Senior Culinary Specialist

Job Description

The Kraft Heinz Away from Home team is looking for a hard-working Sr. Culinary Specialist to join our expanding team! This is a creative culinary role responsible for supporting all culinary activities, projects and goals. This position will understand current trends and apply them to ideation, innovation, and development projects. Additionally, this role engages with the Kraft Heinz Ingredients team to support special projects. The Sr. Culinary Specialist reports to the Sr. Culinary Manager for Innovation.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

Culinary Project Support & Management:

• Assist Culinary Team in management of projects, planning and driving events, both internal and external including procurement, set up, prep and breakdown

• Performance-tests our products in applications

• Translates consumer-centric trends using culinary knowledge into concepts, solutions, and recipes

• Collaborate with team to further promote company brand and create customer opportunities

• Assist in the creation of marketing materials, including videos, newsletters, and product testing reports

• Assist in product trainings; both creation of materials and application demonstrations

• Participate in the global KHC culinary community, sharing trends, recipe ideas, and best practices

• Support for food demonstrations both internally and externally

• Brings culinary knowledge, ensuring that regional/channel taste

• Partners with and supports marketing, R&D, product and packaging, sales, and insights

• Supports customer demonstrations

• Culinary support for our Kraft Heinz Ingredients team

Culinary Research & Ideation

• Challenges the status quo to find new solutions and drive out of the box ideas

• Conduct competitive reviews against our product portfolio

• Articulates culinary trends, as well as industry/operator landscape

• Develop well-written and consumer inspired food ideas

• Transforms current & future food trends into builds and solutions

Kitchen Management

• Maintain a clean, safe and organized kitchen and work environment.

• Support incorporation of sustainable resources into the culinary selections.

• Promote an inclusive & encouraging approach

Expected Experience & Required Skills

• Seasoned experience in food service (applicable channels: hotels, FSR, bar & grills, catering, B&I, or institutional)

• Corporate Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) experience preferred

• Culinary degree preferred

• Demonstrates understanding of culinary basics: the principles of cooking techniques, product characteristics, safe food handling techniques, and ideation

• Ability to work independently and prioritize with minimal supervision

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including written, verbal and virtual communication

• Shown leadership skills with an understanding of the importance of team building/development, while fostering partnerships

• Outstanding problem solving/decision making skills

• Demonstrates the ability to remain flexible in a fast-paced environment.

• Works well with live customer engagement

Work Environment & Schedule

This is a Hybrid role with 2-3 days a week in the local office, with limited travel or visits to external locations; offices are open workspaces. Additionally, this role requires working a salaried, exempt schedule to best execute against customer and internal expectations

Physical demands include but not limited to

• Willingness to drive and/or travel as needed (25%)

• Stand for extended periods and to move and handle boxes (35lbs) as necessary to operation

• Operate a computer and view screens

Our Total Rewards philosophy is to provide a meaningful and flexible spectrum of programs that equitably support our diverse workforce and their families and complement Kraft Heinz’ strategy and values.

New Hire Base Salary Range:

$89,800.00 - $112,200.00

Bonus: This position is eligible for a performance-based bonus as provided by the plan terms and governing documents.

The compensation offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors

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