Senior Partner Manager (6-Month Contract) - Paris

Location: Paris, France; hybrid working. The role focuses on the business in France.

Company

hirify.global operates a marketplace for surplus food, connecting food businesses with consumers to reduce food waste and create social and climate impact.

What you will do

• Build new partnerships with food and non-food suppliers through business development and relationship management.
• Manage and grow existing supplier partnerships through regular business reviews and commercial planning.
• Map category pipelines, assess market opportunities, and contribute to segment strategy plans.
• Source and negotiate products, prices, ranges, and supplier terms for hirify.global Parcels.
• Run strategic trials, analyse consumer profiles, and identify opportunities to improve profitability.
• Manage margins, P&L targets, inventory decisions, expenditures, and collaboration with demand planning and forecasting.

Requirements

• Extensive business growth experience with strong partnership-building and relationship management skills.
• Commercial acumen, including experience with P&L management, pricing, and promotional modelling.
• Experience in FMCG across buying, account management, category management, or business development.
• Analytical, customer-centric, independent, and collaborative approach to decision-making.
• Fluent French and English are required.
• Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, and supplier management skills.

Nice to have

• Existing contacts in food manufacturing.
• Additional language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to contribute to measurable food waste reduction and sustainability impact.
• Hybrid work from the office, home, or abroad, subject to applicable conditions.
• Professional development opportunities in a fast-paced scale-up environment.
• Health insurance and pension plans, subject to country of employment.
• Additional parental leave, life-event days, and the option of an extra week of unpaid leave.
• International community, social events, paid volunteering time, and employee resource groups.

Hiring process

• Short video call with Talent Acquisition.
• Interview with the hiring manager, followed by a case study.
• Final interview with the Regional Head of Commercial.