Job Description
What's on the Menu:
We have an excellent opportunity for an R&D Culinary Innovation Sr. Manager/Lead to make a difference in our International R&D organization here at Kraft Heinz! Your role will perform as an essential driver and leader within the 'International Consumer Culinary Experience' team, working alongside passionate culinary and consumer science professionals striving to achieve ambitious goals. It includes consultation and recommendations for all Culinary activities on assigned categories to all levels of the R&D organization You'll be reporting to the R&D CCX Director interlinked with cross-functional colleagues and external business partners.
Key Ingredients:
- Overall management of a team of Innovation chefs internationally and be accountable for all kitchens organization in the building.
- Lead multiple culinary driven programs either on Exploration, Innovation, Activation or Education.
- Organize update & deliver culinary insights- consumer trends- inspiration/ideation via sessions for innovation projects and cross-functional teams via virtual or live audiences.
- Proactively bring in new culinary driven business opportunities towards the team and business
- Drive the culinary need within the organization and in collaboration with higher management
- Partnering with the local teams (BUs Chef Network and BU R&D teams) to ensure growth projects are including the markets' needs.
- Support Implementation of best practices throughout the international zone
- Actively collaborates with Growth Marketing, Sales, Culinary and Consumer Insights counterparts
- Ideate, inspire, and educate for cross functional teams either digital or as a live audience.
- Lead in multidisciplinary work levels as a professional culinary brand ambassador for Kraft Heinz and external marketplaces.
- Advocate the culinary ESG mindset on nutritional awareness- combined with Culinary expertise and creativity
- Be an active member of the global KHC Culinary network community- sharing trends- recipe ideas- and building best practice capabilities.
Recipe for Success: Apply if it sounds like you
- Culinary degree (i.e. Certificates from hospitality school- apprenticeship- Bachelors diploma)
- 6+ years' work experience (international or specific region) in food service (applicable channels: hotels- FSR- QSR- pubs- catering- industry- or institutional)
- 10+ years' experience in a corporate R&D environment is expected
- Deep knowledge and appreciation of the Kraft Heinz portfolio
- Must have excellent communication/presentation/collaboration and networking skills- with digital understanding.
- Highly developed storytelling skills required for effective data presentation and business influence based on results.
- Strong generalized knowledge and experience of an innovation kitchen and testing methodologies including
- Experience with Agile working is a plus.
- Strong interpersonal and team skills (organization, prioritization and flexibility). Strong, credible and clear communicator with an ability to work across function, & geography through excellent interpersonal skills. Excellent English language skills- spoken and written
- Must demonstrate an enthusiastic passion for food
- Strong problem solving and attention to detail skills
- Strong consultation and influencing capability
- Ability to simplify complex data analysis to actionable, easy to understand insights.
- Able to multi task, work alone and in a team
What we offer you / You deserve
- An ambitious employer: we want to the best for you;
- A fast career track like only few other companies can match;
- Reimbursement for commuting costs
- Hybrid working model
- Discount on health insurance
- Discounted gym membership
- Always room for new ideas; if you have an excellent idea, please let us know, and we can set it in action!
We hope you find a seat at our table!
Location(s)
Nijmegen
Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.
What the Team is Saying
What We Do
At the heart of this journey is our ambition to create an enterprise where powerful AI solutions augment humans and where small mission-based teams are in relentless pursuit to solve tangible problems for our consumers, customers, and the enterprise. That ambition requires us to create a modern cloud and data ecosystem - a one of its kind that becomes the neural network of our company. We want you to bring your tech-self to us. We use Python, R, Spark, React, Tableau, Snowflake, Azure, and others to solve the problem on hand. In-turn, you can look forward to high-impact challenges, no bureaucracy, entrepreneurial small teams, and a unique opportunity to create and build something bold, awesome, and impactful – all while honoring our 150-year heritage and a portfolio of 200 iconic and emerging brands!
Why Work With Us
Our ambition is to become a best-in-class Digital leader by making data-driven investments that drive smarter business decisions. You’ll invent the next wave of augmented intelligence products where software & humans work side-by-side to rethink every aspect of our company. You’ll make an imprint & leave your legacy on every part of our business.
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We also believe providing a more flexible and agile model is essential in today’s workplace. A majority of our office-based employees will be able to work remotely for up to two days each week.
