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Kettle Cuisine · 5 days ago

Senior Culinary Developer

Lynn, MA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

3+ years exp

Kettle Cuisine is a company focused on delivering innovative culinary products, and they are seeking a Senior Culinary Developer to ideate, develop, and commercialize new food products. The role involves generating factory-ready innovations, collaborating with various teams, and supporting the development of junior team members while maintaining operational excellence.

Food and BeverageHospitality

Responsibilities

Generates factory-ready innovation that drives top- & bottom-line growth

Develops new product concepts and formulations for the kettle-cooked, sous vide, and meal portfolio following product-brief guidelines, including specific internal/customer requirements, costs, raw materials, production limitations, labor costs, etc

Collaborates with procurement, sales, process, and operation teams to develop product of high-culinary quality and maintains operationally feasibility

Works with sales team to introduce products or ideation to multiple sales channels, including Food Service, National Accounts Retail, Mass and Club channels

Supports marketing, channel, and sales efforts with creative input, ideation, and feasibility

Develops appropriate customer relationships and touchpoints with customer teams

Builds strong relationships internally with stakeholders including Sales/Process/Marketing/Production/Procurement/Finance/Quality Assurance/Regulatory

Maintains accurate documentation throughout the development process, including ideation of concepts, recipes and formulations, and further proof of concepts on the benchtop and plant floor

Supports in the development of junior team members through coaching and L&D

Diligently uphold operational excellence and hold others accountable for facility maintenance and GMP standards

Qualification

Culinary ArtsFood ScienceProduct DevelopmentMS Office ExcelMS Office OutlookFood Manufacturing ExperienceFreshNatural Foods KnowledgeCustomer-Centric ThinkingCreative Culinary SkillsCommunication SkillsOrganizational SkillsAttention to Detail