You’ll be responsible to bring our product offering to the next level through effective and actionable product portfolio management, at both strategic and operational level.

You’ll work in the DACH Strategic Product Development Team, reporting to the Director of Strategic Product Development and you will manage a team of 4 experts working across two sub-teams, portfolio strategy and portfolio planning.

You will closely collaborate with product strategists, program/project managers, culinary developers, stakeholders from tech and data analytics as well as supply chain experts across DACH and global teams, which gives you the opportunity to continuously develop personally and professionally. 

This role is available for a maternity cover (18 month contract + potential extension).

As Team Lead Portfolio Strategy and Planing (f/m/d/x) you will be leading a leveraging collaboration of two subteams: Portfolio Strategy and Portfolio Planning.

PORTFOLIO STRATEGY: 

• Oversee existing product portfolio across different categories / customer segments and effectively track and improve performance by applying Product Lifecycle management principles with the ultimate objective to increase customer and business value.
• Advise menu investment plans and COGS saving strategies to maximize portfolio profitability and customer satisfaction
• Accelerate menu experimentation tests with product and tech teams that answer high impact hypotheses on customer retention and behavior 
• Create solid alliances with the rest of SPD team leads to influence product strategy and support in yearly strategy setting cycles as well as team OKRs

PORTFOLIO PLANNING:

• Ensure effective translation of product strategy into appealing menu offerings and optimize weekly offerings to continually excite our customers and keep them returning to our product
• Oversee process efficiency and value optimization for the end to end product planning efforts, while working on ambitious timelines, budget targets and adequate complexity.
• Influence Culinary development to design strong products that fit our portfolio plans
• Act as an interlink between Product and Operations domain, for both local and global stakeholders and mediate in case of conflicting objectives

• You have at least 5 years of professional experience in a similar role
• You have a university degree in Business Administration, Business Engineering, Economics, Marketing or a related field. MBA is a plus
• Ideally, you will bring managerial experience in an entrepreneurial role in e-commerce. Experience in process excellence would be an advantage. Food CPG and E-Commerce experience is a plus
• You are entrepreneurial: you thrive in fast-paced environments, make sense of ambiguous situations, and enjoy taking on new responsibilities. You generate new ideas that make a real business impact
• You are collaborative &  influential: you can work with multiple stakeholders to influence them on a winning strategy that accomplishes a shared goal
• You are data-driven & analytical: you can work with data to identify business insights and then translate them into action
• You are result-oriented: you’re careful and thorough in accomplishing tasks and have great project management skills
• You are a doer with a hands-on mentality and a zest for action
• You speak English fluently, speaking German is a plus

• Modern and comfortable working space with great co-workers in Berlin-Kreuzberg
• Discount for HelloFresh boxes and Convini products
• Development possibilities along with internal trainings and a yearly Learning & Development budget
• Flexible working hours including Work From Home/Work from Abroad/Sabbatical Policy, as well as a home office set up budget
• Extensive Onboarding and Buddy Program
• Social events including team events, Friday beers, company runs, book club, etc.
• Discounted fitness offers with our Urban Sports Club and John Reed partners, as well as yoga classes
• Well-being initiatives in cooperation with Headspace and Spill
• Childcare and company pension scheme benefit
• Company pension scheme
• Monthly transportation budget via NAVIT

Apply now with your complete application documents, also without a photo and without stating specific personal characteristics such as nationality or gender if you choose to do so. German or English language certificates and documents regarding residence and work permits are welcome.

We look forward to hearing from you!