track record of successful negotiations with external partners.
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills.
- Excellent English proficiency is required, plus another European language (ideally Spanish, Italian, French, German, Portuguese, Dutch...).
- Willingness to travel internationally up to 25% of the time.
What we offer
- Comprehensive relocation assistance to move to Berlin plus visa application support (if applicable)
- A significant discount on your weekly HelloFresh box
- Annual learning and development budget to attend conferences or purchase educational resources plus access to the HelloFresh Academy
- Mental health support, including Headspace subscription and access to qualified therapists through Spill
- Budget for home office supplies
- Monthly transportation budget through Rydes app
- Working parents support
- Additional perks include: Annual German language budget, discounts for John Reed gyms & Urban Sports Club, regular company events, fresh fruit & free drinks in the office, in-house yoga classes, weekly discount on the Convini vending machine in the office
- Hybrid working model (option to work from home for up to 50% if preferred)
- Sabbatical leave option after 18 months of being with HelloFresh
- HelloFresh Pension Scheme that is subsidized with 20% on top
- A diverse and vibrant international environment of 90+ different nationalities
- The chance to have a significant impact on one of the fastest-growing technology companies in Europe in an exciting growth phase
Are you up for the challenge?
Please submit your complete application below including your salary expectations and earliest starting date.
After submitting an application our team will review this and get back to you within 5 business days.
About HelloFresh
We believe that sharing a meal brings people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures together. We are committed to celebrating all dimensions of diversity in the workplace equally and ensuring that everyone feels a sense of inclusion and belonging. We also aim to extend this commitment to the partners we work with and the communities we serve. We are constantly listening, learning, and evolving to deliver on these principles. We are proud of our collaborative culture. Our diverse employee population enables us to connect with our customers and turn their feedback into meaningful action - from developing new recipes to constantly improving our process of getting dinner to our customers’ homes. Our culture attracts top talent with shared values and forms the foundation for a great place to work!
At HelloFresh, we embrace diversity and inclusion. We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived. As part of the Company’s commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations, up to the point of undue hardship, to candidates at any stage, including to individuals with disabilities.
We want to adapt our processes and create a safe space that welcomes everyone so please let us know how we can accommodate our process. In case you have any accessibility requirements you can share that with us in the application form.
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HelloFresh is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to candidates with disabilities. If you need an accommodation during the application process, please reach out to us at:
- Europe:EUaccommodations@hellofresh.com.
- APAC: APACaccommodations@hellofresh.com
