International Category Manager

At HelloFresh, we want to change the way people eat forever by offering our customers high-quality food and recipes for different meal occasions. The HelloFresh Group includes our core brand, HelloFresh, as well as: Green Chef, EveryPlate, Chefs Plate, Factor_, and Youfoodz.

The role

The Sourcing Manager acts as the link between product and procurement, owning the end-to-end process for onboarding new ingredients from request through launch. Working closely with Category Managers and local cross-functional teams (Culinary, FSQA, SCO), the role drives efficient, cross-market sourcing opportunities while acting as a gatekeeper to minimise operational complexity. Based in a local/regional team, the role collaborates closely with international stakeholders and other markets to support innovation and improve the customer experience at HelloFresh.

What you’ll do

• Leads the project management for new ingredient requests between culinary, product, and procurement teams
• Owns workflow for new ingredient requests, once handed over from product operations them and acts as gatekeeper responsible for ensuring strict adherence to the standardized process ultimately managing the progression and or rejection of all new ingredient requests
• Aligning with the local NID/Ingredient Specialist to ensure all sourcing tasks are completed on time, in line with the critical path. Gatekeeper for all NID requests, ensuring only SKUs that pass Gate 2 (feasibility) progress to Culinary SKU testing
• Reviews all new ingredient requisition proposals in market for completeness before connecting with local suppliers or handing over to category managers for sourcing/tender if multiple markets are involved
• Manages stakeholder engagement and communications between local and international to ensure NID approach consistent with other markets
• Coordinates new developments with category managers, sensory testing mgmt, culinary, FSQA and other markets
• Facilitates speedy SKU onboarding, but also ensures new SKUs creation is coordinated across markets, which includes a review of potential suitable alternative SKUs already available in other markets’/global portfolio
• Support category managers in cost savings initiatives through improved SKU catalog management and to identify opportunities for SKU consolidation/rationalization or to also source from existing international catalogs
• Support SKU improvement initiatives with culinary and quality teams to tweak specifications or formulations that yield improved ingredient performance

What you’ll bring

The ideal candidate for this position will exhibit the following skills and competencies:

• Excellent verbal and written communication, collaboration, and self-management skills with a strong focus on teamwork.
• Proficient in English, customer-oriented, and able to interact with business leaders and vendors at a senior level.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills with a focus on continuous process improvement.
• Ability to lead and influence business partners, team members, and other stakeholders, present ideas effectively, and facilitate discussion with multiple inputs.
• Change management, process improvement, and risk assessment skills with experience managing hybrid and flexible delivery-focused teams in a global organization.
• Creating an environment (culture) that inspires people to generate novel, data based solutions
• Aptitude for establishing and sustaining trusting relationships amongst stakeholders across the organization in local and international teams
• Ability to leverage insights learned through continuously evolving processes and incorporate them in their way of working
• Effectively manage timelines and myriad stakeholders’ expectations while delivering consistent and valuable results
• Preferably a Business/Engineering/Supply Chain degree with 3-5 years of experience in procurement and/or product/portfolio management

What we offer

• Immerse yourself in a diverse global community of 90+ nationalities.
• Enjoy a competitive compensation package that goes beyond the norm, with perks like a HelloFresh-subsidized Pension Scheme, Berlin relocation support, and a Hybrid working model.
• Elevate your lifestyle with exclusive discounts on your weekly HelloFresh box and office meals.
• Invest in your growth with an annual learning & development budget, German language learning budget, and access to the HelloFresh Academy.
• Plus, we've got your well-being covered with mental health support, transportation perks, and working-parent-friendly benefits. From our 24/7 gym access, wellbeing platforms like Headspace and Spill, to sabbatical leave options, HelloFresh is not just a workplace; it's a lifestyle of perks and possibilities!