Culinary Product Development Lead

Company: CookUnity
Location: New York
Posted on: November 6, 2024

Job Description:

What are we looking for:
We're looking for an energetic person who is inspired by our mission to own and deliver the projects associated with bringing new SKUs onto the menu. This person would have experience working with a recipe database, creating recipes for manufacturing and/or higher volume commissary kitchens. They would have a strong culinary product development background and be thrilled to work with hundreds of food creators, helping them sell their creations to thousands of customers. This person will take concepts and ideas and turn them into completed work with successful outcomes and metrics.
Responsibilities:

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• Participate in meal type definition and tagging from a culinary perspective so that creators have something specific to aim for in creating new items.
  
• End-to-end ownership over the success rate of new meal onboarding and launch in the NY market, in partnership with those creators.
  
• Improving and maintaining the recipe database for the NY market.
  
• Works cross-functionally with key stakeholders to develop new product lines.
  
• Builds self-serve processes and/or is a SME for software development for the creator side of the marketplace.
  
  Qualifications:
  
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  • 5+ years of menu development experience in reputable organizations.
    
  • 1-5 years of production experience in a large restaurant or manufacturing where recipes were used for production.
    
  • A strong passion and knowledge base for food and food creators.
    
  • Ability to work cross-functionally with several stakeholders.
    
  • An analytical mindset and high EQ.
    
  • Ability to work in our NYC facility 5 days a week.
    
    Benefits
    
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    • Health Insurance coverage.
      
    • PTO policy and paid sick days.
      
    • 401k Plan.
      
    • Family leave: 12 weeks for primary caregiver and 6 weeks for secondary caregiver, fully paid.
      
    • Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises.
      
    • A generous amount of CookUnity credits to enjoy our amazing meals, added to your account, monthly.
      
    • Wellness perks: fitness subsidies to build a healthy lifestyle.
      
    • Personalized Spanish coach.
      
    • Awesome opportunity to join a company that is looking to change how we eat and how chefs work!
      
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Keywords: CookUnity, Middletown , Culinary Product Development Lead, Hospitality & Tourism , New York, Connecticut