Senior Manager, Global Direct Procurement

HelloFresh•Berlin, ON

About The Position

HelloFresh manages approximately €1.7B in annual direct procurement spend across ingredients and packaging in the EU, US, Canada, ANZ, and the UK. This role builds Global Procurement’s cost intelligence capability by creating analytical models and frameworks that provide visibility into ingredient costs, their drivers, how they change, and where opportunities exist. The work equips regional teams to make well-grounded decisions and track progress against the group’s cost reduction ambitions. The role is suited to a senior procurement professional who is comfortable with detailed analysis and can explain complex numbers clearly to senior leaders and market colleagues. The successful candidate will be the team’s go-to expert on cost.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in procurement, cost analysis, or consulting in a global food, retail, or consumer goods business.
Hands-on experience building should-cost models or total cost of ownership frameworks and using them to influence commercial decisions.
Experience measuring cost and savings across multiple markets, including addressing inconsistent methods, inflation effects, and volume mix.
Experience with food, ingredient, or packaging categories, including origin, certification, and specification considerations.
Fluent in English.
Comfortable working across time zones and able to travel up to 20%.

Nice To Haves

Fluency in French, German, or Dutch.
Familiarity with sustainability certification schemes and their cost implications.
Experience with commodity price risk or hedging frameworks.

Responsibilities

Develop a harmonized cost measurement methodology with Finance and regional procurement teams so ingredient savings are defined, measured, and reported consistently across markets.
Build should-cost models and total cost of ownership frameworks for priority categories, breaking unit price into drivers such as origin, processing method, logistics, certification, and shelf life.
Use cost models and frameworks to identify savings and inform sourcing decisions.
Track ingredient price drivers across markets, including contract prices, actual prices, and market inflation.
Identify overlap across brands to find rationalization and consolidation opportunities.
Report progress against the group’s ingredient cost reduction target to senior leadership, explain root causes rather than only variances, and help build governance to sustain progress.

Benefits

Competitive salary and retirement savings plan with company match (New York or Toronto).
Generous parental leave and PTO policy, plus paid holidays (New York or Toronto).
Flexible health, dental, and vision plans (New York or Toronto).
Up to 75% discount on HelloFresh subscription (New York or Toronto, London); discounts of up to 75% on HelloFresh, Green Chef, and Factor boxes (Berlin or Warsaw).
Emergency child and adult care services (New York or Toronto).
Snacks and monthly catered lunches (New York or Toronto).
Competitive salary and attractive local benefits package (Berlin or Warsaw; Amsterdam).
Flexible working arrangements and generous vacation and parental leave in line with local market practice (Berlin or Warsaw).
Annual learning and development budget (Berlin or Warsaw, London, Amsterdam).
Health and wellbeing program (Berlin or Warsaw; Amsterdam).
Competitive salary and benefits package in line with UK market practice (London).
Flexible and hybrid working arrangements (London; Amsterdam).
Generous annual leave and parental leave policy (London).
Flexible and hybrid working arrangements, with travel allowance in line with Dutch market practice (Amsterdam).
Generous annual leave and parental leave in line with local law (Amsterdam).
Competitive salary and benefits package in line with local market practice (London).