Senior Recipe Planning Manager

About The Team

• You will join our UK Menu Strategy team, sitting at the heart of our London-based operations to shape what the nation eats for dinner. Your mission is to masterfully balance the unique preferences of our UK customers with local operational reality, ensuring our weekly menus are both crave-worthy and commercially viable. By leveraging local data-driven insights and collaborating across our UK Culinary, Procurement
• Operations teams, you will optimize our recipe portfolio to increase customer satisfaction and retention. This is a high-impact role where your strategic decisions directly influence the dinner tables of millions across the country. What You Will Be Doing: Lead the UK menu planning process, balancing customer data, ingredient costs
• operational complexity to deliver a world-class local product. Partner closely with our UK Culinary and Procurement teams to ensure the recipe portfolio evolves alongside changing British tastes and seasonal availability. Analyse local performance metrics and customer feedback to identify opportunities for menu innovation specifically for the UK market. Drive cross-functional alignment within the UK business to ensure ingredient availability and cost-efficiency without compromising on the quality our customers expect. Identify and implement process improvements to streamline recipe planning and local menu operations. Act as the subject matter expert on UK menu strategy, providing actionable insights that inform the local product roadmap. Who You Are: A proven track record in product management, menu strategy
• a highly analytical operations role, ideally within the UK food or e-commerce industry. Strong analytical skills with the ability to turn complex data sets into clear, strategic recommendations for the UK market. Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with a natural ability to collaborate across different departments in a fast-paced environment. A proactive, solution-oriented mindset that thrives when solving problems unique to the UK supply chain and customer base. Excellent communication skills, enabling you to tell a compelling story through data and strategy to local leadership. A deep interest in the UK food landscape and an understanding of what makes a great recipe for our local customers. What you will get in return:
• 70% off HelloFresh or Green Chef boxes
• Company pension scheme
• Gym membership
• Bupa private medical insurance (including dental & family cover options)
• Mental health first aiders and an employee assistance programme
• Dog friendly office! (London site only)
• Nursery support scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Group Life Assurance Location : The HelloFresh Farm, 60 Worship Street, EC2A 2EZ, London To be considered for this role, you’ll need to have the independent right to work in the UK, as we're unfortunately unable to provide sponsorship at this time. Hybrid Working Policy We offer a hybrid working policy for eligible roles, allowing flexibility to work from home and in the office. For more details on eligibility and how this applies to the role you're applying for, please consult with your recruiter. Next steps : Your application will be reviewed and if successful, a member of the Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch within 2 weeks. You are required to cooperate with HelloFresh in all health and safety matters. You are responsible for ensuring you take reasonable care of your own health
• safety as well as others who may be affected by the work activities you undertake. You must report incidents immediately and actively raise health and safety-related concerns to your Line Manager. As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and secure environment, we will process Disclosure and Barring Service ( DBS ) checks to the successful individual. Failure to disclose relevant information at application or throughout the process could affect your employment with the company. If you are currently a HelloFresh employee, please make sure you have discussed your application with your Line Manager.