Working Student - HR & Administration

Mission

Freshflow is building the food supply chain technology of the future to reduce global food waste.

• Freshflow is a new way to manage fresh products for grocery retailers. We do accurate order forecasting, replenishment, and inventory control that massively reduce food waste while still keeping shelves full. Doing that we reduce global carbon emissions, make fresh food cheaper and more available, and generate millions in profits for our clients.
• Today, more than 40% of all food produced globally is wasted. Food waste produces carbon emissions 6x higher than the entire aviation industry and if it were a country, it would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, right behind China and the US. Besides that, it also causes $1.2 trillion/year in losses.
• Grocery retailers throw away 15% of their fresh products due to poor ordering decisions. Order quantities are most often based on gut feeling or, at best, spreadsheets or traditional forecasting and replenishment software. Juggling the hundreds of factors a good order is based on is hard.
• We’re already working with the largest grocery retailer in Germany, as well as some of the largest in France, and several smaller retailers across Europe where we are already reducing food waste by 25% while increasing their revenue! We’ve secured significant funding from Europe’s leading investors and several highly relevant angel investors in the food space. We’re also in close collaboration with a network of advisors from both industry and academia.

What we are looking for

Freshflow is looking for a motivated HR & Administration Working Student who enjoys a fast-paced start-up environment and wants to make a real impact.

You’ll support our team across HR and administrative topics, helping with people operations, recruiting coordination, onboarding, internal processes, and day-to-day office administration. This is a hands-on role where you’ll gain practical experience in HR, administration, and start-up operations — while contributing directly to Freshflow’s growth.

This is a 6-month working student contract with the opportunity to work alongside an ambitious and remote-first team of 20 people. The position is fully Remote in Germany.

10-20 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Taking ownership of administrative and operational tasks
• Assisting with employee onboarding and offboarding processes
• Working with HR Platforms
• Supporting the organization of team events and company activities
• Preparing, sharing, and tracking contracts and documents
• Supporting bookkeeping and invoicing processes
• Communicating with our external accounting team
• Conducting research on HR, operations, and administrative topics
• Helping improve internal processes and documentation
• Supporting initiatives that strengthen company culture
• Recruiting and conducting interviews
• Jumping in wherever needed in a fast-moving startup environment

Skills and Qualifications

• Currently is in the final semesters of degree in HR, Psychology, Social Sciences, Management, or a related field
• At least 3 months of experience in HR, administration, office management, and/or organizational work
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Reliable, proactive, and able to work independently
• Fast learner with a strong desire to grow in HR field in dynamic startup environment
• Hands-on mindset and willingness to get things done quickly
• Adaptable and comfortable working in a quickly changing startup environment
• Strong communication skills
• Fluent in English; German is a plus
• A go-getter attitude and startup spirit

Our values

• Empathy towards your customers and your colleagues
• Radical condor: we tell it how it is, without being rude
• Ownership over your work and your time
• Reward innovation and experimentation, discount failure
• Validated learnings as a measure of progress
• Design thinking drives our innovation process and our product

How to apply

Does this position sound like a good fit? Email us at [email protected]

Freshflow is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. This means that we don’t discriminate based on race or ethnic origin, color, the language(s) you speak, where you (or your parents) are from, whether or not you consider yourself to have a disability, your age, gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs, or political opinions. We’re a diverse team in many ways, and we love it that way.