Program Manager II at Afresh

Afresh is on a mission to eliminate food waste and make fresh food accessible to all. Our first A.I.-powered solution optimizes ordering, forecasting, and store operations for fresh food departments in brick-and-mortar grocers. With our Fresh Operating System, regional and national grocery retailers have placed $1.6 billion in produce orders across the US and we've helped our partners prevent 34 million pounds of food from going to waste. Working at Afresh represents a one-of-a-kind opportunity to have massive social impact at scale by leveraging uncommonly impactful software – we hope you'll join us!

DUTIES:

Lead and execute end-to-end integrations with grocery partners by building partnerships with customers’ Operations, Engineering, Merchandising, and leadership teams.
Analyze operations and make recommendations on grocery processes, technology and procedures to be improved in using Afresh platform.
Conduct on-site and virtual observation to ascertain business functions, observe operations, and identify process improvements related to grocery.
Aggregate and analyze client data to deliver recommendations.
Create detailed, actionable implementation plans that enable full scop deployment process execution.
Train stakeholders to use Afresh operating system.
Support implementation by creating implementation progress reports and dashboards that give prompt access to key data and metrics.
Utilize SaaS, SQL, Excel, SAP, CRM platforms (Salesforce or Microsoft Dynamics), and Tableau.
Position may involve short term travel less than 25% of the time to unanticipated customer sites. The position will travel within the continental United States.
- Travel will occur approximately 25% of the time only during weekdays / business days. The travel will consist of two-day weekday trips to meet with customer leadership to advise on business operations and strategy, as well as five-day trips to support customers in launching Afresh technology in their stores.
- Purpose of travel is to meet with customer leadership to advise on business operations and strategy, and support customers in launching Afresh technology in their stores. Position may include a telecommuting benefit within the state of California.

REQUIREMENTS:

At least a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Management, Business, or a closely related field, and at least four (4) years of experience in grocery operations management (any title); including managing pricing and using point of sale software for grocery products; ensuring compliance with food safety, and maintaining perishable inventory and ordering fresh produce.
Experience must also include at least two (2) years of experience analyzing and improving operational processes for any industry, engaging in digital and operational transformation projects, designing training materials, and developing client proposals.
Position may require short term travel less than 25% of the time to unanticipated customer sites.
- Position may include a telecommuting benefit within the state of California.

Employer-provided benefits include 401(k) with waiting period, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, PTO, and paid holidays.

RATE OF PAY: $162,000.00 to $198,000.00 / Year

About Afresh

Founded in 2017, Afresh is working on the #1 solution to curb climate change: reducing food waste. By combining human insight and transformative technology, we're helping grocers provide fresher food to customers at more affordable prices.

Afresh sits at an incredible intersection of positive social impact, rocket ship financial growth, and cutting-edge technology. Our best-in-class AI research has been published in top journals including ICML, and we've raised over $148 million in funding from investors including former co-CEO of Whole Foods Market Walter Robb and Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors.

Fresh is the past, present, and future of our food system – the waste we create today will impact our planet for years to come. Join us as we continue to build a vibrant, diverse, and inclusive team that embodies our company’s values of proactivity, kindness, candor, and humility.

Afresh provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.