Reporting into the Vice President and Head of Indirect Procurement, as an Associate Director you will be responsible for leading a strategic task force for cost reduction. In close collaboration with the business leaders and the local markets, you will be responsible to lead and/or support the expansion of spend under management leading to increased savings for HelloFresh

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 really like to learn more about you.

• Build and lead a cross-category cost-reduction program for 2024-2025 with senior management attention 
• Leading a cluster-wide spend review (across 7+ markets) 
• Use benchmarking, best practice exchange, innovative levers and standardization of indirect procurement processes to optimize for cost and process efficiency
• Support the Team Leads to implement Category Strategy, Supplier Relationship Management and Annual Sourcing Plan, in alignment with the task force and Business needs
• Create a task force approach and spirit within the procurement community to provide execution support to our international category managers
• Track, report and communicate results and progress to the leadership in PRO-SCO

• 8+ years of experience in indirect procurement, or management consulting with track record leading cost reduction projects
• An exceptional academic record with degree from top tier college or university (supply-chain or business degrees preferred)
• Demonstrated ability to drive cost optimization projects with a total cost of ownership (TCO) approach
• Exemplary and demonstrable stakeholder management experience across diverse stakeholder groups
• Superior analytical skills and operational modeling capabilities connected to strategic thinking
• Progressive procurement leadership mindset 
• Strong project management skills
• Solid process competency in lean methods, problem solving techniques, root cause analysis, and structuring of complex improvement projects
• Excellent command of the English language is a must. Additional languages (especially Spanish, Italian, and Dutch) are a plus
• Interest to frequently travel abroad (travel requirement: up to 30%)