Menu Strategy Analyst

Home Chef (Internal Employees); Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation time

401k program

Customer experience discount

Job summary

Home Chef (Internal Employees) is seeking a Menu Strategy Analyst in Chicago, Illinois. The role focuses on planning the Ecommerce menus and involves tasks such as KPI tracking, menu development, and cross-functional collaboration.

This position requires a Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of experience in a fast-paced environment. Perks include health insurance, vacation time, and a 401k program.

Qualifications

• Completion of a four-year degree program in a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in a rigorous fast-paced work environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Assist with planning the Home Chef Ecommerce menus.
• Execute weekly and monthly KPI tracking and analysis.
• Lead the meal selection process and provide feedback on new meals.

Skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Passion for food

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Google Workspace

Job description

The Menu Strategy Analyst will assist with planning the Home Chef Ecommerce menus. This requires involvement in the meal R&D process/planning, supporting the menu development, execution process, and maintenance of menu planning tools and KPI tracking.

Detailed Responsibilities

• Support the balancing and publishing process with tactical inputs in Home Chef systems (e.g. Admin) for Core, Family, and Extras menus
• Perform ad-hoc analysis requests to identify and implement actionable takeaways for future menus
• Collect cross-functional menu requests and ensure execution including but not limited to aging inventory depletions, partnership requests, etc.
• Work collaboratively with both menu team and cross functional partners on strategic recommendations for solving menu issues (e.g. over/under food cost, cross functional meeting representative)

Menu Performance Tracking

• Execute weekly and monthly KPI tracking and analysis of menus - including financial (revenue, food, and margin) metrics and other quantitative (rating) or qualitative (reviews) metrics; this can also include helping track acquisition or marketing promotions
• Track competitor product offerings and promotions
• Support development and maintenance of R&D and various Menu Strategy team tools within Google Workspace

R&D Process Planning

• Lead the meal selection process including preparing the data, leading the meeting, and allocating meals to menus
• Support weekly recipe ideation process identifying redundancies in concepts and aggregating feedback for discussion
• Taste and provide feedback on new meals
• Lead sampling for Extras program - preparing items, tracking results, and communicating next steps with cross-functional partners

General Menu Maintenance

• Review weekly menus to ensure all products (e.g. meal kits, extras) are merchandised / assigned accurately and meet production guardrails
• Execute any ad-hoc menu changes and communicate changes to cross-functional partners
• Review bank of successful recipes for future menu uses including reviewing ongoing weekly meal performance for bank consideration

Qualifications

• Completion of a four-year degree program in a related field
• 2+ years of experience in a rigorous fast-paced work environment
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects and initiatives simultaneously with a results-oriented approach
• Independent self-starter inclined towards finding solutions without significant oversight
• Passion for food and must be able to taste and provide thorough feedback on every meal and ingredient sample test in the kitchen (includes vegetarian, pork, chicken, steak, and seafood)

Perks and Benefits

• Candidates can experience Home Chef as a customer - enter promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off your first order!
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance available
• Paid holidays, sick time and vacation time
• 401k program
• Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses

$60,000 - $75,000 USD

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Home Chef is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Home Chef will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our People team [e-mail].