Culinary Innovation Chef

Key responsibilities

• Initiate ideas, developing of menu and product concepts across food menus, understand who is end customers and how products to be consumed by customers.
• Build a relationship with customers with competitive solution that meet customer & business requirement.
• Collaborate closely with commercial, marketing, the Research, Development and Applications teams supporting key customer projects through culinary advice and technical support for new growth opportunities.
• Driving application of all technologies within a specific customers or geography and delivery of leading insightful customer product presentations and customer product demos.
• Develop a full understanding of the Kerry collection, portfolio and business capability, and delivery to support new customer concepts.
• Awareness of markets, consumer, and restaurant trends, applying this knowledge in product innovations.
• Development gold standard recipes based on innovation and customer briefs and improve Kerry products offer by identifying gap and innovation to fill the gap with scientists.
• Facilitate product evaluations and assisting scientists with flavour profiling of products, during the development process.
• Effectively use enthusiasm, creativity, strong culinary skills, and commercial acumen to actively sell the benefits and added value for each concept developed.
• Customer facing role working with stakeholders to develop relationship, cost competitive solutions that meet customer & business requirements.

Qualifications And Skills

• Certificate/Diploma in culinary arts or equivalent academic study.
• Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience in food industry, catering, or restaurant environments.
• Expertise in food/menu innovation and market awareness.
• Build relationships with stakeholders in key accounts and internally and use this relationship to drive valuable business opportunities for Kerry and the customer, work across functionally.
• Excellent presentation and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong in Foodservice, Retail and Hospitality knowledge is beneficial.
• International cuisine trend with good knowledge of cuisines, focusing on SEA, Japanese cuisine is plus.
• Fluent in both Thai and English languages.