Food quality & Scale Up Manager
Food Quality & Scale-Up Manager Helsinki · With regular travel to manufacturers (about twice a month, more during launches)
About Rebl Rebl is a fast-growing Finnish food brand leading the green transition in food. We make meals for modern values and lifestyles, in supermarkets and through food delivery. In four years we have piloted in four countries and sold more than 5 million meals, and we are now expanding fast in Sweden. As we scale both in Finland and internationally, one thing is non-negotiable: the food has to taste exceptional. Every time.
The role Make sure every Rebl meal tastes as good as the one our chefs created, whatever the volume and whichever market it is made for. As we grow in units sold, partners and markets, quality does not sustain itself, by itself. You will build and run the routines that keep Rebl taste, texture and freshness consistently high at any scale. You sit between our chefs, product team, operations and manufacturing partners, with a clear say on taste before anything ships.
What you will do • Scale up: take recipes from kitchen to larger-scale production, anticipating risks before launch. • Own taste: define the bar for each product (golden sample, acceptable range) and protect it through sensory evaluations. • Sustain quality: investigate any deviations and drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions with our manufacturing partners, light and fast. • Own the consumer voice: own consumer feedback end to end and turn it into improvements. • Food safety and compliance: own food safety and regulatory compliance at Rebl level (specifications, supplier documentation, labelling, traceability), and be our key contact to food authorities when questions arise, such as packaging information.
What success looks like In 90 days: • You know our flavour bar for each product as well as our product team does, and spot when something is off. • You own consumer feedback and share the themes with product and ops monthly. • Product and ops rely on you for launches and existing products. In 12 months: Rebl quality is a clear, shared standard across all products and partners, holding steady as volumes and markets grow.
Who we are looking for Your palate is the first thing we test. Every candidate tastes real Rebl products blind, with our chefs. • An exceptional palate. You can taste two versions of the same dish and tell which is slightly overcooked, has lost freshness, or has the acidity out of balance. • Hands-on production experience. Ideally with fresh and short shelf-life food, working with quality in food production facilities • Food safety and regulatory skills. HACCP, specifications, labelling and traceability, applied in practice. Experience in new supplier auditing is a plus. • The Rebl mindset. Hungry, bold, honest. Light on process, fast, and keen to challenge “how the industry has always done it”. A food science qualification, or an equivalent hands-on track record, is a strong plus.
Languages: Fluent in Finnish (for day to day communication with partners) + English (office language). Swedish is a bonus.
Why Rebl We offer you a chance to be part of a highly ambitious impact startup in an interesting growth stage. Creating positive impact and moving humanity forward, meal by meal. With us you have a chance to build an exciting career path and progress fast with real responsibilities and fast growing opportunities, much beyond what a traditional company could offer. If you enjoy a versatile, fun and challenging work environment, this is definitely for you.