Associate, Pantry Development

Chicago, IL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Pantry Development Associate will report to the Director Culinary and support all tactical responsibilities related to Home Chef Culinary pantry development including onboarding maintenance and associated Supply Chain processes.

Detailed Responsibilities:

Pantry Development & Maintenance

Facilitate the Culinary onboarding process for all new ingredients in collaboration with Food Supply Chain and FSQA including ingredient creation
Work with Food Supply Chain to schedule and prioritize samplings and associated processes
Communicate to the culinary team new ingredient developments
Monitor impact of meal ratings due to specific ingredients and worth with Food Supply Chain to mitigate any issues by reformulating or sourcing new ingredients
Execute tactical weekly ingredient processes related to customer facing menus
Maintain pantry database in admin

Support Culinary Shorts and Replacements Process

Approve shorts and replacements from the culinary perspective in a timely matter holding high standards (coverage includes working on-call nights and weekends)
Work with procurement managers and chefs to find suitable replacement ingredients for various situations
Collaborate with Recipe Testing Associate to communicate new instructions due to shorts to Customer Support
Monitor impact of shorts on weekly meal ratings and communicate learnings to all stakeholders

Assist Quarterly Pantry Processes

Monitor and execute proposed ingredient swaps at time of menu publish
Collaborate on ingredient alignment

Culinary General Work

Actively participates in daily stationing & tastings of R&D meals; supports sampling for Culinary R&D New Product Development and Food Supply Chain
Attends weekly Culinary Team meetings

Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

- 1-2 years of experience in a rigorous fast-paced work environment
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects and initiatives simultaneously with a results-oriented approach
- Basic knowledge of Google apps such as Gmail and Google sheets preferred
- Independent self-starter inclined towards finding solutions without significant oversight
- Passion for food & willingness to eat all meals created by chefs
- Must be able to taste and provide thorough feedback on every meal and ingredient sample test in the kitchen including vegetarian pork chicken steak and seafood meals.
- No food restrictions or allergies if working in the office (for Tasting purposes)

More About Us

Perks and benefits

Candidates can experience Home Chef as a customer - enter promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off your first order!
Medical dental vision life and disability insurance available
Paid holidays sick time and vacation time
401k program
Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical dependent care parking or transit expenses

How We Work Together

We are humble team players.
We are warm and gracious with team members and customers. We seek feedback to improve ourselves - and respectfully listen to and accept input.

We are pragmatic next-level thinkers.
We come up with novel and unique ideas. We explore new strategies to avoid being constrained by conventional thinking.

We take ownership.
We approach ambiguous problems prepared to dive in get curious and learn more. We are results-driven always challenging ourselves to exceed goals.

Be at Home at Home Chef

We all show up authentically at Home Chef. Our team includes individuals with a variety of identities backgrounds and perspectives. You can trust that youll be able to bring your whole self to an inclusive and enjoyable workplace.

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