Top Benefits
About the role
Factor_ is a ready-to-eat meal delivery service that takes a whole new approach to fresh-prepared food. Weekly rotating menus are chef-prepared and approved by nutrition specialists making mealtime simple and stress-free, and providing convenience without having to compromise. Every Factor_ meal is made from scratch using only the freshest premium ingredients. Our Factor_ brand has teams across North-America and Europe and currently delivers to residents in North-America, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium and we plan to expand to other European countries in the future. Factor_ is part of the HelloFresh Group which now includes our core brand, HelloFresh, as well as: Green Chef, EveryPlate, Chefs Plate, Factor_, and Youfoodz.
About the Role
We are looking for an Associate Category Manager, Factor who will help us build out and improve our vendor network and continuously improve our end-to-end sourcing process for the Factor brand. Reporting to the Category Manager, you will contribute to and execute our strategic roadmap, manage vendor relationships, support negotiations, launch new ingredients and packaging, and streamline internal procurement processes. As part of the Procurement team, you will play a key role in improving our costs, ingredient quality, supply chain reliability, and product innovation - helping us deliver the best possible value to our customers.
What you will be doing:
- Support development and execution of our sourcing strategy and lead in:
- Cost: consistently optimize our cost base
- Quality: identify and reduce quality errors; build Ready-To-Eat specific solutions
- Reliability: ensure supply availability and proactively mitigate risk in the supply chain
- Customer offering: drive product innovation and create an unique competitive advantage
- Leverage large internal datasets and industry benchmarks to: report on team progress against objectives, identify and prioritize new opportunities, and drive continuous improvement
- Lead and/or support vendor negotiation and selection process for multiple commodity groups
- Manage new and existing vendor relationships, providing feedback on performance and collaborating on key initiatives
- Work with our in-house culinary team to prioritize and develop new products that deliver improved value for our customers
- Collaborate with the Food Safety and Quality team to ensure the highest quality product is consistently delivered to customers.
- Partner with the Supplier Quality team to ensure all selected suppliers comply with ready to eat Quality Standards.
At a minimum, you have:
- Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, supply chain, or related discipline or
- 3-5 years of related experience in a hands-on, high performance environment (ideal backgrounds include: sourcing, supply chain, operations, or consulting)
- Analytical and data skills: able to dig through data independently and draw helpful insights / conclusions. Strong Excel skills are a must!
- Structured approach and communication style: ability to clearly and persuasively communicate with a large variety of stakeholders
- A love for solving complex, ambiguous problems in a fast-paced environment with constant change and limited direction
- An ability to travel nationally to support business needs, including regular visits to the Toronto headquarters.
- Bonus: Strategic sourcing experience; ideally across different steps of the sourcing process; comfortable managing negotiations with vendors
- Bonus: Experience in food purchasing
What you’ll get in return:
- Competitive salary and health benefits
- 75% discount on HelloFresh or Chefs Plate weekly box subscription
- High impact work to help feed thousands of families in Canada
- Opportunity to learn and grow
- Work with a hard-working and supportive team
Working Conditions:
It’s no surprise that as a food company, we use many ingredients that may be considered common allergens (i.e. peanuts, tree nuts, milk, etc.). Whether this role is based out of our headquarters or one of our distribution centers, it is possible that you may be exposed to such allergens in this role. If you have any concerns with being exposed to any particular food ingredients, including meat, please disclose this during the hiring process.
If this sounds like you, please click the "Apply Now" button. If this role doesn't quite match what you're looking for, but you'd like to know more about joining the HelloFresh team, please visit our Jobs page to view our other vacancies. We'd love to hear from you!
#factor
#JD1008
About HelloFresh Group
We believe in the power of shared meals to unite people from diverse backgrounds. Our commitment to workplace diversity is unwavering, fostering inclusion and belonging for everyone. This dedication extends to our partners and the communities we serve. We’re always evolving, actively listening, and learning to uphold these values. Our collaborative culture, driven by a diverse team, allows us to connect with customers and transform their feedback into tangible improvements, from innovative recipes to enhancing our delivery process.
At Factor_, diversity and inclusion are paramount. We’re an equal-opportunity employer, ensuring fairness regardless of race, gender, age, or other protected characteristics.
About HelloFresh
HelloFresh is on a mission to change the way people eat, forever!
From our 2011 founding in Europe’s vibrant tech hub Berlin, we’re evolving from the world’s leading meal kit company to the world's leading food solutions group. We delivered 243.3 million meals and reached 7.5 million active customers around the world in Q3 2022.
HelloFresh Group consists of six brands that provide customers with high quality food and recipes for different meal occasions. Every ingredient needed for our meals are carefully planned, responsibly sourced and delivered to your door when it’s most convenient for you. Only HelloFresh gives you the tools to achieve something delicious every day.
Making a meal a delicious achievement - not just fuel for your day - takes a lot of work and smart people. From Designers and Copywriters to Data Scientists and DevOps Engineers, to potato farmers, pasta makers and the people who ensure every box is perfectly packed for every customer, we’re collectively disrupting the food supply chain and the multi-trillion-dollar food tech industry.
Our more than 21,000 high-performing and ambitious employees across the globe from New York to Berlin, London to Sydney and Toronto to Milan enjoy a number of benefits including flexible working arrangements, discounts on our boxes, health and well-being and learning and development programs.
We’re always looking for quality ingredients to perfect our recipe, so join us now! https://www.hellofresh.com/careers/locations
Top Benefits
About the role
Factor_ is a ready-to-eat meal delivery service that takes a whole new approach to fresh-prepared food. Weekly rotating menus are chef-prepared and approved by nutrition specialists making mealtime simple and stress-free, and providing convenience without having to compromise. Every Factor_ meal is made from scratch using only the freshest premium ingredients. Our Factor_ brand has teams across North-America and Europe and currently delivers to residents in North-America, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium and we plan to expand to other European countries in the future. Factor_ is part of the HelloFresh Group which now includes our core brand, HelloFresh, as well as: Green Chef, EveryPlate, Chefs Plate, Factor_, and Youfoodz.
About the Role
We are looking for an Associate Category Manager, Factor who will help us build out and improve our vendor network and continuously improve our end-to-end sourcing process for the Factor brand. Reporting to the Category Manager, you will contribute to and execute our strategic roadmap, manage vendor relationships, support negotiations, launch new ingredients and packaging, and streamline internal procurement processes. As part of the Procurement team, you will play a key role in improving our costs, ingredient quality, supply chain reliability, and product innovation - helping us deliver the best possible value to our customers.
What you will be doing:
- Support development and execution of our sourcing strategy and lead in:
- Cost: consistently optimize our cost base
- Quality: identify and reduce quality errors; build Ready-To-Eat specific solutions
- Reliability: ensure supply availability and proactively mitigate risk in the supply chain
- Customer offering: drive product innovation and create an unique competitive advantage
- Leverage large internal datasets and industry benchmarks to: report on team progress against objectives, identify and prioritize new opportunities, and drive continuous improvement
- Lead and/or support vendor negotiation and selection process for multiple commodity groups
- Manage new and existing vendor relationships, providing feedback on performance and collaborating on key initiatives
- Work with our in-house culinary team to prioritize and develop new products that deliver improved value for our customers
- Collaborate with the Food Safety and Quality team to ensure the highest quality product is consistently delivered to customers.
- Partner with the Supplier Quality team to ensure all selected suppliers comply with ready to eat Quality Standards.
At a minimum, you have:
- Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, supply chain, or related discipline or
- 3-5 years of related experience in a hands-on, high performance environment (ideal backgrounds include: sourcing, supply chain, operations, or consulting)
- Analytical and data skills: able to dig through data independently and draw helpful insights / conclusions. Strong Excel skills are a must!
- Structured approach and communication style: ability to clearly and persuasively communicate with a large variety of stakeholders
- A love for solving complex, ambiguous problems in a fast-paced environment with constant change and limited direction
- An ability to travel nationally to support business needs, including regular visits to the Toronto headquarters.
- Bonus: Strategic sourcing experience; ideally across different steps of the sourcing process; comfortable managing negotiations with vendors
- Bonus: Experience in food purchasing
What you’ll get in return:
- Competitive salary and health benefits
- 75% discount on HelloFresh or Chefs Plate weekly box subscription
- High impact work to help feed thousands of families in Canada
- Opportunity to learn and grow
- Work with a hard-working and supportive team
Working Conditions:
It’s no surprise that as a food company, we use many ingredients that may be considered common allergens (i.e. peanuts, tree nuts, milk, etc.). Whether this role is based out of our headquarters or one of our distribution centers, it is possible that you may be exposed to such allergens in this role. If you have any concerns with being exposed to any particular food ingredients, including meat, please disclose this during the hiring process.
If this sounds like you, please click the "Apply Now" button. If this role doesn't quite match what you're looking for, but you'd like to know more about joining the HelloFresh team, please visit our Jobs page to view our other vacancies. We'd love to hear from you!
#factor
#JD1008
About HelloFresh Group
We believe in the power of shared meals to unite people from diverse backgrounds. Our commitment to workplace diversity is unwavering, fostering inclusion and belonging for everyone. This dedication extends to our partners and the communities we serve. We’re always evolving, actively listening, and learning to uphold these values. Our collaborative culture, driven by a diverse team, allows us to connect with customers and transform their feedback into tangible improvements, from innovative recipes to enhancing our delivery process.
At Factor_, diversity and inclusion are paramount. We’re an equal-opportunity employer, ensuring fairness regardless of race, gender, age, or other protected characteristics.
About HelloFresh
HelloFresh is on a mission to change the way people eat, forever!
From our 2011 founding in Europe’s vibrant tech hub Berlin, we’re evolving from the world’s leading meal kit company to the world's leading food solutions group. We delivered 243.3 million meals and reached 7.5 million active customers around the world in Q3 2022.
HelloFresh Group consists of six brands that provide customers with high quality food and recipes for different meal occasions. Every ingredient needed for our meals are carefully planned, responsibly sourced and delivered to your door when it’s most convenient for you. Only HelloFresh gives you the tools to achieve something delicious every day.
Making a meal a delicious achievement - not just fuel for your day - takes a lot of work and smart people. From Designers and Copywriters to Data Scientists and DevOps Engineers, to potato farmers, pasta makers and the people who ensure every box is perfectly packed for every customer, we’re collectively disrupting the food supply chain and the multi-trillion-dollar food tech industry.
Our more than 21,000 high-performing and ambitious employees across the globe from New York to Berlin, London to Sydney and Toronto to Milan enjoy a number of benefits including flexible working arrangements, discounts on our boxes, health and well-being and learning and development programs.
We’re always looking for quality ingredients to perfect our recipe, so join us now! https://www.hellofresh.com/careers/locations