Workplace Manager

**To solve one of our generation's largest problems, we need the world's best talent.**

**Our vision is to enable a sustainable food system.** Our technology is already enabling thousands of restaurants, wholesalers, and producers across 7 countries to operate waste-free and efficiently. Yet, this is a drop into the ocean. We just started. Our goal to connect the global food system is extremely ambitious and complex. A problem of this magnitude and complexity requires a massive scale and only the best people will be able to solve it. We are gathering the best people globally together in order to succeed in our mission. Are you in?

**For us, it is always team-first.** Teams in which everyone subordinates their individual success to the team's success will win against teams that don't. Can you put your ego aside?

**We are looking for the hungry underdogs** that will rather fail than not try. We look for humility because it makes us learn faster. And we look for people who understand that hard work is necessary and that shortcuts don't exist. We are playing the long game and want to build a truly generational company.

**Our mission requires us to be fast.** We believe that urgency is a mindset. We look for people who act with speed in everything they do, yet never lose sight of the bigger picture.

**Fun plays an important role**. We want to succeed and celebrate when we do. It is important to us that our people form real bonds in and outside of work.

**We have no small plans**, we are assembling a championship team, with people that take real ownership of our company's long-term success. If you feel this is for you, then deep inside you, you might be already one of us.

See what we've been up to: bit.ly/3BX0kYj

**Meet your team**
- Our team in Paris is growing and we are seeking a Workplace Manager to help maintain our growing team in France and Belgium. You will work closely with Gregoire, our co-founder, to ensure that everyone in the office is happy, healthy and productive in the work that they do. This position will oversee all offices in France and Belgium and collaborate with a global team of workplace managers.
- Due to the highly collaborative nature of our business (and the fact that we enjoy spending time together), this is primarily an in-office position._

**What you'll do**
- Own the operations at our workplaces in Paris
- Hold down the fort (ready to solve common office problems as they arise)
- Create an inclusive & outstanding workspace that is aligned with our Choco culture & mission
- Own & automate local processes (invoicing, office /equipment orders)
- Be an operational all-rounder, ensuring a high level of administrative support is provided to all the Chocorians in your region
- Be an advocate of our culture and values in the respective regional office and help organize team events that surpass any expectations
- Build and manage relationships with vendors, service providers, and landlords, including budget control and contract negotiation.
- Responsible for all the purchases in the office (beverages, fruits, office equipment..etc.)
- Manage our Choco Anniversary program to ensure our Chocorians receive the proper recognition & celebration for their tenure.
- Assist with travel arrangements and group bookings
- Ensure every Chocorian has a memorable and seamless onboarding by creating office key fobs, starter kits, ordering equipment..etc.
- Maintain a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) mindset by ensuring our workplace initiatives focus on improving Chocorian health & well-being, inclusivity, diversity, environmental & sustainability practices.

**What we're looking for**
- 2+ years experience in a similar role
- Experience working with complex workflows and high-volume projects
- Fluent in English
- Strong communication skills, written and verbal
- Strong team player, fostering collaboration with internal & external stakeholders
- Organizational, time-keeping skills, and individually prioritize tasks of competing priorities
- Analytical, data-driven and problem solving skills
- Creative and able to think outside of the box
- Travel to other offices to ensure alignment of Choco culture and administrative support for our team members
- Proven experience in positively influencing employee engagement in high growth environments
- Detail oriented with a true sense of ownership

**What it's like to work at Choco**

Need a better idea of who we are? Take a video tour of our headquarters in Berlin.

**About Choco**

Choco was founded in Berlin in 2018 and has since expanded to a team of over 400 committed Chocorians working from Choco offices in the US, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, the UK, and Spain. Our ordering app is used by over 15K buyers and over 10K suppliers around the globe - processing hundreds of thousands of tons of food every month.

We raised over $280mn from some of the world's best investors like Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Partners, Coatue Management, and