Senior Project Manager, Senior Project Manager, Procurement and Supply Chain Continuous Improvement

Full Time
Sydney, Australia
10 months ago
The role

As Senior Project Manager, you'll be responsible for managing our ingredient quality enhancement and waste reduction initiatives internationally. In close collaboration with the international Food Safety & Quality, strategic procurement, production and inventory teams you will be responsible to support all quality improvement and waste reduction initiatives in our international fulfillment centers, our upstream supply chain, or with our suppliers.

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.

What you'll do
  • KPI based management of quality improvement and waste reduction projects and initiatives in an international supply chain (in 7+ markets, 15+ DCs)
  • Lead process reviews at our distributions centers and our suppliers and hold accountable for meeting HelloFresh specifications and waste targets (e.g., Value Stream Mapping, Process Mapping, Lean Manufacturing)
  • Design, iterate and rollout process, system and tool improvements that will achieve KPI targets. Use benchmarking and best practice exchange where available to maximize existing market and business knowledge.
  • Problem solving - Identify, prioritize, structure, and solve an array of other complex business problems, using analytics and business judgment
  • Create a task-force approach and spirit within the procurement community to provide execution support to our international category managers
  • Benchmarking, best practice exchange and standardization of sourcing & supply chain processes to optimize handling, ensure products meet quality standards and food surplus is minimized.
  • Manage continuous improvement of methods, systems and tools that will help our operations teams to manage capacity on an ongoing basis as well as deliver higher process efficiency 
What you'll bring
  • An exceptional academic record with degree from top-tier college or University (Engineering or Business degrees preferred)
  • 5-6 years of experience within procurement, supply chain management and/or continuous improvement in operations or in a top-tier consulting company complemented by international multi-project management in a fast-paced environment gained in consumer driven industries
  • Solid competency in data analysis, lean methods, problem solving techniques, root cause analysis, and structuring of complex improvement projects
  • Six sigma green belt or similar qualification is a plus 
  • Exceptional project management skills
  • Exemplary and demonstrable stakeholder management experience across diverse stakeholder groups
  • Superior analytical skills and operational modeling capabilities connected to strategic thinking
  • People management experience, leading and developing a team of 1-2 people
  • Progressive supply chain leadership mindset 
  • Demonstrated ability to enforce metrics that drive efficiency, measure performance and reduce costs, combined with a good sense of hands on mentality
  • Interest to frequently travel abroad to our sites (up to 70%)
  • Fluent business English knowledge, German and other languages are considered a plus

Start Date: ASAP

Duration: Permanent full time role. You must have the right to work full-time in Australia/New Zealand.

Location: Chippendale Head Office, Sydney - currently partly working from home #LI-Hybrid