Assistant Manager - Product Development; Food

Position: Assistant Manager - New Product Development (Food)
Location: Bengaluru

Café Coffee Day's menu consists of different cuisines . The job responsibility of this role is to keep a track of global and local food trends, create new food products and implement best practises in the industry.

Responsibilities
New Product Development:
Create new food products based on global trends
Competition Review:
Competitor tracking for products, best practises
Product library:
Trials and recipe documentation of food
Product Costing:
Costing and margin analysis of new products
SOP and Training Content:
Content creation for training of new products
Training:
Train the trainer programmes and staff training for new products
Vendor Management:
Work with external vendors and suppliers to source ingredients-breads, desserts, gravies, sauces , fillings , seasonings for new product development
Cost Management:
Monitor and manage product costs. Continuous work on improving product costs through alternate ingredients and new vendors
Process enhancement:
Identify opportunities of process and equipment improvement and enhancement in the system
Quality Control:
Work closely with the QA team for product related closures-Product Specifications, SOP's, Nutritional Information, Allergens
Overall, the new product development manager/asst manager plays a crucial role in new product development, competitor review and tracking global trends, cost management, vendor management and process enhancement

Qualifications

Bachelor in Hotel Management
6-7 years experience in Hotel / QSR innovations
Strong verbal or written communication skills
Hot kitchen with well versed with cuisines of continental , American , Oriental , Indian , Sandwich
Technical knowledge of frozen foods, science of cooking
Open to travel PAN India