Background & Purpose of the Job
. The way we improve the food experience for customers in the foodservice industry is through value-added creativity and long-term service and support. The Citadel Chef role helps inspire everyone in every function to think food, kitchen, and customer first and is designed to add value to our customers with beneficial food solutions.
Who You Are & What You’ll Do
As a Citadel Chef, you will support, from a culinary perspective, the CD Team and Marketing, by assisting in the delivery of critical customer presentations and new menu ideations. You will act as a savory expert. Lead the culinary content development for specific culinary projects in North America in conjunction with your chef peers and in collaboration with the Head chef. In particular, you will be an accelerator in the delivery of Savory/Scratch Cooking growth initiatives designed to enhance the value of UFS brands at both existing customers and new ones. Customer Chefs will work in concert with Marketing, CD Ops, Finance and Supply Chain to coordinate efforts and resources on behalf of their Zone.
Who You Are
You’re a born leader and self starter: You deliver success with customers in the market by jumping into the details with your CD team. You constructively challenge them in their existing ways of working and inspire them to discover elevated ways to succeed. You prioritize and take control of challenges as they arise.
You’re a dot connector: You coordinate Unilever resources to ensure alignment to the key priorities. You rely upon collaboration as a core principle of success. You network with decision makers both internally and externally across all sectors of the industry to expedite business acquisition
You’re a paradox navigator: Routinely interface and work effectively with multiple internal departments/personnel, plus senior level and customer personnel, which may create complexity and time management challenges. You embrace the complexity and can creatively develop solutions to maximize business results.
What You’ll Need To Succeed
• 3+ years culinary experience in the Foodservice Industry (Corporate or Kitchen)
• Culinary Arts Degree
• 3+ years working in your respective Citadel (Houston).
• Solution selling mindset with a creative ability to solve customer needs
• Ability to collaborate with sales teams to both 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
• For New York ( Pizza and Italian Specialty, Chicago Pizza and Italian Specialty)
• Consumer/Operator Understanding & Passion
• Travel as needed outside of your citadel around 10%.
In order to apply for this job opportunity, you must
- Meet the listed qualifications of the role
- Ensure that you inform your manager if you are selected for an interview from this internal posting
- Upload an updated resume
If you are selected for an interview, you can expect
- To be notified by the hiring manager
- To be provided feedback by the hiring manager once the final candidate has accepted the role
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