As Category Manager for Ingredients, you will report to the Associate Director for International Procurement that leads the Grocery, Packaging and Convenience Team. You will lead the strategy deployment, act as a point of escalation, own dedicated relationships with strategic suppliers and drive process improvement initiatives across the category.

We are looking for an ambitious, confident, entrepreneurial, and high-spirited Procurement professional with a strength for data processing, optimization & reporting, attention to detail and great internal & external stakeholder management ability.  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.

• Develop and optimize the supplier network across Australia and New Zealand
• Create ongoing data analysis & category reviews to drive performance strategically within your category and achieve ambitious targets
• Develop and align the Category Strategy with budget cycles and report on those frequently
• Support in providing procurement advice, price updates, reporting, invoice approval, replenishment, compliance & tenders
• Work closely with suppliers to build strong long-term relationships, including contract executions
• Research and develop relationships with new suppliers to ensure a reliable and diverse network 
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders such as culinary experts, supply chain teams, and operations teams to improve workings between Procurement and other teams 
• Lead process improvement initiatives across your categories, leveraging various Procurement levers, optimising and standardising cross-category where possible
• Look to develop and optimise our supplier network as well as new or alternative suppliers
• Lead and influence a variety of stakeholders within the business specifically for procurement 
• Work with suppliers to ensure on-time, on-spec deliveries or discuss shortages/missed deliveries for ingredients
• Solve problems on-the-go in a fast-paced environment

• Preferably knowledge and interest in food
• Bachelor’s degree in Business / Masters in Supply Chain / Procurement (or equivalent)
• Ideally working within a similar environment and sector (FMCG/Consumer goods)
• 3+ years of strategic procurement / supply chain / commercial consulting experience, (ideally in food but not a must)
• Experience with supplier relationship management and driving continuous improvements within a category
• Quantitative and analytical experience, including solid comfort with Excel
• Proactive, flexible, ambitious, and assertive: you take ownership of your work
• Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize workload in a fast-paced environment
• Entrepreneurial and can make things happen, sense of urgencyWhat we offer
• Healthy discount on weekly HelloFresh boxes
• Annual learning and development budget to attend conferences or purchase educational resources plus access to the HelloFresh Academy
• A diverse and vibrant international environment of 70+ different nationalities

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.