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Chipotle Mexican Grill · 1 month ago

Manager, International Product Development & Commercialization

Newport Beach, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$113K/yr - $158K/yr

8+ years exp

Chipotle Mexican Grill is cultivating a better world by serving responsibly sourced, classically cooked, real food with wholesome ingredients. As the Manager of International Product Development & Commercialization, you will oversee the commercialization process for menu localization efforts, collaborating with international partners and cross-functional teams to ensure adherence to culinary standards.

Food and BeverageHospitalityRestaurants

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Maintain Global Culinary Standards: Work with international partners to localize and scale core CMG menu and any relevant LTOs, ensuring strict adherence to domestic CMG standards

Key enabler in supporting all CMG Core menu commercial & LTO projects internationally through partnerships

Strategic Supplier Partnerships: You will partner closely with the international Supply Chain team and strategic suppliers to ensure core menu ingredients meets our global culinary & Food With Integrity (FWI) standards. This includes liaising with the US teams and suppliers to understand the core ingredients and manufacturing processes

Restaurant Operations Support: Partner with the Operations function to drive culinary capability and brand standards internationally. This means leveraging the stage-gate process to support the ops services efforts impacting culinary

Teach & Taste Chipotle: You will be an expert in Chipotle’s FWI mission and our Real food proposition. Our value of ‘Teaching and Tasting’ is critical and is supported with restaurant visits, food demonstrations, delivering strategic feedback, and providing support to enhance the FWI ethos, skills, knowledge, and performance of restaurant culinary to regional teams

In partnership with Supply Chain function, manage new vendor testing/validation/approval for new menu innovation to ensure robust supply chain redundancy

Partner with Culinary R&D chefs to ensure Core menu items meet CMG standards and to drive Innovation sessions including internal showcases and external showings

Collaborate with cross functional partners including Marketing, Supply Chain, FSQA (product testing and evaluations), Training, and Consumer Insight Teams where necessary

Serve as the Product Development & Commercialization SME and SPOC for international partners & new ventures

Budgeting and Cost Control: Manage culinary budgets, monitor costs, and identify opportunities for cost-saving initiatives without compromising quality or guest experience

Travel to partnership regions as needed to ensure compliance with CMG brand standards including taste, texture, look, feel, & smell of all locally produced/sourced menu items (up to 40-60% travel)

Qualification

Food Science DegreeFoodBeverage ExperienceFood Manufacturing KnowledgeProject Management TrainingCulinology CertificationSupervisory ExperienceMultilingualData-Driven Critical ThinkerService-Focused AttitudeCross Functional Collaboration

Required

Bachelor's Degree (BA/BS) from 4-year college or university required

8+ Years of experience in the Food and Beverage Industry required

1-3 years of supervisory experience

Knowledge of food manufacturing with an emphasis on commercialized processes for cooking proteins (including sous vide), kettle-cooked sauces, fresh salsas, and linear & sheeted bakery/tortilla products

Ability to create technical specifications for process controls, intrinsic properties, and organoleptic properties that deliver consistency and repeatability across similar but not identical processes

Ability to manage commercialization trials at vendor partners and provide clear expectations of success criteria and a thorough report of trial results

Knowledge of service restaurants and their related support needs required

Working BOH in restaurants, traveling to vendor facilities, cross functional collaboration required

A self-starter and a data-driven critical thinker with a service-focused attitude

A passion for food, quality and teamwork!

Ability to travel internationally as required

Preferred

Degree in Food Science, Culinary preferred

Project Management Training, Servsafe, Culinology certification preferred

Multilingual is a plus

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k

Sick leave

Vacation time

Annual cash bonuses

Equity awards based upon performance and other factors

Company

Chipotle Mexican Grill

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Chipotle Mexican Grill is a chain of restaurants that specializes in burritos and tacos.

Founded in 1993

Newport Beach, California, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.chipotle.com

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