Merchandising Manager EU

Marley Spoon; Lisboa; Híbrido; EUR 45 000 - 65 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

A leading meal delivery service based in Lisbon is seeking a Merchandising Manager EU to drive the assortment strategy and menu planning across its brands. The ideal candidate will be highly analytical, organized, and adaptable in a fast-paced environment. Strong negotiation skills and stakeholder management are essential. The role offers a hybrid work policy and numerous benefits including annual leave and training days.

Serviços

Hybrid work policy

30 annual leave days

5 training days per year

Gym cost subsidy

24/7 employee assistance program

Qualificações

• Proven ability to manage complex projects and prioritize tasks effectively.
• Demonstrated team leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to analyze performance metrics and make data-driven decisions.

Responsabilidades

• Lead menu planning and execution across all brands.
• Collaborate with various teams to improve menu planning frameworks.
• Monitor performance metrics and adjust strategy as needed.

Conhecimentos

Highly organized

Analytical thinking

Strong problem-solving skills

Effective communication

Stakeholder management

Ferramentas

Asana

Google Sheets

CMS systems

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Overview

If you’re ambitious, love food, and want to be part of a company packed with opportunity, keep reading.

MarleySpoon is a direct‑to‑consumer manufacturing business with a waste‑free supply chain. We deliver top‑quality fresh ingredients—measured to perfection—alongside chef‑designed, easy‑to‑cook recipes to thousands of households across the globe. Under our family of brands (MarleySpoon, MarthaStewart & MarleySpoon, Dinnerly and BistroMD) we operate in the US, Europe and Australia.

So, ready to cook up an application?

The Merchandising Manager EU leads the assortment strategy, planning and execution with focus on analytics and customer interface. Tasks include designing and executing a customer-centric, cost-efficient assortment strategy that maximizes ingredient usage, reduces waste, and drives both profitability and customer satisfaction across all brands.

Responsibilities

• Menu Strategy & Planning: Lead end-to-end menu planning and execution across all brands, ensuring alignment with financial, operational, and brand goals.
• Manage and optimize the EU Master Calendar and Annual SKU Planning Calendar to support usage, minimize waste, and meet MOQ requirements.
• Oversee menu QA, ensuring accuracy, budget alignment, and customer satisfaction.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate with Culinary, Marketing, Fulfillment, Data Science, and Technology teams to align on strategy, identify improvement opportunities, and enhance menu planning frameworks.
• Serve as the primary liaison for merchandising strategy implementation and backlog prioritization.
• Pantry & Ingredient Oversight: Manage pantry cost efficiency by reviewing SKU viability, aligning depletion plans, and approving ingredient costing.
• Identify and onboard cost-effective, high-quality ingredients as needed.
• Metrics & Reporting: Monitor and report on weekly, monthly, and quarterly performance metrics, adjusting strategy in collaboration with leadership as needed.
• Lead a team focused on driving measurable commercial and customer outcomes through strategic menu management.
• System Administration: Maintain menu accuracy post-launch through our internal menu management tool, managing substitutions and recipe updates, and overseeing system constraints for optimal recommendations.

Must-have Requirements

• Comfortable in Asana, Google Sheets and CMS system
• Highly organized, with great attention to detail
• Highly analytical thinking; data-driven decision making, and ability to negotiate strict financial targets
• Mindset towards continuous improvement, of performance, process, and people.
• Strong problem-solving skills; able to think critically, analytically, and creatively
• Adaptive to changing priorities in a fast paced high-growth business environment
• Verbal and written communication skills; able to convey complex ideas clearly and concisely both in person and via slack
• Strong stakeholder management
• Capable of identifying and accessing appropriate data to assess business performance and needs and able to analyze that data to make strategic decisions independently.

Nice To Have

• Demonstrated strategic ability to anticipate and articulate business needs and respond with appropriate strategies
• Culinary or food background with a deep understanding of ingredients, techniques, and trends. Must be equally comfortable talking with chefs & developers as with supply chain analysts.

Benefits

• Hybrid work policy (remote + office) or fully remote
• 30 annual leave days
• 5 training days per year
• Gym cost subsidy
• 24/7 confidential employee assistance program