Corporate Chef - Culinary
Scarborough, ON, Canada Req #3608
Monday, February 10, 2025
GRIFFITH FOODS
Griffith Foods is a global manufacturer of food products. We provide a wide range of taste and texture components for food industry customers throughout the world. Our products include seasoning blends, dry mixes, coating systems, dough blends, crumbs, flavors, sauces and food bases that are used in an extensive variety of application from snack foods and processed meat and poultry to ready meals. Our customers include food processors, restaurant operators and grocery retailers. While our name may not be familiar to consumers, our products are key components of foods offered by many of the world's best-known companies.
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Position Summary:
Reporting to the Corporate Executive Chef, the Corporate Chef will lead in the culinary development of concepts and products with applications based on innovation and marketplace insights for commercialization purposes. The incumbent will also drive new business opportunities in a designated grow aggressing segment through culinary leadership and Culinology expertise. This role is responsible for curating the development of differentiating food products that support our customers' success while exemplifying Griffith Foods' 2030 Aspirations and valued behaviors.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Proactive in the creation of a portfolio of products, that can be successfully launched in cooperation with R&D and Insights.
- Be a contributory force behind creating a strong culinary culture both internally and externally.
- Elevate culinary by driving new business opportunities in a designated grow aggressing segment(s) through culinary leadership and fundamental food science knowledge.
- Work with local R&D and Product Category teams to create new products via reactive and proactive briefs for all segments within the unit.
- Culinary Account Management: Identify and execute acquisition, penetration or innovation opportunities through collaboration with key teams and other supplier partners.
- Active leadership in customer account planning through the lens of culinary.
- Manufacturing and Operations Knowledge: Utilize understanding of food manufacturing equipment and back-of-house foodservice/retail operations to elevate development expertise. Well versed in industrial processing procedures, equipment, and manufacturing processes.
- Culinary Commercial Prototyping: Utilizing Culinary expertise and understanding of customer's manufacturing and operations while participating in customer ideation sessions and developing 80% ready commercialized concepts.
- Culinary-Driven Product Evaluation: Lead, from a culinary perspective, in daily product evaluations and tastings with Culinary, Sensory and R&D team members as needed. Undergo formal Sensory training to become a panelist within Griffith Foods.
- Culinology Expertise: Well-developed understanding of functional ingredients and their application within developed formulations or as needed for Culinary Concept Development and Customer Product Prototyping and applications.
- Business Opportunity Requests (BORs): Responsible for the use of culinary techniques and expertise to plan, lead and execute culinary aspects of business opportunities.
- Presentations: Work as part of a cross-functional team. The Corporate Chef will lead the ideation, development, coordination, and execution of product-based presentations that showcase culinary innovation and business solutions, both internally and externally.
- Innovation Enablement: Work closely with the Product Category Insight team to support the application and commercialization of new technologies as part of the product and concept development process.
- Culinary Trends: Collaborate with Marketing and Consumer Insights teams to identify, apply, and communicate culinary trends to daily business activities or initiatives. Ability to translate marketing and consumer insights into targeted communication (culinary demo videos, presentations, etc.).
- Partner with local culinary agencies and industry associations to increase reach and optimize resources; keep up to date on culinary skills, create leadership opportunities within these institutions that have an impact on Griffith's brand awareness, innovation commercialization & customer acquisition.
- Execute "Go-To-Market" plans aligned with company strategy, leveraging and adapting provided tools to suit customer opportunities for the specific business unit
- Plan and deliver proactive culinary workshops with our customers to drive customer success.
Qualifications:
- Degree of Culinary Arts from accredited institution or equivalent international degree, or graduate of apprenticeship program.
- 1+ years of experience as a Corporate Chef of a multi-member Culinary team and/or Commercial team.
- 1+ years of experience in a commercial kitchen for food service operations and/or industrial organization specializing in new product development.
- Must have experience and proven success in Culinary Product Development.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Strong ability to work cross functionally.
What We Offer():
Paid top-up for Pregnancy, Parental and Compassionate Care leave.
Health and Group Benefits (100% of premiums paid by Griffith foods).
Education reimbursement program.
Life event recognition and on the job recognition.
Generous defined contribution retirement plan.
Career development and growth opportunities.
Annual wellness allowance.
Annual incentive.
Please note that terms and conditions apply.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Griffith Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences within our workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process. If you need assistance or require accommodation please contact: askhr@griffithfoods.com.
Other details
- Job Family Culinary
- Job Function Commercial
- Pay Type Salary