Culinary Planning & Analytics Intern

Summary

Join HelloFresh as a Culinary Product Management Intern and play a key role in supporting the operational and strategic planning of their meal kits. You will be actively involved in planning and coordinating the weekly recipe portfolio, collaborating with various teams, and gaining hands-on experience. This internship offers opportunities to take ownership, build practical skills in operational planning, and make a real impact on the product offering. The role involves menu creation and optimization, product improvement, menu de-risking, operations support, process management, reporting, and recipe management. If you are eager to contribute to a fast-growing company and thrive in a dynamic environment, this is the perfect opportunity.

Requirements

• Currently completing a degree in business administration/management or a related field
• Enthusiasm for the world of food and an interest in data
• Hands-on and collaborative way of working as well as a strong team spirit - essential qualities for working closely with a variety of people and cross-functional teams
• You are highly organized, precise and pay attention to detail
• Proactive and ambitious manner, with a strong drive to contribute to a fast-paced, dynamic business environment

Responsibilities

• Menu creation and optimization: This is done through an algorithm offering countless possibilities to create the best possible menu for our consumers
• Product Improvement: You will work on several projects and initiatives that focus on improving our product offering aiming to increase customer satisfaction
• Menu De-Risking: You will lead a number of cross-collaborative initiatives and processes aiming to reduce the menu risk and to ensure ingredient availability by considering the end-to-end value chain of our product
• Operations support: You support the team in day-to-day operations as well as with administrative and organizational tasks along the supply and menu planning process and have the opportunity to solve concrete problems, make decisions, and learn to manage real-world situations in a dynamic environment
• Process management: You will participate in projects aimed at optimizing and automating and improving our product processes and supply chain by working with other teams
• Reporting: You will track the weekly performance of menus and recipes, and conduct analyses on their monthly/quarterly performance
• Recipe change management in menus: You will select alternative recipes when needed (ingredient shortage, marketing need, etc.)
• Recipe & Ingredient Pool Management: You will contribute to the maintenance of the recipe and ingredient database in alignment with the culinary teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Initial experience in procurement, product management or supply planning, gained in CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) or E-Commerce field is a plus
• Excellent command of Excel - familiarity with SQL or Python would be a strong advantage
• Fluency in English, additional German language skills are nice to have

Benefits

• Modern and comfortable working space with great co-workers in Berlin-Kreuzberg
• Discount for HelloFresh boxes and Convini products
• Flexible working hours including Work From Home/Work from Abroad Policy
• 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, as well as yoga classes
• Well-being initiatives in cooperation with Headspace and Spill
• Monthly allowance for the Deutschlandticket