About the role: What's in the Box
Are you the kind of person who always checks ingredient labels in-store? Do food trends excite you, and do you care deeply about great-tasting, high-quality ingredients? Do you enjoy collaborating across teams to make customer-driven improvements? Then this might be the role for you.
As an Ingredient Specialist, you will be responsible for several ingredient categories (Bakery, Dairy, Dry Goods & Grains, and Spices & Nuts). You will work closely with Culinary, Procurement, and FSQA (Food Safety & Quality Assurance) teams to deliver high-quality, innovative, and healthy ingredients. You will have end-to-end ownership of onboarding new ingredients, so a strong interest in food trends, quality, and sensory experience is essential. At the same time, you’ll analyze customer feedback to continuously improve our ingredient portfolio and customer satisfaction. We’re looking for an ingredient enthusiast who’s invested in our product and customers.
What you’ll do: The Recipe
- Build deep expertise within your ingredient categories, including taste, appearance, specifications, and suppliers.
- Maintain a high-quality ingredient database by tracking performance and offboarding underperforming ingredients.
- Lead the onboarding of new ingredients based on trends and internal requests, and improve existing ingredients using customer feedback.
- Represent Benelux in international tenders by voicing local requirements and safeguarding quality standards.
- Provide sensory support during tastings.
- Analyze customer feedback and translate insights into concrete improvements.
- Collaborate with a wide range of local and global stakeholders, including recipe developers, category managers, food safety specialists, and supply planners.
What you’ll bring: The Ingredients
- 2+ years of experience in food technology, NPD, or a related field (HBO/University education)
- A data-driven mindset, with the ability to translate insights into clear, actionable decisions
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, and confidence working with multiple stakeholders across team
- A structured, detail-oriented way of working, enabling you to manage multiple topics in parallel
- Strategic thinking, balancing customer value with business objectives
- A creative, solution-focused mindset, always looking for ways to improve products and processes
- English proficiency; Dutch is a strong plus
- Experience with sensory testing or product development is considered a plus
Above all, we are looking for people who will make HelloFresh better. There are many different ways of developing skills, and we love diverse experiences! So even if you don’t “tick all the boxes” but think you’d thrive in this role, we would really like to learn more about you.
What we offer: The Toppings
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Compensation & Financial Wellbeing
- Enjoy 20% off HelloFresh and 40% off Factor_ subscriptions.
- Access the "Benefits at Work" platform for discounts on brands like Nike, Bol.com, and IKEA.
- You'll receive a HelloFresh laptop, a €250 home office setup budget, and contribute to the Bedrijfspensioenfonds Levensmiddelen pension scheme (2025 rate 27.6%; employer pays 19.64%, employee pays 7.96%).
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Health & Wellbeing
- Benefit from discounts on ClassPass and gym memberships via Bedrijfsfitness Nederland, free weekly bootcamp classes, and free subscriptions to Headspace and OpenUp.
- Get a 7,5% discount on additional health insurance at Zilveren Kruis in 2026.
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Flexibility & Work-Life
- Work flexibly with our hybrid setup (50% office, 50% remote), plus a €2.40 daily remote work allowance.
- Receive 24 days of annual leave (pro-rated), plus one additional day per year of service (up to 30 days total).
- Full reimbursement for 2nd-class public transport to the office, plus €0.23 per km for car and bicycle travel.
- Eligible employees can work from another country for up to 8 weeks per year.
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Career & Development
- Grow with our "Learning Never Stops" mindset: access internal/external opportunities, and join our cross-market mentoring program.
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Culture & Environment
- Enjoy fresh homemade lunches in the office (€3.00/day), weekly vrij-mi-bo (Friday drinks), quarterly strategy sessions, and team events.
Are you the missing ingredient? If this sounds like a tasty opportunity, we’d be excited to hear from you. We aim to review your profile and respond within 5 business days.
