Senior Manager - Strategic Procurement, Packaging, North America

HelloFresh • Toronto, ON

8d • CA$110,000 - CA$126,130 • Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager to join our Packaging Strategic Procurement team! In this role, you will be a people leader responsible for a wide range of process improvement and supply chain execution projects across all of our North American brands, supported by a team of Associate Strategy Managers and Strategy Managers. You will support as the key business driver for the annual Packaging budgets for the respective business units across North America. You also have key responsibilities over setting the annual Packaging budgets; COGS Management and improvement. You will be the business owner of the Packaging COGS program roll-out and management for North America, which includes but is not limited to: monthly financial performance review, analysis and investigation of variance, reporting on key variance drivers, and prioritization/assignment of action items.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, Legal, or similar).
• 5+ years of experience as a procurement/sourcing lead.
• Knowledge of the strategic sourcing process/methodologies and an ability to read and interpret commercial contract language.
• Experience building supply chains and developing creative solutions to unlock new capabilities.
• Flexibility to travel to suppliers, production sites, and other HelloFresh office locations, including internationally (up to 25%).

Nice To Haves

• Relevant experience in Food, Agriculture, or the CPG Industry is a strong asset

Responsibilities

• Act as an SME across multiple categories to support the North American Sourcing team, including developing category strategies and executing supply chain transformation projects.
• Successfully negotiate contracts with suppliers to drive mutual value.
• Manage all contract and project functions (pre- and post-award), inventory management strategy, and internal coordination (Ops, Legal, Finance, etc.).
• Negotiate Master Services Agreements, liaise with in-house counsel, and build a robust supply chain to reduce disruption risk and total spend.
• Be responsible for helping to build and manage against various brand budgets and to execute financial management for your respective categories, including the yearly budget, cost savings roadmap, and financial waste metrics.
• Lead and document Procurement tasks across the supply chain with clear cross-functional team leadership.
• Support the integration of North American business processes and tool-sets.
• Collaborate with Procurement Operations and Planning to approve weekly supplier allocations, set SKU usage parameters, and influence overall packaging execution strategy.
• Work cross-functionally with stakeholders (Product, Product Validation, etc.) to develop new packaging solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and stretch projects.

Benefits

• Box Discount - Amazing discounts on 1 box per week! 75% discount on weekly HelloFresh and Chefs Plate meal kits AND 50% off weekly Factor meal box.
• Health & Dental benefits from day 1, a Health Spending Account, unlimited access to the Headspace app to meet your self-care needs, and 25% discount on GoodLife fitness memberships!
• Generous vacation and PTO to help you create a good work-life balance.
• A parental leave top-up program for expectant parents.
• We support your career progression, provide development opportunities, and invest in your continued learning through our organization wide L&D fund.
• From team socials to engaging company days, you’ll have plenty of opportunity to experience the fun!
• With impactful ERG’s like FreshPride, Women Empowered and LIMES, we are committed to our diversity, equity & inclusion efforts.
• Food Puns - this one is kind of a big dill if you haven’t already noticed. We even have some punny meeting room names!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager