About the Role
BonFry is a service provider for gastronomy, hotels, and food production, focusing on the sustainable use of used cooking oil as a resource for fuel production. We aim to create a closed-loop system that transforms restaurant waste into valuable raw materials for the future fuel industry. Our service and technology already enable hundreds of restaurants, wholesalers, and producers to contribute to a sustainable environment by producing sustainable fuels from waste materials with our partners.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop regional operations teams with a hands-on mentality.
- Coordinate operations teams in Berlin, NRW, and Hamburg.
- Take on a central management role and work closely with the founding team to measurably develop the company daily.
- Act as a strategic sparring partner and operational driver in daily business.
- Develop a KPI framework to make utilization, service quality, costs, and unit economics visible and controllable across locations, and derive effective measures.
- Drive operational processes in the supply chain, from tour planning and loading to used oil collection, ensuring processes scale with new locations and routes.
- Identify and implement improvement potentials in collaboration with operational teams.
- Automate and digitize processes and workflows for increased efficiency and customer-friendliness.
- Ensure occupational health and safety standards are met and actively practiced in warehouses and during driving operations.
- Directly manage drivers and warehouse staff at all locations, acting as a reliable point of contact close to operations.
- Strengthen the existing team structure and prepare it for future growth.
- Proactively develop employees and team setups to meet increasing demands and enable sustainable growth.
- Be present at all locations through regular business trips to ensure clear processes, strengthen collaboration, and maintain high operational quality.
- Communicate a clear vision for the supply chain and effectively guide people through change.
- Actively shape the supply chain with a genuine 'building mentality'.
- Participate in key recruiting processes, from selection to onboarding and integration.
- Actively lead the build-up and expansion of the team.
Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years of direct experience with proven success, ideally in supply chain planning, logistics, warehousing, fulfillment, or last-mile delivery.
- Experience in accompanying an organization through a growth phase with active involvement.
- Demonstrable experience in directly managing operational teams (e.g., drivers or warehouse staff), especially in supporting team growth.
- Experience in designing processes from scratch and building scalable, cross-location standards.
- Proficiency in German at a native level (C2).
Skills
- Supply Chain Management
- Logistics
- Operations
- Warehousing
- Fulfillment
- Last-Mile Delivery
- Team Leadership
- Process Improvement
- Process Automation
- Digitalization
- Occupational Health and Safety
- KPI Development
- Strategic Planning
- Operational Execution
- Change Management
- Recruiting
- Onboarding
Location
- Berlin
- NRW
- Hamburg
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 3+ years
Education Level
- Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Operations, or Business is advantageous.
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements (logistics hub, office, home office).
- Individual mobility concept (car, scooter, bike, or public transport).
- Company discounts on various brands and services.
- Support for professional development through regular discussions, courses, and training.
- Regular team events and company celebrations.
- Gym Pass for access to various sports facilities.
About the Company
- BonFry is a service provider for gastronomy, hotels, and food production.
- We focus on the sustainable use of used cooking oil as a resource for fuel production.
- Our vision is to create a closed-loop system that transforms restaurant waste into valuable raw materials for the future fuel industry.
- We are part of the Biojoule Group, a Greentech company simplifying biomass access and mobilization.
- We are driven by the mission to advance the decarbonization of fuels and reduce the CO2 footprint of products made from waste.
- We believe in the importance of a circular economy for CO2-neutral operations and reducing global warming.
- With investor backing, we work daily to establish the circular economy principle in gastronomy and extend the lifecycle of cooking oil.
