Buyer

at  HelloFresh

At HelloFresh, we want to change the way people eat forever by offering our customers high-quality food and recipes for different meal occasions. Over the past 10 years, we’ve seen this mission spread around the world and beyond our wildest dreams. Now, we are a global food solutions group and the world’s leading meal kit company, active in 18 countries across 3 continents. So, how did we do it? Our weekly boxes full of exciting recipes and fresh ingredients have blossomed into a community of customers looking for delicious, healthy, and sustainable options. The HelloFresh Group now includes our core brand, HelloFresh, as well as: Green Chef, EveryPlate, Chefs Plate, Factor_, and Youfoodz.
The role
As a Buyer, you’ll be responsible for ensuring ingredient availability for all products in your assigned Category, across all our Australian Distribution Centers, in the most optimum supply chain setup i.e. in a timely and efficient manner, while also minimising costs and mitigating risk. This role requires a high level of collaboration with multiple stakeholders, from our Suppliers, to our Strategic Procurement, Production, Menu Planning, Warehouse and Logistics teams.
We are looking for a very structured and driven individual willing to take on the challenge of continuously designing and improving end-to-end buying processes & tools to respond to the ever changing needs of the business.
Above all, we are looking for people who will make HelloFresh better. We believe there are many different ways of developing skills and we love diverse experiences! So even if you don’t “tick all the boxes” but think you’d thrive in this role, we would really like to learn more about you.

What you’ll do

• Own Supply Planning for your category, including planning meetings with suppliers, SOH management and PO placement
• Identify opportunities for improvement in on time delivery, quality, or communication as needed
• Act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) and first point of contact for operational issues relating to products or suppliers in your Category
• Regularly visit the production site and consistently communicate with our production teams to drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Analyze purchasing data to ensure accuracy of information, purchasing procedures and identify any discrepancies, etc
• Assemble and report on data relating to supplier performance, identifying improvement initiatives for your category
• Assist wider category team with cost reporting and invoice validation

What you’ll bring

• Ideally, some experience in procurement, operations or supply chain working in a comparable role
• An organised approach to work and have the ability to think on your feet
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Good analytical skills, strong command of Excel/Google Sheets is a must
• A “whatever it takes” mentality that drives you to find solutions quickly and whenever needed
• Passion for food!
• Proactive, confident in manner and are able to deal with a large and complex network of suppliers delivering a large quantity and variety of perishable ingredients.
• Passionate about our business: a foodie or an operations and problem-solving zealot

What we offer

• Healthy discount on weekly HelloFresh boxes
• Annual learning and development budget to attend conferences or purchase educational resources plus access to the HelloFresh Academy
• Budget for home office supplies
• A diverse and vibrant international environment of 70+ different nationalities
• Additional perks include:
• The chance to have a significant impact on one of the fastest-growing technology companies in Europe in an exciting growth phase

About HelloFresh
We believe that sharing a meal brings people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures together. We are committed to celebrating all dimensions of diversity in the workplace equally and ensuring that everyone feels a sense of inclusion and belonging. We also aim to extend this commitment to the partners we work with and the communities we serve. We are constantly listening, learning, and evolving to deliver on these principles. We are proud of our collaborative culture. Our diverse employee population enables us to connect with our customers and turn their feedback into meaningful action - from developing new recipes to constantly improving our process of getting dinner to our customers’ homes. Our culture attracts top talent with shared values and forms the foundation for a great place to work!
At HelloFresh, we embrace diversity and inclusion. We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of an individual’s race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived. As part of the Company’s commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations, up to the point of undue hardship, to candidates at any stage, including to individuals with disabilities.
We want to adapt our processes and create a safe space that welcomes everyone so please let us know how we can accommodate our process. In case you have any accessibility requirements you can share that with us in the application form.
To learn more about what it’s like working inside HelloFresh, follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn.

HelloFresh is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to candidates with disabilities. If you need an accommodation during the application process, please reach out to us at:

• Europe: EUaccommodations@hellofresh.com.
• APAC: APACaccommodations@hellofresh.com
• United States: USCandidateAccommodations@hellofresh.com
• Canada: CAaccommodations@hellofresh.com

• Own Supply Planning for your category, including planning meetings with suppliers, SOH management and PO placement
• Identify opportunities for improvement in on time delivery, quality, or communication as needed
• Act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) and first point of contact for operational issues relating to products or suppliers in your Category
• Regularly visit the production site and consistently communicate with our production teams to drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Analyze purchasing data to ensure accuracy of information, purchasing procedures and identify any discrepancies, etc
• Assemble and report on data relating to supplier performance, identifying improvement initiatives for your category
• Assist wider category team with cost reporting and invoice validatio