Culinary Solutions Chef

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6 days ago Requisition

JOB SUMMARY:

Responsible for culinary support of ingredient and national account sales. Perform all culinary functions including, but not limited to, product and menu concept consulting, assistance with customer product development and usage ideation in collaboration with customer culinary teams and with JDF ingredient sales. Separately, present corporate programs, administer pricing policy, negotiate sales agreements, establish service parameters, write orders with assigned food service customers.

Assigned to help meet plan objectives for sales volume, market penetration, and profitability with those accounts. Assist in special projects as needed in a culinary support capacity.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:

An essential job duty of this position is regularly reporting to work on time and being able to perform the essential duties of the position.

% Of Total Time

• Manage assigned customer network in compliance within Company guidelines and provide sales and culinary support and training.

5%

• Efficiently handle all product claims and complaints while maintaining positive customer relationships with assigned customers.

5%

• Achieve all assigned volume, trade spending and profitability goals set by sales management with assigned customers.

5%

• Provide up-to-date competitor information.

5%

• Collaboratively offer culinary support to Ingredient/National Account Sales Manager selling efforts.

25%

• Work with customer culinary teams on product projects: new item development, menu concepts.

25%

• Up to 75% travel.

10%

• Make recommendations concerning improvements to policies, procedures, techniques, facilities, and any other matters related to enhancing the effectiveness of the department or company.

5%

• Accept special projects and complete them promptly.

15%

The above list reflects the general details necessary to describe the principle and essential functions of the position and shall not be construed as the only duties that may be assigned for the position .

COMPETENCIES:

Approachability

Puts others at ease by listening, allowing adequate time for interactions, and giving undivided attention. Show receptivity to message being delivered.

Seeks and enlists active participation of others to reach goals.

Customer Focus

Builds effective relationships, identifies customer expectations, sees issues from their point of view; offers practical recommendations.

Meets deadlines, works independently, accountable, maintains focus, punctual, good attendance record.

Ethics & Integrity

Possesses a strong set of core values and beliefs consistent with social, ethical, and organizational principles. Confronts unethical situations.

Generates new ideas and approaches to enhance the organization’s systems, products, or effectiveness.

Personal Accountability

Accepts responsibility for own actions including failure. Embraces experience as learning opportunities and not chances to blames.

Results Orientated

Drives behavior to emphasize achievement. Self-directed toward accomplishment. Is action oriented. Likes challenge. Pursues Opportunities. Consistently high achieving.

Determines the interrelationships and relative importance of tasks and allocates time efficiently to the most important issues. Knows what not to spend time on; completes work in a timely fashion.

Trust & Respect

Offers respect to all in the work environment, adheres to high personal standards of acceptance, reliability, openness, and consistency of action with words.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:High school diploma or equivalent and a formal Culinary Education.

Experience…