Job Description
S’more about the team
HelloFresh is looking for a Manager, Ingredient Strategy to join our Product Innovation team as the ultimate “Ingredient Expert.” This role serves as the critical bridge between our Culinary and Procurement teams, ensuring that every item in our box meets the high standards of our recipes and our customer profile. You will be the guardian of our ingredient portfolio—from initial sensory testing and onboarding to long-term lifecycle management and optimization.
Lettuce share what this role will be responsible for
- Act as the Ingredient Expert: Serve as the primary bridge between Culinary and Procurement teams, advocating for the best possible ingredients to meet the specific needs of our recipes and diverse customer profiles.
- Drive New Ingredient Onboarding: Lead the end-to-end onboarding process, including the creation of ingredient briefs, strategic prioritization, and managing the gate review process to ensure seamless integration into our supply chain.
- Master Ingredient Lifecycle Management: Monitor and analyze the “health” of our ingredient portfolio; proactively identify opportunities for ingredient optimization, SKU rationalization, and offboarding while maintaining a pristine, up-to-date ingredient catalogue.
- Oversee Ingredient Testing: Lead sensory SKU evaluations and data management for all new ingredients. You’ll ensure that everything we source tastes great and performs perfectly in a home kitchen environment.
- Support RFPs & Tenders: Collaborate closely with the Procurement team to provide technical and sensory support for RFPs, ensuring that cost-savings never come at the expense of quality.
- Champion Ingredient Quality: Continuously evaluate customer and operational feedback to inform the development of new ingredients and the improvement of existing ones.
- Leverage Data Analytics: Work with cross-functional partners to build standardized reporting on ingredient performance, quality metrics, and portfolio health.
- All other duties, as assigned.
Sound a-peeling? Here’s what we’re looking for
- 5+ years of professional experience in Ingredient Strategy, Product Development, Strategic Sourcing, or Category Management within the food industry.
- 4-year degree in Food Science, Culinary Management, Business, or a related field; an MBA or advanced culinary certification is a plus.
- Proven track record of managing complex ingredient portfolios and leading cross-functional projects between creative (Culinary) and commercial (Procurement) teams.
- Experience in Sensory Evaluation: You have a refined palate and the technical ability to translate “delicious” into a standardized ingredient specification.
- Deep understanding of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM): You know how to shepherd an ingredient from a brief to a warehouse shelf.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and experience with data management; familiarity with ERP systems or Recipe Management software is a significant asset.
- You are:
- A bridge-builder: You can speak “Chef” and “Buyer” fluently, aligning disparate goals toward a common mission.
- Detail-oriented: You treat the ingredient catalogue with the precision of a scientist and the passion of a foodie.
- A critical thinker: You use logic to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different ingredient solutions.
- Proactive & Data-driven: You don’t wait for a quality issue to arise; you use data to stay ahead of the curve.
- Thriving in pace: You enjoy a fast-moving environment where the menu is always evolving.
Let’s cut to the cheese, this is why you’ll love it here
- 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 & Wellness-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!
- Vacation & PTO-Time off is also an important part of self-care! We offer generous vacation and PTO to help you create a good work-life balance.
- Family Benefits- A parental leave top-up program for expectant parents.
- Growth & Development - We support your career progression, provide development opportunities, and invest in your continued learning through our organization wide L&D fund.
- Work Hard & Have Fun - From team socials to engaging company days, you’ll have plenty of opportunity to experience the fun!
- Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives- 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!
Flexible Hybrid Approach
At HelloFresh, we know that flexible work arrangements are essential in enabling you to do your best work, while balancing your personal and life needs. Offering remote work flexibility, along with the opportunity to interact and collaborate in the office are all a part of creating a great employee experience.
To meet these needs, we are pleased to provide Flexible Hybrid work. Flexible Hybrid is a people-first approach that is based on choice, trust, personalization, and empowers teams to choose when and how often they work from the office and work from home, in addition to team days and company days. This means a minimum of 2 days in office per week, with most teams in office between 2-3 days a week.
#LI-HYBRID
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.
HelloFresh Canada uses AI-integrated technology to help us process and evaluate applications more efficiently. This includes tools that screen and assess candidate qualifications based on the requirements for this role. While these tools assist our workflow, all final selection decisions are made by our hiring team.
This is a posting for an existing vacancy. We are actively seeking to fill this position.
Interested in joining the HelloFresh team? Don’t be chai, apply! Submit your application in PDF format today.
Toronto, ON Pay Range
$85,000—$95,000 CAD
