[US-HQ] Vice President, Automation and Engineering

Job Description

Job Description

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 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.

Vice President, Automation and Engineering

Join the Automation, Engineering and Infrastructure leadership team driving innovation in our supply chain operations. As Vice President, you will direct the operations Engineering and Automation departments, overseeing the design delivery and maintenance of advanced technical solutions to optimize fulfillment center performance across North America and collaborating with global partners.

• Design, develop, and guide technology strategy, roadmap, and long-term plans and objectives to enable the technical solutions for the business! 
• Innovative leader driving technical solutions on: end-to-end Supply Chain, material handling equipment, Robotics (ASRS, AutoStore, AMR’s, AGV’s, Etc) , Process Optimization, green and brown field designs.
• Lead and develop all operations focused engineering teams, consisting of industrial engineering, automation, process and manufacturing engineering disciplines.
• Establish a culture that maintains a true agile software project management methodology within the team to enhance project delivery. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to rank business needs and facilitate a project portfolio that addresses them, while guiding the Automation, Engineering and Infrastructure team through the implementation phase.
• Lead the overall team to ensure successful complex design, testing, and implementation of fulfillment automation solutions. 
• Foster a culture of ongoing Continuous Improvement by leveraging a thorough grasp of the technologies, transformations, and processes central to our Meal Kits and Ready to Eat sectors.
• Take ownership for overall evaluation and design of software and controls aspects of large scale automation systems 
• Ensure comprehensive software infrastructure and support strategy that provides a 24x7 availability, reliability, and scalability across all North America fulfillment centers and hubs.
• Lead the entire US  team professionals responsible for network operations/admin, end user technical support and local server / VMware network management.
• Create vision and implement data analytics to identify operational gaps and justify new technologies to introduce into NA fulfillment centers
• Ensure successful software and controls system implementations from design through deployment across North America
• Take ownership for bringing in new technologies and processes within the overall Automation, Engineering and Infrastructure organization and improve efficiencies by providing solutions to technology alternatives.
• Identify ways of using AI as an accelerator of continuous improvement and then develop the roadmap to execute that acceleration.

You are...

• An envisioning leader ready to guide a team to success
• Excellent with network interactions and communication skills
• Strong leader to manage complex and dynamic changes in technology in service of the business
• Fulfillment Technology savvy.
• Able to manage a complex portfolio of simultaneous projects
• Familiar with industry standard software development languages and processes
• Proven team development skills, individual contributors maximizer!

• BS degree required.  Engineering or Software Engineering Degree
• 15+ years experience in project management and software development
• 15+ years of experience in multi-site industrial distribution, manufacturing, or processing environments
• 15+ years of managing engineering teams
• Efficient Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point), Google app (Gmail, drive, sheets, etc.)
• Experience with JIRA and other Program management softwares
• This position requires 40% travel globally!

You’ll get…

• Competitive salary, 401k with company match that vests immediately upon participation
• Generous PTO, including sabbatical, and parental leave of up to 16 weeks
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits with options at $0 monthly, effective first day of employment
• Tuition reimbursement for continuing education (upon 2 years of service)
• Up to 85% discount on subscriptions to HelloFresh meal plans (HelloFresh, Green Chef, Everyplate, and Factor_)   
• Access to Employee Resource Groups that are open to all employees, including those pertaining to BIPOC, women, veterans, parents, and LGBTQ+
• Inclusive, collaborative, and dynamic work environment within a fast-paced, mission-driven company that is disrupting the traditional food supply chain

This job description is 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.

This position is also eligible for the HelloFresh equity plan.

We 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!

At 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.

We 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.

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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:

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