Associate, Product Validation (Meal Kits)
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
16 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Product Validation Team operates at the forefront of our customer experience safeguarding the quality of our food-based products while balancing HelloFresh business needs through the use of unbiased data-driven assessment and testing. As a Product Validation Associate you will support our Product Validation team by leading the SKU onboarding process for internal departments such as Procurement Nutrition Sustainability and Logistics in addition to communicating directly with our suppliers. You will also maintain the ingredient information within our internal database for all brands in addition to overseeing updating and maintaining our SKU and vendor database. Candidate will also support the development of new ingredients conduct a wide range of quality-driven product testing manage sensory evaluations and partner with various stakeholders to successfully guide innovative ideas through our product development pipeline.
You will ...
- Maintain impeccable attention to detail with data management reporting and project management
- Lead sensory evaluations and draft organoleptic profiles
- Provide clear actionable development direction to internal and external stakeholders
- Evaluate the business impact of new ingredient specifications to our various recipe portfolios
- Lead day-to-day administrative tasks required to ensure projects are conducted correctly and on time
- Coordinate to solve complex problems and achieve ambitious business targets with a large group of cross-functional teams including: Supply Chain Operations Procurement and Culinary
- Continuously improve tools so we can work smarter not harder
- Work with an energetic problem solving team who will support you and your work across all of the brands within the HelloFresh family
You are...
- A critical thinker who uses logic to identify alternatives evaluate results and present clear approaches to solve complex problems
- An excellent communicator of information to various audiences
- Entrepreneurial; not afraid to take on responsibility and solve real business problems
- Detail-oriented being careful and thorough in accomplishing tasks with both a high degree of accuracy and agility
- Calm under pressure able to handle many high-visibility projects across multiple timelines with clarity and professionalism
- Driven to make a big impact on the product and the wider business
At a minimum you have...
- A Bachelors degree in Food Science or a related technical field
- 1-3 years experience in the food industry preferably in areas of product development quality systems and/or consumer goods testing
- Fluency in Microsoft Office and Google Suite applications; intermediate Excel proficiency required
- Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills
- Direct experience in food-based sensory evaluation is not required but a significant plus
Youll get
- Competitive Salary & 401k company match that vests immediately upon participation
- Generous parental leave of 16 weeks & PTO policy
- $0 monthly premium and other flexible health plans effective first day of employment
- 75% discount on your subscription to HelloFresh (as well as other product initiatives)
- Snacks cold brew on tap & monthly catered lunches
- Company sponsored outings & Employee Resource Groups
- Collaborative dynamic work environment within a fast-paced mission-driven company
Thisjobdescriptionis intended to provide a general overview of the responsibilities. However the Company reserves the right to adjust modify or reassign work tasks and responsibilities as needed to meet changing business needs operational requirements or other factors.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Marketing
- Quality Assurance
- Agile
- Product Demos
- Analysis Skills
- Jira
- Project Management
- Product Management
- Qualitative Analysis
- Confluence
- Internet Of Things
- Product Development
