HelloFresh is the world-leading recipe box company. Our in-house chefs develop our beautiful recipes and work with our suppliers to get the best ingredients. Customers select their favourite recipes each week from our website and we then do the hard work for them, lovingly packing their boxes with the exact quantity of each ingredient that the recipes need and delivering it to their doors. This gives our customers across the globe a convenient, simple way of cooking and enjoying delicious dinners in their homes with their loved ones.

From modest beginnings, where our original founders were packing ingredients and hand delivering them to their first customers (friends and family) we have developed and grown and now operate across 10 countries on 3 continents and everyone who works with us plays a part in our vision – to change the way people eat forever.

 We are continuing to grow and are now looking for a Flow Control Manager to join our Operations team in Banbury  to run and develop our automation line and help us to become the best fulfilment centre in the UK.

Start date: As soon as possible
Working hours: 06:00 - 17:00 Friday - Monday. With the view to introduce rotating day and night shifts in the future.

You’ll be responsible for the continuous running of our Automated Production line, ensuring it is set up for maximum efficiency and downtime is minimised.

• You’ll set up the pick stations based on rack plans


• You’ll control the flow order and change the route of boxes if needed to ensure continuous packing and maximising throughput


• You’ll work on minimising faults and escalating errors


• You’ll analyse faults and performance and work to continuously improve the line


• You’ll communicate any issues to the management team and other stakeholders


• You’ll provide weekly reports of line system performance

What we're looking for:

• Ideally be from a FMCG background in Production, Logistics, Operations or Fulfilment Centre Management.


• Experience in working with automated warehouse management systems.


• Strong understanding of health and safety and its application in a warehouse/production environment.


• Used to working in a high pressure, fast paced and constantly changing environment


• Demonstrable understanding of operational reporting, key information identification and critical issue escalation


• Experience in SQL, database structures and Excel is highly desirable


• Great communication skills and decision making capabilities. Logical approach to making decisions, able to understand working environment and pressures to make sensible, measured decisions to deliver.


• Embraces change and challenge


• Great sense of humour


• Experience within a food hygiene environment and automated operations is desirable


• Experience of people management or being in a supervisory role is highly desirable

What you’ll get in return:

• 70% discount on HelloFresh subscription


• Heavily discounted weekly on site market  


• 33 days holiday


• Gym membership or Private health insurance


• Access to our employee assistance programme


• Access to our many employee perks including; weekly breakfast, celebrations and on and off site social activities


• Access to our on site facilities including table tennis and pool table and free hot drinks


• High level of responsibility from day one


• Working with a fun, energetic and supportive team