Head of Operations

Pieter Pot is an impact-driven organization. The company is on a mission to show that sustainability can be sexy, easy, and affordable. Dutch consumers open an average of seven new plastic packages every day. Some of those are functional for mere minutes before being added to the ever-growing global waste pile. Pieter Pot takes disposable packaging from the equation by working only with sustainable, circular food containers. They currently outsource the filling of the containers to social workplaces and suppliers. Fulfillment is done in the central Pieter Pot warehouse. Next, the jars are distributed to consumers who have ordered online. Finally, they are collected, cleaned, and re-used in the same way, over and over again. From spaghetti to peanut butter: if it can be put in a jar, Pieter Pot can get it in your pantry. At this moment, Pieter Pot has prevented the use of almost 1.6 million single-use packages. They save CO2 with every order and are changing the packaging system at large. Furthermore, by partnering with sheltered workshops for some of its picking and packaging operations, Pieter Pot also contributes by creating opportunities for people who cannot participate in the regular economy. What began as an ideal-driven start-up by founders Jouri Schoemaker and Martijn Bijmolt is now a company of around 120 employees. Their consumer success is so high that new customers have to sign up for a waitlist. Pieter Pot is simultaneously scaling up and centralizing its operations while expanding abroad. The first customers in Belgium have already been onboarded and Germany will follow later this year. This strategy is supported by a capital injection of €9 million from impact investors – funding that comes with a clear command to neutralize the CO2 footprint of all of Pieter Pot's operations. In other words: a massive operational challenge, for which Pieter Pot is looking to attract a stellar Head of Operations.