Citadel Chef: Savory Menu Innovation

Unilever; Englewood Cliffs (NJ); On-site; USD 71,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement benefits

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Paid vacation

Parental leave

Job summary

Unilever is seeking a Citadel Chef to support the CD Team with culinary perspective, presentations, and new menu ideation across North America. You will lead savory content development and accelerate growth initiatives for Savory/Scratch Cooking to enhance value for UFS brands with customers.

You’ll collaborate with Marketing, CD Ops, Finance and Supply Chain, maintaining strong customer relationships and delivering KPIs. Travel about 30% is required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years culinary experience in the Foodservice Industry (Corporate or Kitchen).
• 3+ years working in your respective Citadel (Chicago, New York, Houston).
• Solution selling mindset with a creative ability to solve customer needs.
• Ability to collaborate with sales teams to hunt and farm for business in the market.
• Understanding of the Broadline Distribution Network (Sysco, US Foods etc).
• Experience selling branded food categories a plus.
• Excellent communication and follow up skills throughout the layers of Unilever organization.
• Accountability to deliver KPIs, Goals as a team.
• Business Planning and Implementation.
• Travel as needed outside of your citadel around 30%.

Responsibilities

• Support the CD Team from a culinary perspective by assisting in critical customer presentations and new menu ideations.
• Lead the culinary content development for specific projects in North America with chef peers and the Head chef.
• Accelerate Savory/Scratch Cooking growth initiatives to elevate UFS brands with existing and new customers.
• Coordinate with Marketing, CD Ops, Finance and Supply Chain to align efforts and resources.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Strategic thinking

Communication

Customer focus

Problem solving

Education

Culinary Arts Degree

Job description

Unilever is seeking a Citadel Chef to support the CD Team with culinary perspective, presentations, and new menu ideation across North America. You will lead savory content development and accelerate growth initiatives for Savory/Scratch Cooking to enhance value for UFS brands with customers.

You’ll collaborate with Marketing, CD Ops, Finance and Supply Chain, maintaining strong customer relationships and delivering KPIs. Travel about 30% is required.