# Senior Category Manager - Strategic Sourcing (Packaging)

The role At HelloFresh, our mission is simple: to change the way people eat, forever. As the Category Manager for Packaging, you will report directly to the Director of Packaging and take full ownership of creating and developing our Primary packaging category (ingredient packaging, plastic film…). You will be responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies to improve our cost structure, the quality of our products, and the reliability of our supply chain, while playing a leading role in supporting innovation and new product development. We are looking for an ambitious, confident, and entrepreneurial procurement professional who can balance the analytical requirements of the role with the collaborative skills needed to elevate our customer experience. What you’ll do Drive Innovation: Source primary suppliers that can co-create and develop best-in-class primary packaging solutions tailored specifically to our unique business model. Data-Driven Execution: Leverage large internal datasets and industry benchmarks (including market, supplier, and SKU analysis) to identify opportunities for cost reduction and implement best practices. Develop the Supply Base: Build and mai

- **Id**: 3351303
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/hellofresh-senior-category-manager-strategic-sourcing-packaging>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Berlin, Germany, Paris, France
- **Countries**: DE, FR
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-27T13:50:12Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-27
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T19:44:27Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 15
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3304
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Hybrid work, Office meals
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Supply Chain, Online Groceries, Subscription Commerce, Prepared Foods

## Company

- **Id**: 1061
- **Name**: HelloFresh
- **Domain**: hellofresh.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/hellofresh>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 88
- **Open postings**: 79
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.443
- **Repost share**: 0.089
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 42
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 45000
- **Max usd**: 77000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 23

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 15

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: German; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **France** — Iso: FR; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-27T18:41:31Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 14
- **Expected fill days**: 42
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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