Senior Portfolio Culinary Manager

We're looking for a Senior Portfolio Culinary Manager (m/f/d) to own and scale our culinary product portfolio across multiple producer relationships and our full add-on range. This role carries end-to-end accountability: from briefing and developing through to post-launch performance, margin review, and SKU optimisation. You'll bring deep expertise in food product development, supplier management, and commercial portfolio thinking, with a proven track record in D2C food or food production organisations. You'll work cross-functionally with Operations, Marketing, and Digital Product to ensure our meals perform as well on paper as they do on the plate. What you will do Own the full development cycle for the Lunch and Dinner meal portfolio across core producer relationships: briefing, ingredient sourcing, recipe development, tasting, nutritional validation, packaging lock-in, launch coordination, post-launch optimisation, quality management, and commercial review. Manage the add-on portfolio on a continuous optimisation cadence: ongoing performance review, SKU scoring, and category strategy rather than milestone-based pipeline execution. strategic oversight of producer lanes covering pipeline, quality, and optimisation. Serve as the primary OPS procurement liaison when decisions directly affect the culinary customer experience. Lead portfolio performance reviews and SKU scoring across owned categories. Design and operate a post-launch review framework. Synthesise customer insight and feed findings into roadmap planning. Track weighted average CM1 margin and drive directional improvement per lane by Q4 2026. What you bring 5+ years in food product management, culinary product, or category management in a food production or D2C food context. Direct experience managing producer or supplier relationships end to end. Commercial track record: you have managed margin, COGS, and performance data as part of your core work. Strong commercial instinct: you track what is working and act on what is not. Ability to build trust with producers and internal stakeholders quickly. Comfortable managing across two very different operational rhythms simultaneously. Data-driven approach to portfolio decisions, including CM1 and attachment rate analysis. You do not wait for systems to be built. You build them. Operates independently in ambiguous, fast-moving environments. Strong communicator across functions: OPS, Marketing, Digital Product. A genuine interest in food and how people eat, not just as a category but as something that matters. Fluent in English; German is a plus but not mandatory. What we offer: 30 vacation days (based on a 5 day week) A hybrid work model with a beautiful office in the heart of Kreuzberg Berlin 30% employee discount on Every product Snacks, drinks and lunch in the office Mobility allowance and Urban Sports discount Discounts on Mitarbeiterangebote "Corporate Benefits" Are you ready for the challenge? Apply now! 🚀 Find more English Speaking Jobs in Germany on Arbeitnow