The role

Were looking for a Culinary Ingredient & Recipe Developer to join the HelloFresh Product Operations team. In this role, youll blend culinary creativity with strategic ingredient management to shape the future of our menu.

Beyond developing delicious, high-quality recipes, youll own & optimize our ingredient portfolioresearching, testing, & sourcing new products that expand variety, drive innovation, & align needs & processes with our operational capabilities. By leveraging customer insights & feedback, youll help ensure every dish delights our customers & elevates their mealtime experience.

This is a highly cross-functional role, collaborating closely with global culinary & ingredient teams as well as local operations & procurement partners to deliver a product thats as operationally efficient as it is customer-loved.

Above all, we are looking for people who will make HelloFresh better. We believe there are many different ways of developing skills & we love diverse experiences! So even if you dont tick all the boxes but think youd thrive in this role, we would really like to learn more about you.

What youll do

• Develop ~3-4 new recipes every week maintaining product fit, cost, & nutritional targets - which includes designing, cooking, & writing detailed instructions for each recipe using standardized guidelines, focusing on ease of execution for the customer
• Build expertise across ingredient categories: youll be familiar with the look, taste, & specifications of ingredients & their suppliers
• Bring novelty & excitement to our product by continuously successfully introducing new ingredients onto our menus 
• Guide the process of onboarding new ingredients based on market trends & improving existing ingredients based on customer feedback
• Lead sensory tastings for new ingredients & recipes
• Take responsibility for ingredient swaps & recipe recooks
• Optimize ingredient management processes to drive efficiencies & feedback loops with local procurement & culinary teams 
• Set-up & track new ingredient tests & create reports on recommended future usage by our menu planning & culinary development team members
• Derisk ingredient utilization to drive quality & quantity improvements in partnership with local Food Safety & Quality Assurance, procurement, & menu teams
• Collaborate with local & global stakeholders, including category managers, food safety specialists, & recipe developers

What youll bring

• 2+  years experience in Food Product Development, ingredient management, or similar field 
• Obsessed with food; food-related educational background is valued but not compulsory
• Strong understanding of Italian food culture & trends
• Analytical mindset & know how to use data as the basis of your decisions
• Strong written & in-person communication skills: you enjoy working with many different stakeholders
• Driven by results & firm believer in accountability: a task-oriented self-starter who proactively takes on big ideas & projects & is capable of impeccably executing them in a fast-paced environment
• Strong organizational capabilities, comfortable tracking & managing different processes 
• Proficiency in key features of the Google Workspace platform including Drive, Gmail, Google Meet, Docs, Sheets, Forms, & Slides
• Mandatory Italian native communication skills & English fluency, both spoken & written

What we offer

• The chance to have a serious impact on one of the fastest-growing technology companies in Europe in an exciting growth phase on the Italian market
• A vibrant  international environment with mission-driven colleagues
• Smart-working opportunity for up to 50% of your time
• Additional 4 days of holidays on top of the CCNL ones
• Benefit from our selection of employee perks 
• Significant reduction on your HelloFresh boxes
• Meal vouchers 
• Access to Wellhub (online sport platform with more than 1000 videos on demand & 300 live videos of yoga  pilates  cardio  toning & meditation)
• Welfare credit after two years in the company
• High-end tech equipment
• Monthly social events & bi-annual company parties
• Free drinks  snacks & fruits in our vibrant & recently renovated office in Milan

Are you up for the challenge?

Please submit your complete application below including your salary expectations & earliest starting date.

After submitting an application our team will review this & get back to you within 5 business days.