Associate, Pantry Development
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Job Location:
Chicago, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 55000 - 60000
Posted on:
18 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Founded in 2013 Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online at in retail at more than 2100 Kroger grocery stores Home Chef is committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple delicious meals no matter how busy they are.
Similar to our recipes we recognize that variety is the spice of life and therefore our employees also bring their uniqueness and color to our fantastic team. Were eager to work with humble team players and pragmatic next-level thinkers to innovate on Home Chefs offerings.
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.
We welcome people of all races colors religions national origin or ancestry sex (including sexual identity) age physical or mental disabilities pregnancy veteran or military status unfavorable discharge from military service genetic information sexual orientation marital status order of protection status citizenship status arrest record or expunged/sealed convictions or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal state or local law.
Home Chef is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment Home Chef will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment please contact our People team at.
Home Chef offers the base salary range as posted below with the exact offer depending on factors such as geographic location experience skills and internal equity. While compensation is within the provided range it is not typical for offers to be made at the upper addition to base salary Home Chef provides a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare coverage 401k match and paid time off.
Illinois Pay Range
$55000 - $60000 USD
To view the California Applicant Noticeclick here
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Aseptic Technique
- Mammalian Cell Culture
- Fundraising
- Microsoft Publisher
- Conflict Management
- Constant Contact
- Salesforce
- cGMP
- Cell Culture
- Grant Writing
- Child Protective Services
About Company
Our weekly deliveries of fresh, perfectly-portioned ingredients have everything you need to prepare home-cooked meals in about 30 minutes.
