Executive Bakery Chef: Culinary Innovation & Customer Focus

La Lorraine Bakery Group; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

La Lorraine Bakery Group in Saudi Arabia seeks an Executive Chef to bridge culinary excellence with Sales, Marketing and NPD, leading demonstrations, tastings and applications for customers across channels.

You will translate market needs into inspiring concepts and partner with cross-functional teams to drive portfolio development and training. The role requires 7+ years of bakery experience, English and Arabic, and frequent travel across the region.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years of professional culinary experience, preferably within bakery, pastry, viennoiserie, foodservice or a related field.
• Hands-on expertise in bakery and pastry applications, with the ability to demonstrate products professionally and creatively.
• Previous experience as an Executive Chef, Head Chef, Bakery/Pastry Chef, Technical Chef or similar customer-facing culinary role is highly preferred.
• Good understanding of the Saudi foodservice, bakery, hospitality and/or QSR market would be a strong advantage.
• Strong commercial mindset with the ability to understand customer needs and translate culinary expertise into business opportunities.
• Excellent communication, presentation and training skills.
• Confidence in interacting with customers, chefs, distributors, commercial teams and senior stakeholders.
• Creative and trend-oriented mindset with a passion for bakery innovation and new concepts.
• Strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple customer projects and priorities.
• Collaborative mindset and ability to work effectively with Sales, Marketing, NPD and other cross-functional teams.
• Professional-level communication skills in English and Arabic are essential.
• Willingness and flexibility to travel frequently across Saudi Arabia.

Responsibilities

• Lead product demonstrations, tastings and application sessions for customers across different sales channels in KSA.
• Support the Sales team during customer visits by providing strong culinary and technical expertise and identifying opportunities to grow the business.
• Develop innovative bakery concepts, recipes and applications using La Lorraine Bakery Group's product portfolio.
• Provide technical guidance to customers on product handling, preparation, baking, presentation and serving standards to ensure the best possible product experience.
• Work closely with Sales, Marketing, NPD and other relevant teams to support new product introductions, customer development projects and commercial initiatives.
• Understand customer needs and translate them into practical product and application solutions.
• Follow local and global trends across bakery, bread, viennoiserie, pastry and foodservice, and turn relevant trends into inspiring concepts for the KSA market.
• Support customer menu development and product positioning by proposing suitable applications and serving concepts.
• Deliver bakery and product trainings for customers, distributors, sales teams and other relevant stakeholders.
• Build and maintain a recipe and application database that can be used across customer demonstrations, trainings and commercial activities.
• Support exhibitions, customer events, workshops, product launches, marketing activations and other brand-building activities.
• Gather customer and market feedback and share insights with Sales, Marketing and Product teams to contribute to portfolio and business development.
• Build strong relationships with chefs, key customers and relevant industry stakeholders and act as an ambassador for La Lorraine Bakery Group in the Saudi market.

Skills

Bakery & pastry expertise

Customer-facing communication

Training and demos

Sales collaboration

English & Arabic proficiency

Job description

La Lorraine Bakery Group in Saudi Arabia seeks an Executive Chef to bridge culinary excellence with Sales, Marketing and NPD, leading demonstrations, tastings and applications for customers across channels.

You will translate market needs into inspiring concepts and partner with cross-functional teams to drive portfolio development and training. The role requires 7+ years of bakery experience, English and Arabic, and frequent travel across the region.