Concept Creative Chef - Rogerstone, United Kingdom - Recruitment Solutions Workforce Ltd

Description

Concept Creative Chef

Newport, South Wales

Permanent – Full Time

Excellent Salary + Benefits + Prospects

Recruitment Solutions Workforce are proud to be working with a national Food Manufacturer and are looking to recruit a Creative Concept Chef to join their NPD team at their site in Rogerstone, South Wales.

This role supports the NPD & EPD activity from concept, supporting process scale up through to launch.

This is a customer facing role, working with a creative mind to ensure the company reputation is maintained for delivering first to market innovative foods.

You will be responsible for driving the innovation agenda and continually enhancing the food values on site, ensuring all NPD and EPD activity is fit for manufacture and delivers the quality, innovation and commerciality required by the company, its customers and brands.

You will ensure NPD & EPD pipeline delivers against business strategy and is in line with our customers objectives and strategies.

You will build collaborative relationships - Interface between site Technical, Process, Commercial, Operations & Category teams. You will focus on building strong relationships with M&S Development Chefs, NPD Managers, Commercial & Technical.

You will interface with the customer, specifically M&S Chefs, and regularly attend customer presentations aligning business strategies to protect and drive site and customer growth.

Alongside Head of Culinary, you will proactively drive innovation aligned with category insight and the commercial agenda and keep up to date with culinary & food industry trends.

About you:
NPD/Chef background with an eye for innovation and creativity and with a real passion for food

Restaurant experience in either a Rosette or Michelin starred restaurant is essential

Experience of working with one or more of the major retailers ideally with exposure to M&S or other major retailers

A 'foodie' with a commercial focus who can combine creativity with a complete understanding of full-scale production practicalities.

Innovative and challenging thinking

Strong ability to work under pressure, to tight timescales and prioritise multiple tasks

Self motivated and ambitious team player with strong communication skills

Attention to detail

Capable of strategic development internally, and with customers and with suppliers

Communicates confidently and with impact. Relates well to people across different situations. Delivers presentations with skill, confidence, and panache.

Innovating and creating. Produces innovative approaches and ideas. Looks for radical and new solutions and techniques. Seeks to apply creativity in their role.

A natural flair and passion for food and knowledge across different cuisines and global flavours. A real love for preparing, cooking, and presenting dishes.

A creative, innovative individual who inspires the team to achieve higher levels of culinary excellence

Presents facts, recipes and ideas clearly, accurately, confidently and persuasively to achieve effective communication across all levels of the business


Personal Attributes:
Excellent interpersonal skills and work well in a team.

Enthusiastic and determined, highly self-motivated.

Willingness to undertake training.

Remuneration

Excellent Salary + Benefits + Prospects

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