Business Development Chef
Business Development Chef
Location: Sydney
Hybrid
About the position
We need a culinary superstar to develop, test & showcase our products and ingredients.
We’re looking for someone with experience cooking professionally – this doesn’t necessarily mean fancy Michelin, but we are looking for high level culinary chops. You’ll bring the skills, creativity and knowledge of food which can inspire and educate our team and our customers. You’ll earn their trust because of this extensive and valuable experience and assist in ensuring our product portfolio makes it onto the plate of leading HORECA outlets.
This is a role for someone with passion not only for being in the kitchen, but also for communicating culinary knowledge. You’ll be just as comfortable leading a workshop with professional chefs - as you are leading a product demonstration to a retail buying team – or a training session with our own team.
Developing & Testing
This role will require extensive culinary testing of current & new products. You will be taster and tester in chief of all things culinary in our business! You’ll participate in the development of cutting-edge innovation, and as a global organization, you’ll interact and exchange ideas with Upfield Chefs from around the world. You will also be responsible for maintaining the market leading taste and performance of our current portfolio. We are serious about product quality, so frequent benchmarking and performance assessments will be high on the agenda.
Showcasing & Training and closing the deal
You will be the face of our market leading culinary content – including recipe videos and product showcases. We produce a lot of content, so you’ll need to bring the ideas and ability to create fantastic applications for our portfolio - from great cakes, to stunning inspiration for dinners both in and out of home. Experience of contemporary food styling is a must!
You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside some of the most exciting food businesses in the world - our customers. These include major Hotel and Restaurant chains, global food service leaders and high street household names. You’ll be responsible for working together with their development teams to create magic with our portfolio. You’ll also lead the charge in keeping our full team at the cutting edge of all things culinary. We’re serious about knowing our products inside and out, and you will be responsible for making sure were the best in the business in terms of culinary knowledge and training.
In short, this is a career defining role for someone with serious food chops who wants to drive the culinary agenda of a progressive and entrepreneurial organization.
So what does it take to be successful in this role?
Main Responsibilities –
- Develop a deep understanding of our product portfolio and how this translates into bringing benefits to professional kitchens and making operations more effective for our customers
- Be the culinary and technical expert in our full professional food service portfolio
- Be the lead on culinary showcases for our customers and landing the portfolio with key customers
- Provide customer technical support and developing product solutions
- Work with our key distributors to ensure our products are ranged and showcasing the passion of how our portfolio can assist their sales teams in brining operator led solutions to their end customers
- Support (and deliver) compelling culinary content for all our advertising – which will include appearing in social media videos and tutorials.
- Support our technical teams in the testing of product functionality and claims.
Key interfaces
- Key HORECA end customers
- Food Service and Retail Marketing teams
- The Upfield technical and nutritional team
- Food Service Customer Development team
- The international community of Upfield Chefs
Key skills & experience
- Professional caliber culinary skills. This will likely mean experience cooking at high level in professional kitchens, or market leading experience in food development and presentation. Experience in Bakery channel would be well regarded.
- Sales experience preferred in Food Service with an extensive connections in the HORECA channel
- Experience leading culinary training sessions with qualified cooks & chefs.
- Working knowledge of business operations (front and back of house) and operator commercial decision making.
- Experience in recipe development and food showcases to major customers.
- Experience in plant-based cooking is desirable.
- Highly developed skills in sweet and savory baking.
- Contemporary food styling experience.
- Preferably experience working in dairy industry in particular
- Ability to travel with focus on ANZ
What’s next
If this position sounds interesting, please hit the apply button now!
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