HelloFresh Looking for Director, WMS Product Design & Development at Aurora, Colorado Full Time

At HelloFresh, we want to revolutionize the way we eat by making it more convenient and exciting to cook meals from scratch. We have offices all over the world and we deliver delicious meals to millions of people.

We are the industry leader in meal-kit subscription services and we’re growing all the time. We have distinct meal-kit services that cater to everyone with the most menu variety in the market, which allows us to reach an incredibly wide population of people.

The HelloFresh team is diverse, high-performing, and international, and our work environment is an inspiring space where you can thrive as a result.

Job Description:

HelloFresh is searching for an action-oriented Director of WMS Product Design and Software Engineering to lead our product design, hosting architecture, and software development strategies and teams into the future. This leader is responsible for building and managing the teams that design, develop, and maintain technical solutions across HelloFresh’s US digital domain in the warehouse fulfillment and inventory control space. You will collaborate closely with stakeholders across various functional teams including automation and production technology, procurement, finance  and operations to drive innovative solutions leveraging our strategic WMS product: Körber’s Warehouse Advantage (Highjump) platform, balancing competing priorities and tech resource demand.

This location-flexible position can be physically based in any of our fulfillment centers listed below, a hybrid model, or can be a fully remote position if you reside in an eligible state for HelloFresh employment.

• Newark, NJ
• Swedesboro, NJ
• Totowa, NJ
• Irving, TX
• Grand Prairie, TX
• Newnan, GA
• Bolingbrook, IL
• Aurora, IL
• Phoenix, AZ
• Aurora, CO

The Director of WMS Product Design and Software Engineering will work with key technology and product leaders across the US organization to enable the inventory management/ control domain strategy and evaluate technology-related priorities. The individual will have a knack for listening intently to stakeholders and then working rapidly with internal  product, architecture and other technical disciplines to develop solutions to achieve business goals. The candidate for this role will have impeccable management and communication skills — knowing both how to lead and build high-performing software development teams and how to build leadership support for proactive solutions to anticipated technology challenges. This leader will relentlessly pursue team effectiveness, development velocity, and code quality through innovative ideas, processes, and solutions. 

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical direction, development oversight, and performance accountability for HelloFresh’s deployment of Körber’s Warehouse Advantage (Highjump) WMS platform across all US brand locations
• Provide technical direction, development oversight and performance accountability for all WMS integrations to host tools/ systems as well as any automation MHE/ production technology solutions
• Oversee/ manage the existing 3rd party hosted architecture for current deployments (13 & growing) and partner with department leadership on reviewing/ assessing future state hosting strategy options
• Work with department level leadership in sourcing and partnering with 3rd party vendor providers to augment internal software development capacity/ expertise  as needed
• Partner with the peer WMS Services and Support organization leadership to establish robust QA functions that drive effective feedback, pushing teams to not only execute standard scenarios, but to evaluate edge cases, encourage innovation, and provide design feedback as part of test execution
• Partner with departmental and executive leadership to support the WMS solution expansion to additional international markets as needed
• Coach, develop, and lead team members to ensure organization, department, and individual goals/ KPI’s are achieved
• Work with HR and our Talent Acquisition team to further build out the organizational talent, playing an active role in the recruiting and sourcing process
• Server on both the fulfillment technology and overall automation and technology leadership teams, helping to reinforce/ develop HelloFresh DNA values, establish KPI’s, and prioritize strategic initiatives at a departmental level

Requirements:

• 10+ years of warehouse management system (WMS) software engineering and implementation experience with a tier-one WMS in an RF based distribution, manufacturing, or e-com fulfillment environment; direct experience with Körber’s Warehouse Advantage (Highjump) WMS platform & SQL Server preferred
• 3+ years managing application integrations via microservices and associated toolsets
• Experience managing multiple teams at the same time
• Experience leading a design process that allows for scaling a digital technology operations ecosystem for volume, multiple brands, new digital properties
• Experience leading evaluations to refactor or replace legacy systems, as well as developing and deploying solutions and processes to handle complex technology transitions and decisions
• Demonstrated ability to partner and communicate effectively with non-technical peers/ team members
• Proven ability to discern business requirements and translate into technical specifications
• Strategic thinker with the ability to build and execute innovative digital product, combined with tactical ability to execute simultaneously against multiple competing priorities

You’ll get…

● Competitive Salary & 401k company match that vests immediately upon participation
● Generous parental leave of 16 weeks & PTO policy, as well as paid holidays off
● $0 monthly premium and other flexible health plans
● Amazing discounts, including up to 75% off HelloFresh subscription
● Emergency child and adult care services
● Snacks & monthly catered lunches
● Collaborative, dynamic work environment within a fast-paced, mission-driven company

It is the policy of HelloFresh not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because he or she is a protected veteran.