New Product Development Innovation Chef

KFC Corporation; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

KFC Africa invites you to join a team that celebrates individuality and brings bold ideas to life. We focus on creating, developing and commercializing distinctive consumer-led food and beverage products across the Africa menu, translating innovation strategy into scalable, safe, compliant and executable products.

The role leads end-to-end product development and renovation, from ideation and bench development through consumer validation, supplier scale-up, restaurant testing and launch

Job description

At KFC, we pride ourselves on being original. We even named our recipe after it. But for us, the answer to the question is simple. Be You. Everyone at KFC is different. Unique. It’s what makes us special - Our people, The Originals. And we welcome you to join us. Bring your individuality to the table. Bring your grit and energy. Bring your spirit. Your story. Your drive and your passion. Bring it. Every piece of you. Even the parts you don’t like. Because we value our people no matter what. We’ll feed your potential and we’ll support you; to be your best self, to make a difference, and have fun. Together, we can be part of something truly extraordinary. All you have to do, is Bring it.

To create, develop and commercialize distinctive, consumer-led food and beverage products across the KFC Africa menu, translating innovation strategy into scalable, safe, compliant and operationally executable products. The role leads end-to-end product development and renovation, from ideation and bench development through consumer validation, supplier scale-up, restaurant testing and launch readiness, while optimizing quality, cost, yield and back-of-house simplicity