Boar's Head
Culinary Development Manager
Chicago, IL · Full-time
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About the role
- Boar's Head Brand is seeking dynamic professional candidate with good knowledge and passion for food and foodservice industry.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate under the direction of the Sr. Manager of Culinary Development/Executive Chef with various business channels to move prepared foods programs and recipes from concept stage to an executable operational reality and scalability.
- Maintain strategic accountability for all product development and research, including management and scheduling of test kitchen facilities in collaboration with PF Operations Managers.
- Actively support a culture of safety which includes, but it not limited to, food safety, employee safety and customer safety.
- Maintain awareness of competitive activity and new trends in the business, communicating ideas for improvement.
- Maintain awareness of optimizing ingredient usage, production capabilities and production requirements.
- Maintain current and up to date on evolving all food and culinary trends with focus on global and domestic influences.
- Support the Culinary Development Team with the operations for the Foodservice Culinary Lab including but not exclusive to the following: Maintenance & Cleaning, Supplies and Inventory Control, Operations & Security.
Nice to have
- Represent, protect, and grow our Brand across all retail and foodservice channels.
- Manager of Culinary Development/Executive Chef with various business channels to move prepared foods programs and recipes from concept stage to an executable operational reality and scalability.
- Adhere to federal, state and county or local regulations and existing laws regarding food safety.
- Work with food scientists on nutritional and ingredient statements while constantly championing nutritionally responsible foods.
- Determine how to get the most utility across product lines.
- Routinely shares relevant best-practices with internal network.
- Engage with professional affiliations (ACF, WCR, Catersource) to showcase Boar's Head commitment to Culinary Arts while networking for business development.
- Assist clients and Local Purveyors in development of new culinary and Grab & Go programs
Company info
- Delicatessen Services Co., LLC
- In this role, the candidate will be a dedicated resource to building and maintaining positive recognition of the Boar's Head Brand across all industry segments and be a resource to internal and external customers; both Purveyors, Channel Business Development Managers (CBDM) and Operators.
- Additionally, the Culinary Development Chef will be responsible for developing and implementing new food products and foodservice concepts in both manufacturing and retail environments, enabling the Boar's Head Brand to bring fresh, innovative, and trendsetting products and concepts to support our penetration in the Prepared Foods industry.
- Reporting to the Sr.
- Culinary Development Manager, the candidate will collaborate with his/her supervisor, the CBDM team and be tasked with relationship development and product marketing to increase the quantity of new business opportunities and ultimately the foodservice division's success.
- Job Description:
- Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop in collaboration with PF Operations Managers effective build sheets and training materials to ensure the ability to execute at both store level and at central manufacturing facility (FFM).
- Design and implement new products in high volume facilities. When possible be on-site for initial product runs to ensure first runs meet documented organoleptic measures.
- Adhere to federal, state and county or local regulations and existing laws regarding food safety. Work with food scientists on nutritional and ingredient statements while constantly championing nutritionally responsible foods.
- Determine how to get the most utility across product lines. Understand the benefit of additional sales opportunities and secondary opportunities for selling products, reducing overall shrink risk.
- Assist in menu development for retail and restaurant concepts, including on-site training and evaluation of operations.
- Review and evaluate retail execution of designed programs, including initial training, profitability review and on-site audits.
- Analyses customer menus to create and communicate Boar's Head products into unique, versatile and operational concepts.
- Organize, schedule and conduct off-site demonstrations with clients to illustrate the benefits of various BH products and their potential applications.
- Research, create, and write recipes that are scalable in retail and commissary environments.
- Actively supports training and development team in Sarasota and New York with Best-Practices and trainer leadership. Routinely shares relevant best-practices with internal network.
- Coordinate - work cross-functionally with supply chain, culinary, marketing, operations, training, and sales to integrate recipe development plans and new product roll outs throughout the company in a collaborative, efficient and profitable manner.
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