Senior Director, Food Safety and Quality (all genders)

About HelloFresh\n\nAt 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.\n\n### JOB DESCRIPTION\n\n#### About the role: What's in the Box\n\nWe are seeking an experienced Senior Director of Food Safety and Quality to lead our comprehensive food safety and quality assurance programs. This senior position will oversee all aspects of food safety, quality control, regulatory compliance, and risk management in our meal kit operations across multiple sites. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in food manufacturing, strong leadership capabilities, and deep expertise in food safety regulations and quality management systems.\n\nWe are looking for someone with a proven track record of elevating and embedding food safety and quality culture and processes throughout a complex organization with multiple locations across Europe and Australia/New Zealand.\n\nJoining our Procurement and FSQA team based at our Head Office in Berlin, with regular travel to our facilities across Europe. You will report to the SVP Supply Chain Procurement and FSQA.\n\n#### What you'll do: The Recipe\n\n* Lead cross-functional, international teams to ensure integration of quality and safety standards throughout all operations.\n* Develop and implement comprehensive food safety and quality strategies aligned with company objectives, including onboarding new suppliers and ingredients.\n* Ensure full compliance with relevant food safety regulations and standards, including inspections, audits, and certifications.\n* Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing food safety and quality team.\n* Champion implementation of new technologies and digital solutions for quality management, as well as contribute to global platform harmonization across the entire supply chain.\n* Lead process optimization initiatives to improve efficiency while maintaining safety standards.\n* Leverage data (from audit/customer complaints/root cause analysis) to develop and implement sustainable corrective/preventative actions.\n* Keep up to date with new legislation and industry practices and incorporate them into our systems and processes as required, as well as actively lobbying regulators for positive change.\n\n#### What you'll bring: The Ingredients\n\n* Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, or related technical field\n* Minimum 10-15 years of progressive experience in food safety and quality roles within food manufacturing\n* At least 5 years of senior management experience leading large, diverse teams across geographies.\n* Deep knowledge of relevant food safety regulations\n* Proven track record of building and leading high-performance teams\n* Strong understanding of food microbiology, chemistry, and processing technologies, with knowledge of laboratory operations and analytical testing methods\n* Strong project management and change management capabilities\n* Ability to influence and collaborate across functions and with external partners\n* Strategic thinking with strong business acumen\n* Ability to travel up to 50% of the time\n\nAbove all, we are looking for people who will make HelloFresh better. 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.\n\n#### What we offer: The Toppings\n\n* Compensation and Perks -- You'll receive a competitive salary package, including a HelloFresh-subsidized pension scheme.\n* Health -- Access mindfulness support through platforms like Headspace and Spill, promoting your mental well-being.\n* Hybrid Working Schedule -- We offer a flexible hybrid model to support your productivity and personal balance.\n* Leave -- Recharge with options like sabbatical leave in addition to standard time off.\n* Learning and Development -- Grow your skills with internal training opportunities, access to the HelloFresh Academy, and a dedicated budget for German language courses.\n* HelloFresh Discounts -- Enjoy savings on your weekly HelloFresh box and exclusive meal deals at the office.\n* Daily Comforts -- Take advantage of tasty in-office meal deals and fresh food options to keep you energized.\n* Fitness and Well-being -- Stay active with 24/7 office gym access, discounted Urban Sports Club membership, and well-being resources to support your overall health.\n* Commute Support -- Get to work with ease through sustainable travel perks and transportation benefits.\n* Parent Benefits -- Take advantage of working-parent-friendly policies designed to support your family life and future planning.\n\n##### Are you the missing ingredient?\n\nIf this sounds like a tasty opportunity, we'd be excited to hear from you. We aim to review your profile and respond within 5 business days.\n\nThis position is also eligible for the HelloFresh equity plan.\n\n### About HelloFresh\n\nWe 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!\n\nAt 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.\n\nWe 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.\n\nTo learn more about what it's like working inside HelloFresh, follow us on ++Instagram++ and ++LinkedIn++ .\n\nHelloFresh 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:\n\n* Europe:[email protected].\n* APAC: [email protected]\n* United States: [email protected]\n* Canada:[email protected]\n\n### Why work with us?\n\n##### Make an Impact\n\nYou want to make a difference. We change the way people eat---forever.\n\n##### People & Culture\n\nYou want to be part of a team. We're a smart and collaborative community.\n\n##### Learn & Grow\n\nYou want to learn and grow. We're evolving an industry, and learning together as we grow.\n\n##### Inclusion\n\nYou're hungry. We're HelloFresh---and everyone is welcome at our table.\n\n##### Data is King\n\nYou want to produce real results, fast. We use data and consumer insight, not gut-feeling, help us prioritise and deliver.\n\n##### Dynamic & Change-Oriented\n\nYou're looking for a change. We thrive on it.\n\n### Discover more about the HelloFresh Group\n\nCulture at HelloFresh No matter what neighborhood we happen to call home, HelloFresh employees all share the same values. Check out what some of those values are, and explore our global community. \n\n### Careers & Culture Blog\n\nCome back often to learn about what we're up to. You'll get to know our employees and hear about our company's recent accomplishments. \n\n### HelloTech\n\nEver wondered how all of our operations are coordinated and how we ensure that we always keep our supply chain efficient? 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