People Operations Business Partner, CookUnity
$115-120k
+ Equity
3 days a week in office
Ready-meal delivery marketplace
Be an early applicant
Ready-meal delivery marketplace
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$115-120k
+ Equity
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower chefs everywhere to nourish the world through our shared love of great food.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of HR Generalist or HR Business Partner experience in a fast-paced environment (manufacturing, production, warehouse, or logistics preferred)
- Strong employee relations experience, including performance management, investigations, disciplinary actions, and conflict resolution
- Experience supporting large hourly and frontline employee populations
- Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local employment laws
- Experience working with HRIS platforms such as Rippling, Workday, or ADP
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Ability to build trusted relationships and influence leaders at all levels of the organization
- Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred
What the job involves
- We are looking for an HR Business Partner to provide both strategic and operational HR support across our facilities.
- In this role, you'll partner closely with business leaders to foster an engaging, inclusive, and high-performing work environment while supporting a growing workforce
- As the dedicated HR Business Partner for our Operations organization—including Culinary, Food Safety, Fulfillment, Marketplace, and Logistics—you'll support both exempt employees and a large multi-site hourly population.
- You'll play a key role in driving talent management, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, employee relations, and leadership development
- This role is based in Los Angeles and follows a hybrid schedule (3 days onsite). While primarily supporting teams remotely across multiple markets, you'll also travel to our Seattle facility as business needs require
- Serve as the primary HR Business Partner for Operations leadership
- Coach and advise managers on performance management, organizational design, employee development, and leadership effectiveness
- Partner with business leaders on workforce planning, succession planning, and talent development initiatives
- Use data and business insights to recommend people strategies that support organizational goals
- Provide guidance and support on employee relations matters, including performance management, investigations, disciplinary actions, and terminations
- Partner with leaders to foster a positive, inclusive, and high-performing workplace culture
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and company policies
- Identify trends and recommend proactive solutions to improve employee engagement and reduce risk
- Partner with Talent Acquisition, Payroll, Benefits, and Legal to support the full employee lifecycle, including onboarding, promotions, transfers, leaves of absence, relocations, and immigration
- Conduct exit interviews, analyze turnover trends, and recommend retention strategies
- Support organizational change initiatives and drive employee engagement efforts
- Prepare and manage employment documentation, including offer letters, compensation changes, promotions, and wage notices
- Maintain accurate and confidential employee records and HR documentation
- Support HR processes and systems while ensuring data integrity and compliance
Our take
CookUnity is a meal subscription service which connects consumers with some of the country's best known chefs, including Esther Choi, Chris Ratel and Andy Mendez. Consumers can select from a menu of handcrafted meals that cater to a wide variety of palates and dietary preferences. Believing that healthy food fuels stronger communities, CookUnity contributes to an ongoing partnership and donation with the Food Bank For New York City.
The New York founded business hit the headlines for its upward trajectory in 2020, where it secured $15.5M in funding and saw an expected boost not just in demand, but in the supply of top culinary talent at a time when restaurants were struggling.
While there’s a wide world of meal plan delivery services, CookUnity has a jump on much of the competition as it’s the first service that connects such eminent chefs directly with the customer. This has allowed it to expand across much of the US, and it now prepares over 10M meals annually for its 50,000 subscribers.
With most of the urban US now covered by its service, CookUnity is moving into the next phase of its growth, expanding the range of sellers and food products on the platform, and has plans to offer family-sized portions, breakfast options and cooking classes using its existing physical and digital infrastructure. This will enable it to grow into an all-in-one meal subscription service over the coming years.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Apr 2023
$47m
LATE VC
Sep 2021
$47m
SERIES B
Total funding: $119.3m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Plan to invest in your future
- Paid Parental Leave
- Wellness Benefit to support your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing
- Unlimited Paid Vacation & Sick Days
- 4-Week Paid Sabbatical after 5 years with us
- Compassionate leave each time the need arises
- Remote/Hybrid/On Site Options
- Employee Stock Options Plan
- Bi-annual bonus based on performance
- Planning Sessions twice a year: New York & Buenos Aires
- Spanish/English Lessons with a private coach
- Monthly CookUnity Credits to enjoy meals crafted by our creators
- Once a month in-person gatherings to fuel connection and belonging
- Chef-Led Culinary Trips to foodie destinations (twice a year)
Company HQ
Bedford-Stuyvesant, NY
Leadership
Mateo Marietti
(Co-Founder & CEO)Born on a farm in Argentina, Mateo is on a mission to make great real food available for all and a more fair and sustainable food system. He has built 10+ food brands that delivered more than 25M meals combined in the last 13 years, including SUSHIPOP and La Causa.
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