Associate Director
Fresh & Frozen, Procurement
Posted on 3/27/2023
INACTIVE
Hello Fresh

10,001+ employees

Food & meal kit delivery service
Company Overview
HelloFresh’s mission is to change the way people eat forever by aiming to provide every household with wholesome, homemade meals – no shopping and no hassle. The company’s meals are carefully planned, carefully sourced and delivered to the front door of each customer at the time most convenient for them.
Consumer Goods

Company Stage

Pre-seed

Total Funding

$646.4M

Founded

2011

Headquarters

Berlin, Germany

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

10%

1 year growth

23%

2 year growth

66%
Locations
Toronto, ON, Canada
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, supply chain or related discipline
  • 7+ years of related work experience, with supply chain, operations, management consulting or strategic sourcing background
  • Strong knowledge and interest in strategic sourcing and continuous improvement processes
  • An analytical and a problem-solving expert who uses data to drive decisions - strong Excel skills are a must!
  • The ability to build and effectively communicate a strategic plan to stakeholders at all levels - ie. from buyers to the CEO
  • Proactive, ambitious, and assertive: you take ownership of your work and think beyond the scope of a given assignment
  • An entrepreneurial mindset and a passion for solving complex problems
Responsibilities
  • Develop and implement a sourcing and supply chain strategy for our fresh and frozen categories that optimizes process, reduces risk, and increases profitability
  • Be accountable for category performance: delivering saving initiatives, providing weekly/monthly explanation for cost variance, ensuring on time/in full/in quality delivery from all vendors, and supporting internal stakeholders to execute the sourcing plan
  • Develop a culture of continuous improvement within the Procurement team through effective root cause analysis and project management to identify new capabilities and processes that drive efficiencies, reduce cost and improve product quality
  • Leverage internal and external networks and industry benchmarks to understand, recommend, and implement best practices that optimize processes, reduce risk, and increase profitability
  • Coach and mentor a team of direct and indirect reports
  • Be the subject matter expert in all things related to the sourcing activities of the ingredients that fall within your respective categories
  • All other duties, as assigned