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 16 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: GreenChef, EveryPlate, Chef's Plate, Factor, and Youfoodz.

Your Role

As the Associate Director Sustainability for DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) you will lead our sustainability roadmap and projects, drive decarbonization and other sustainability targets, define new scopes, and initiate new projects.
You will report to the Vice President Strategy & Transformation in DACH
You are responsible for shaping our transformation journey and contribute towards a sustainable change in the way food is supplied and consumed.

Your Area of Responsibility

Drive the HelloFresh DACH Sustainability Program and deliver on ambitious carbon emission reduction goals, product sustainability roadmap, sustainable sourcing initiatives, packaging innovations, and circularity and food waste hierarchy optimization
Own and develop the sustainability targets, monitoring & reporting of KPIs to ensure transparency to C-Level and wider organization
Lead cross-functional sustainability projects, generate buy-in across functions, and collaborate with procurement, logistics, production, tech, product, FSQA, brand & communication as well as external partners to achieve sustainability goals
Working with other HelloFresh geographies and Global Sustainability function to drive synergies and best practices globally and ensure HelloFresh remains at the forefront of sustainable innovation
Support internal stakeholders with design, implementation, and maintenance of the sustainability program
Steer the business to continuously make climate-friendly decisions and integrate sustainability metrics into tools and processes
Be responsible for DACH Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) landscape for Group Non-Financial Reporting, ensuring that our reporting meets and exceeds regulatory requirements like CSRD
Establish and drive relationships with internal (at both local and global level) and external stakeholders such as our engagement in initiatives like “Together for Carbon Labeling”, “Pakt gegen Lebensmittelverschwendung”, with ministries, and NGOs

Your Profile

You have at least 5 years of demonstrated professional experience in a similar role
You have previous experience in managing direct reports or horizontal teams and have a transformational leadership mindset
You have a postgraduate degree in sustainability, business, economics, or comparable education
Excellent stakeholder management skills and senior management engagement experience with an internal client management mindset
You have already gained experience with managing a varied portfolio of sustainability topics or strategic cross-functional projects or programs (ideally including product and tech stakeholders)
Experience in sustainability reporting and good understanding of ESG reporting landscape
You know a lot about food industry and product sustainability, regenerative agriculture, circularity, supply chain sustainability, data analytics
You have managed strategic partnerships and have experience with consultancy partners, NGO’s
You have a passion for building sustainable solutions with other teams and a blend of environmental and commercial viability
You are highly data-driven and have a proven ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and meeting deadlines
You speak German with a native speaker's competence and also very good English

What we offer

Modern and comfortable working space with great co-workers in Berlin-Kreuzberg*
Discount for HelloFresh boxes and Convini products
Development possibilities along with internal trainings and a yearly Learning & Development budget
Flexible working hours including Work From Home/Work from Abroad/Sabbatical Policy, as well as a home office set up budget
Extensive Onboarding and Buddy Program
Social events including team events, Friday beers, company runs, book club, etc.
Discounted fitness offers with our Urban Sports Club and John Reed partners and yoga classes
Well-being initiatives in cooperation with Headspace and Spill
Childcare and company pension scheme benefit
Monthly transportation budget via NAVIT

Are you up for the Challenge?

Apply now with your complete application documents, also without a photo and without stating specific personal characteristics such as nationality or gender if you choose to do so. German or English language certificates and documents regarding residence and work permits are welcome.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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

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