Branch Chef

Shamrock Foods•Commerce City, CO

12d•$70,000 - $80,000•Remote

About The Position

The Branch Chef works closely with the Corporate Chef to plan and direct food preparation and customer workshops. This role involves proactively identifying business leads, targeting lost sales, and participating in product lifecycle processes. The Branch Chef acts as an in-house consultant for customers, creating customized solutions and coordinating workshops. A key responsibility is developing and implementing a culinary training program for the Sales Department, demonstrating product features and benefits, and creating training video series.

Requirements

Culinary school certification through an established culinary program and 5+ years of experience as a Chef
Ability to exhibit showmanship and cooking demonstration to groups and media
Kitchen & Staff development and training through cross-training and multi-tasking
Established history of menu development and creating profitable dishes to offset economic conditions
Ability to analyze menus and culinary operations, alter and develop menus, determine profitability of menu items, and calculate plate costs and menu mix costs
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Working knowledge of Shamrock Foods product lines
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate at all levels
Flexible and willing to work the demands of the department which are subject to extensive travel throughout the state, evenings, weekends, and holidays

Responsibilities

Proactively identify qualified “New, Lost and Underpenetrated” business leads using business systems and reporting to target for sales opportunities
Responsible for targeting and recapturing lost and declining sales utilizing Corporate Chef status, Sales experience and the Business Solutions Workshop process
Participate in the PLC process at the Branch level identifying features and benefits for new items; Also, participate in the New Item Committee meetings to identify viability of new items with the goal of SKU reduction and Special-Order rationalization
Act as an in-house consultant directly working with customers to identify deficiencies in their operations, menu, marketing plan, or facility
Create and manage customized solutions for Shamrocks customers utilizing the Business Solutions Department, Internal Specialist, preferred vendors, designers, marketing specialists and industry professionals
Coordinate Business Solutions Workshops
Develop and implement a culinary training program for the Sales Department emphasizing “hands-on”- interactive approaches for use at Sales Meetings, Product training and Sales related venues
Demonstrate the features and benefits of Shamrock products to groups and media
Create a library of videotaped product training series using Shamrock products emphasizing features and benefits to both customers and sales
Other duties may be assigned