Procurement Sourcing Category Manager

The Sourcing Manager is responsible for providing the bridge between product and procurement teams managing the communications between local and international stakeholders. The role sits in local/regional teams and owns the process from new ingredient requests through onboarding, and will effectively manage the sourcing of new ingredients into their local market to drive innovation and improve our customer experience.

Working in collaboration with the Category Managers, you will be responsible for identifying existing cross-market sourcing opportunities to onboard NID SKUs into the portfolio more efficiently. You will work closely with the local Ingredient, Culinary, FSQA and Supply Chain Operations (SCO) teams in your market to facilitate the onboarding of NID SKUs in the portfolio and act as the gatekeeper for all requests ensuring that they don’t add additional complexity to the operation.

As our Sourcing Manager, you’ll be the go-to link between product and procurement, making sure new ingredients find their way into our boxes to delight our customers. You’ll team up with Category Managers and cross-functional colleagues to spot cross-market opportunities, keep processes simple, and make sourcing more efficient. In this collaborative role, you’ll connect with local and international teams, gain visibility across markets, and help shape the future of our delicious portfolio.

The role will report into the International Sourcing Lead, with a dotted line into the local Head of Culinary with regular interactions with international stakeholders and peer Sourcing Managers in other HelloFresh markets.

What You Will Be Doing

Leads the project management for new ingredient requests between culinary, product, and procurement teams

Owns workflow for new ingredient requests, once handed over from product operations them and acts as gatekeeper responsible for ensuring strict adherence to the standardized process ultimately managing the progression and or rejection of