Culinary Growth Architect & Customer Partner

Smart Foodservice Stores; Cookeville (TN); Vor Ort; USD 75.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Smart Foodservice Stores seeks a Food Fanatics Chef to consult with customers, lead culinary demonstrations, and drive growth in the local restaurant community. You will build relationships, teach and inspire teams, and promote exclusive product offerings through strategic events and training.

You will identify culinary trends, partner with regional leaders, and deliver impactful kitchen assessments and costed recipes to support sales growth and customer success.

Aufgaben

• Direct customer consultation and relationship building is a critical element of the FFC (Food Fanatic Chef) role. This applies to seeking new business with consistent and meaningful connection to the NBM (New Business Manager) role, Sales, and sales leadership functions.
• Involvement in the local restaurant community. Cultivating relationships and seeking opportunity within the local restaurant scene and through local and national organizations or groups is a vital component to growth efforts.
• The FFC develops meaningful relationships with US Foods customers by asking questions, identifying pain points, and offering mutually beneficial solutions. Relationships are built over time. The chef understands this and seeks opportunities to cultivate strong relationships with our customers and engages in sound communication practice to close the loop with sellers and others as appropriate.
• The FFC advances the food culture of the organization. Using existing sales and training materials, through the creation of new materials, as needed, and in conjunction with appropriate program office, excellence team, and Regional Culinary Managers. The chef drives education, inspiration and adoption of our exclusive products and offerings. The chef strives to demonstrate the why of US Foods through these efforts.
• The FFC brings forth excellence in the realm of culinary demonstration, and has an ability to teach, connect and inspire in a way that strives to instill confidence and provide inspiration for, and with, US Foods Customers.
• The FFC also seeks to identify culinary trends and industry conditions that may spur sales growth. Such ideas and opportunities, when identified, are brought to local leadership, and/or Regional Culinary Manager, as appropriate.
• The FFC leads the culinary vision, brings together the team, participates, and oversees the execution of all food components at sales meetings and other division events with a focus on creating a food driven culture. With regards to training efforts, a key function is to create complex and dynamic presentations and/or take the lead on activities that help bring this culture to life.
• In tandem with the area team, the FFC plans, coordinates, and executes events, product cuttings, sales conferences, general sales meetings.
• The FFC develops and conducts kitchen/operations assessments for customers and teams up with other members of the sales support team to build action plans to address short and long-term opportunities. Chefs deliver conclusions and present products that assist the customer in achieving business goals.
• The FFC utilizes Menu Profit Pro to enrich the customer experience by providing customized, costed recipes. Above and beyond MPP, The FFC should be able to comfortably have an introductory conversation around Check Business Tools and collaborates often with their ROC (Restaurant Operations Consultant) partners.
• In line with the US Foods cultural beliefs of "expect excellence" and "team up" effective communication is paramount; and so, the FFC engages and collaborates effectively in a team based selling approach through consistent and comprehensive use of the Sous tool.

Jobbeschreibung

Smart Foodservice Stores seeks a Food Fanatics Chef to consult with customers, lead culinary demonstrations, and drive growth in the local restaurant community. You will build relationships, teach and inspire teams, and promote exclusive product offerings through strategic events and training.

You will identify culinary trends, partner with regional leaders, and deliver impactful kitchen assessments and costed recipes to support sales growth and customer success.