Culinary Innovation Manager
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About The Position
The Culinary Innovation Manager will support the Product Innovation team in delivering against organizational and personal goals, objectives, and strategies. This role involves working independently on development projects, with check-ins and guidance from a supervisor as needed, and participating in the creation of new product development objectives while collaborating with cross-functional teams including New Product Marketing, Operations, Procurement, Commercialization, Quality Assurance, Brand Marketing, and others as appropriate. The manager will independently work with vendor partners to develop new products from gold-standard product to initial benchtop samples and through the commercialization process, owning the development of products and making recommendations for improvements to current prototypes. Additionally, the Culinary Innovation Manager will collaborate with cross-functional teams in the development and creation of product specifications per commercialized product with vendor partners, Commercialization Quality Assurance, and other teams as necessary. They will provide raw material/formula specifications to the Agile lead, lead product taste tests and new product showings, and present product improvement/change recommendations based on taste test results and/or feedback to Culinary Innovation leadership. The role also involves partnering with the Procurement Team to develop accurate food and paper formulas, managing the Product Innovation segment of the Product Lifecycle Management system, and planning and executing Product Showcase events for various stakeholders including senior management and franchise community. The manager will also provide guidance and support to other Product Developers and oversee the planning and communication of Culinary Support Team events/activities.
