26 Senior Manager, Culinary Jobs in Aurora, IL
HelloFresh is Hiring a Senior Manager, Culinary Near Aurora, IL
You will be responsible for... Meal / Product Development
- Working directly with our Chef team, Culinary Director, VP of Operations, Menu Team, Growth & Strategy Team and Registered Dietitians to help develop new and innovative product lines and product development strategies that meet our nutritional guidelines
- Support the designing of new meals and complementary add-on product lines, hitting on nutrition, cost parameters, labor efficiency and scalability.
- Support the development of recipes and weekly rotating menus by utilizing your knowledge of nutrition principles, food production methods, seasonal ingredients and procurement, etc. These recipes and menus:
- Can easily be produced in large-scale consistently and with high-quality
- Must travel and present well when delivered to customers via our shipping partners across the country
- Be optimized for taste and include a nice profit margin
- Utilize market data, seasonal ingredients, customer trends and feedback to continuously evolve and improve our meals and the process by which we develop them. Continuous improvement of our products is a must.
- Actively participate in weekly R&D meetings and tastings with executive team
- Actively participate in weekly innovation meetings and tastings with the executive team
- Support in coordinating kitchen production schedule across two facilities
- Support in coordinating staffing schedules across two facilities
- Responsible for kitchen labor and food costs across 2 facilities
- Assist in the training and development of both hourly & salary kitchen staff
- Assist in the development of chef training program for both Operations and R&D
- Partner with kitchen management and staff to implement new recipes as well as make improvements to existing recipes (e.g. proper production techniques for all meals)
- Ensure all finished food products meet specifications
- Work with our procurement team to ensure the highest quality ingredients are used while minimizing food costs
- Address and eliminate product quality issues/customer complaints arising from problems originating with production of meals.
- Collaborate with Registered Dieticians to balance Menu offerings
- Work with Production Supervisors to ensure meal accuracy of finished cooked products
- Participating in Recipe meetings to communicate yield loss, scaling adjustments, and nutrition label accuracy
- You are a self-starter, take initiative and get stuff done with a high degree of excellence
- You are skilled at planning, organizing, prioritizing, and executing projects and activities
- You are open-minded and always interested in learning new and better ways of doing things
- You believe that things can ALWAYS be improved
- You are passionate about helping people achieve their goals and improve themselves
- BS degree in Culinary Science or similar qualifications
- 6 years of experience creating recipes and/or running a commissary or large restaurant / banquet / catering
- Knowledge of USDA/FDA guidelines
- A strong understanding of dietary lifestyles including but not limited to paleo, ketogenic, plant-based, low/slow carb, etc.
- Competitive salary, 401k with company match that vests immediately upon participation, and company equity plan based on role
- Generous PTO, including sabbatical, and parental leave of up to 16 weeks
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits with options at $0 monthly, effective first day of employment
- Tuition reimbursement for continuing education
- Up to 75% discount on subscriptions to HelloFresh meal plans (HelloFresh, Green Chef, Everyplate, and Factor_)
- Access to 7 different Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) including those for BIPOC, women, veterans, parents, and LGBTQ
- Inclusive, collaborative, and dynamic work environment within a fast-paced, mission-driven company that is disrupting the traditional food supply chain
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Job Summary
Temporary
Wholesale
$79k-108k (estimate)
06/09/2024
07/05/2024
hellofresh.com
RICHMOND, CA
3,000 - 7,500
2011
SETH GOLDMAN
$50M - $200M
Wholesale
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About HelloFresh
HelloFresh is on a mission to change the way people eat, forever! From our 2011 founding in Europes vibrant tech hub Berlin, weve become the world's leading meal kit company, providing 601 million meals to 7.28 million households worldwide in 14 countries across 3 continents in 2020. HelloFresh supplies everything you need to prepare quality, delicious, home-cooked meals that require no planning, no shopping and no hassle. Every ingredient needed for our thousands of exclusive recipes is carefully planned, responsibly sourced and delivered to your door when its most convenient for you. Only He...lloFresh gives you the tools to achieve something delicious every day. Making dinner a delicious achievement - not just another meal - takes a lot of work and smart people. From Designers and Copywriters to Data Scientists and DevOps Engineers, to potato farmers, pasta makers and the people who ensure every box is perfectly packed for every customer, were collectively disrupting the food supply chain and the multi-trillion-dollar food tech industry. Our offices across the globe from New York to Berlin, London to Sydney are filled with more than 11,000 high-performing and ambitious talents from over 80 countries. Were always looking for a few missing ingredients to perfect our recipe, so join us now! https://www.hellofresh.com/careers/locations
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