Capital Procurement Manager

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Freshly is a fast-growing, food-tech startup and the largest fresh-prepared-meal delivery service in the country. It’s our mission to make eating healthy easy for everyone by delivering fresh, nutritious, and fully-cooked meals directly to customers.

We're passionate about changing the food industry by pioneering a new way to think about meal delivery, access to fresh and healthy food, and how we eat in general. If helping build a brand that is fundamentally transforming an industry is exciting to you, read on!

Freshly is looking for a talented Capital Procurement Manager who will be responsible for collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to steer the successful construction and startup of Freshly’s new plants. This is an opportunity to join a high-growth startup and help to build state-of-the-art plants alongside some of the best and brightest minds in food tech.

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to identify business requirements for Freshly’s new plants.
  • Daily collaboration with Engineering, Operations, and Construction teams
  • Competitively source best-in-class equipment, services, and technology to deliver state-of-the art plants
  • Identify sustainability and automation opportunities for Freshly’s new plants
  • Engage the supply market to competitively source stakeholder requirements
  • Negotiate and execute capital equipment contracts
  • Negotiate multi-year service contracts for the continued maintenance and support (aftermarket services) of critical equipment for Freshly’s new and existing plants
  • Help to ensure the successful startup of Freshly’s new plants
  • Manage supplier relationshipsIdentify and become a subject matter expert on supply market opportunities that will increase Freshly’s competitive advantage

About You:

  • Bachelor’s degree preferably in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Civil Engineering, or Electrical Engineering
  • 1-3 years of capital procurement and/or capital project experience
  • Competitive bidding experience
  • Experience and comfort with contract negotiations
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Cross-functional collaboration experience (specifically with engineers)
  • Construction experience
  • Exceptional ability to balance multiple initiatives at once
  • Ability to establish common process
  • Sound analytical and problem solving skills
  • High motivation to drive and deliver results
  • Willingness to travel within the U.S. up to 30-40% of the time

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Strong understanding of construction safety and food safety
  • Startup experience is a plus
  • Project management experience is a plus
  • Plant/manufacturing experience is a plus

About Freshly

Freshly delivers chef-prepared, ready-to-eat healthy meals to customers’ doorsteps through a weekly subscription model. The menu is designed using whole, natural ingredients - every meal is packed with high-quality proteins, heart-healthy fats, and nutrient-dense carbohydrates. Freshly meals NEVER contain gluten, refined sugars, or artificial additives. Freshly’s team of chefs do all the cooking and meals arrive fresh (never frozen) and are ready to eat within 3 minutes. For more information, visit www.freshly.com.

 

Here's some recent chatter about us:

WSJ - Nestle Buys Stake in Freshly, Putting Healthy Food On The Menu 

Fortune - Nestle Leads $77M Funding Round In Meal-Delivery Startup Freshly

Techcrunch - Nestlé leads $77M Round For Healthy Meal Startup Freshly

 

We pride ourselves on our fast-paced and fun environment and above all value transparency, communication, and collaboration. We are always learning, growing, and taking risks – if this sounds like an environment where you would thrive, we’d love to hear from you!

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