Full Job Description
The Senior Chef of NAFS (North American Food Service) is responsible for assisting the Executive Chef of NAFS to help lead and build culinary strategy and execution for the business. This role will drive culinary excellence and increase culinary credibility to achieve new business development through 1) translation of culinary trends and operator insights to win new costumers. 2) leverage current portfolio to drive new opportunities that increase sales. 3) Provide culinary inspiration to raise the bar on the quality of our existing culinary capabilities/showcases. 4) Influence and collaborate with cross functional partners (internal and external) for the best possible product outcome (training and education on culinary / Real Food) 5) Build, foster, and leverage client relationships to make NAFS the undisputed partner of choice.
Position reports directly to Executive Chef NAFS
What you will do:
• Demonstrate culinary thought leadership, business strategy & creative problem solving.
• Knowledgeable of culinary trends and ability to apply towards business objectives.
• Expert in restaurant operations and can to navigate and simplify complex BOH (back of house) systems by providing/selling CSC solutions and brands.
• Partnership with R&D and customers to make recipes showcasing the NAFS portfolio of products
• Cross-functional collaboration and understanding and willingness to learn more deeply the manufacturing capabilities and constraints to enable successful translation and scale up of culinary gold standards.
• Attend product inspections to provide culinary perspectives and expertise.
• Project management & prioritization of projects with staff.
• Collaborate, plan and execute product ideations and presentations with cross functional partners.
• Build strong and sustainable relationship with sales/marketing team members.
• Build strong and sustainable relationship with key customers.
• Strong understanding of competitive landscape and ability to win new business through duplication projects and menu gap analysis.
• Knowledge of restaurant financials and business acumen (P&L's, menu engineering, food cost)
• To attend and be the culinary lead at Industry Conferences that are targeted to chains.
Who you will work with:
• Highly proficient culinary expertise & collaborative working style
• Sales minded professional / business acumen
• Proficient decision making
• Ability to influence and effectively communicate with functional partners and clients to foster collaboration
• Effective presentation skills & ability to influence
• Excellent communication skills- verbal, written and presentational
• Basic understanding of scale up/manufacturing challenges
• Effective & collaborative leadership skills
• Strategic thinking / ability to translate complex business challenges into tangible solutions
• Recipe / menu development
What you bring to the table (must haves):
• HS diploma or equivalent
• Minimum of 6 CPG or culinary industry related experience required
It would be great to have (nice to haves)...
• Education: Culinary Degree (AOS) from an Accredited Culinary School,
• Must have experience successfully leading kitchens, teams, projects, and high profile culinary events/catering. Must have "real life" restaurant/food service operation experience.
• Travel (30-35%)
• Serve Safe Certified
Compensation and Benefits:
The target base salary range for this full-time, salaried position is between
$88,100-$121,100
Individual base pay depends on work location and additional factors such as experience, job-related skills, and relevant education or training. Total pay may include other forms of compensation. In addition, we offer competitive health, dental, 401k and wellness benefits beginning on the first day of employment. Please ask your Talent Acquisition Partner for more information about our total rewards package.
