[US-HQ] Retail Product Development Manager

Responsibilities

• Portfolio Lifecycle Management - Evaluate existing meals, conduct sales performance reviews, leverage online ratings and commentary as well as market trends to optimize our product portfolio by retailer.
• Formulation & Spec Management - Ensure the retail product range can consistently be offered to retail partners by planning for necessary formulation, ingredient, and packaging changes, owning the spec creation and management process.
• Packaging Design - Own packaging design for retail products, ensuring alignment with the broader F_ brand and packaging creative guidelines, meeting retailer compliance standards and functionality and appeal on shelf.
• Sales Support - Support sales and review meetings with retailers as the product expert, sharing performance insights, industry trends, and product strategy and development opportunities.
• You are...
• A problem solver - You are resourceful and scrappy and aren't afraid to roll up your sleeves and figure it out. Where a process doesn't exist, you'll create one.
• Curious & Passionate about Product - you are always looking to learn more about the industry, new products and ways we can delight our customers.
• Data-driven to the core and leverage data to make key business decisions.
• Detail-oriented - You possess strong organizational skills and demonstrate a methodical approach to your work, documenting new processes.
• A project manager - You have excellent project management skills leading groups, as well as a demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and complete deliverables on time.
• A critical thinker - You use logic to identify opportunities, evaluate alternatives, and present critical information to solve complex problems.
• Highly collaborative - You enjoy working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to get things done.
• At a minimum, you have...
• Bachelor degree in Business Administration or other relevant field of study.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience with a background in physical product management, category management, product marketing or strategic sourcing across food/food tech or CPG industries.
• Strong preference for experience within CPG or retail product development.
• Fluent in Google Suite applications (especially sheets & slides), tableau, Gemini and an ability to quickly learn and leverage a range of other databases and tech tools.
• Familiarity with retail data platforms (NIQ, SPINS, or Circana/IRI) to track category performance and support buyer conversations.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple cross-functional stakeholders as well as to present to executive level colleagues.
• Success in collaborating with cross-functional teams to get things done
• Travel:
• You'll get...
• Competitive salary, 401k with company match that vest immediately upon participation, and company equity plan based on role
• Generous PTO, including sabbatical, and parental leave of up to 16 weeks
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits with options at $0 monthly, effective first day of empl

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Additional Information

Retail Product Development Manager This role is hybrid to; NYC, Chicago, IL or Boulder, CO HelloFresh Headquarters In addition to our core direct-to-consumer business, Factor_ has more recently expanded into the retail channel, making our meals available for purchase at brick-and-mortar stores. We are seeking a strategic, data-driven, and highly collaborative Retail Product Development Manager to own Factor_'s Retail Prepared Meals and adjacent food and beverage categories to support growth in this channel. In this pivotal role, you will champion the end-to-end retail product lifecycle-from driving overarching category strategy and formulation management to leading packaging design and continuous portfolio optimization. Acting as the ultimate product expert and a crucial cross-functional linchpin, you will partner seamlessly with Sales, Operations, DTC Product, and Nutrition teams to bridge deep consumer insights with specific retailer needs. Your core objective is to engineer a winning, scalable retail portfolio that commands attention on the shelf, drives exceptional sales velocity for our partners, and builds enduring brand loyalty through relentless, customer-centric innovation.

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