Product Manager, Manufactures

Did you know that more than one-third of all food produced gets thrown away? This unnecessary food waste equates to 10% of greenhouse gas emissions!

Too Good To Go is a food waste-fighting app and a certified B Corporation. We connect stores that have unsold, surplus food with consumers who buy and enjoy it. We have over 53 million registered app users in 17 locations across Europe, the US and North America. Together, we have saved more than 196 million meals from going to waste(!)

Your mission
We save over 3 meals every second, all thanks to our millions of daily users. So it is vitally important that we continue to create a product that consumers love and a product that ‘makes sense’ to our partners. As the demand grows we want our product to grow with it.

As a Product Manager you will join our new established Product Organisation, that is overall responsible for driving the product development and optimisation of the entire Too Good To Go product portfolio and consists of Product Managers, Data/Insights analysts and Product/UX Designers.
We currently have an open position as  Senior Product Manager - Manufacturing which sits in our expanding product team and reports directly to our VP of Product Troels Støvrin. The Product Manager- Manufacturing will be overall responsible for orchestrating a cross-functional team working on innovating and refining our product and go-to-market approach towards our Manufacturing partners. 

Responsibilities:

Product Managers plays a pivotal role in our organisation in terms of steering our product innovation efforts and we believe a strong Product Manager needs to possess and develop a diverse set of competencies to succeed: Product Execution (the ability to build exceptional products), User Insights (the ability to understand and deliver on customer needs), Product Strategy (the ability to drive business impact via product innovation) and Influencing People (the ability to orchestrate and steer a cross-functional team to deliver). The specific responsibilities in a Product Manager role are:   

• Defining product strategy and developing clear product roadmaps across our consumer/partner focused product areas to improve the current offering or drive new innovation. 
• Leveraging various data (consumer data, market data, customer and partner feedback etc.) to make product recommendations and identify new opportunities
• Use business and consumer KPI’s to communicate progress and performance within the product domain
• Orchestrating and project manage one or more cross-functional team(s) working on deliveries as defined in product roadmaps   
• Collaborating with the wider business, to understand consumer and/or partner pain points to solve, both globally and locally in our markets. 
• Analysing workflows and process to look for ways to optimise and drive efficiencies
• Proactively develop the Product domain, and develop recommendations and strategies for how to develop the area to deliver on business ambitions
• Capable in making recommendations to the senior leadership team, managing their feedback and push-back - leveraging consumer/partner data, market conditions and customer evaluations.

Requirements/Experiences

• Multi year experience in a Product Management role is preferred - ideally within a marketplace/ technology field. Management consulting experience will also be considered as a plus
• Comfortably switches between strategy thinking (e.g. 3 years product strategy plans) and short term execution  
• Proven analytical skills and quantitative skills with demonstrated ability to manage and understand the business needs 
• Previous experience with app development in a global marketplace with many languages and local considerations
• Ability to bridge the gap between technology and consumer needs  - knows how to work together with highly technical people like Designers & Engineers on iterations and product testing to discover solutions that tackle pain points and meet end-user needs.
• Customer-focussed, with experience actively conducting user research, testing, and optimization. Has a talent for analysing market data to identify new insights. Generally aware of the importance of using product analytics to improve overall success.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, knows how to interact and work with a diverse group of people and competencies
• Comfortable working in a high pace changing environment where ideas and knowledge are openly shared.
• Works with a growth mindset and is constantly looking for ways to improve and optimise 

Our values

• We fight together: food waste is a big beast to fight. We can do it if we fight together as Waste Warriors with no ego. We believe in a #oneteam.
• We raise the bar: we always push for more. We work smart, smash barriers and elevate one another.
• We keep it simple: our ambitions are bold but our solutions are simple.
• We build a legacy: we’re proud of the change we’re driving.
• We care: we always look out for each other. Caring is also about the way we do business. We do the right thing.

What we have to offer

• A rare opportunity to work in a social impact company (and certified B Corporation!) where you get to wake up every day knowing you’re achieving positive change.
• The experience of being part of an international company with 1350 + enthusiastic and highly talented teammates across 17 countries (and counting) – always ready to share knowledge and support!
• Strong personal as well as professional development in an intense and high-growth scale-up environment.
• An open company culture where you have the independence and room to unleash your creativity.
• A strong team culture where successes are celebrated together.

How to apply

• We take recruitment very seriously, so please carefully read everything we have written above. Please also check our website and international media in order to get a good overview of Too Good To Go.
• Submit your CV and Cover letter in English.
• Please note that we only accept applications coming through our platform. No CV or Cover Letter will be accepted by email or LinkedIn direct messaging.

Job Ref: LI#-RS1