Food Innovation and Development Manager

7 days ago


Mundelein, Illinois, United States Kilcoy Global Foods Full time
Job Description

**Job Summary**

Kilcoy Global Foods is seeking a highly skilled Senior R&D Culinary Manager to lead our culinary product development team. As a key member of our innovation team, you will be responsible for developing new products and improving existing ones to drive revenue growth and customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Participate in cross-functional teams to drive new product innovation and revenue growth
  • Identify gaps in our product portfolio through competitive analysis and market research
  • Conduct market research and analysis to inform product development decisions
  • Create and execute on trend innovation ideas and formulas for foodservice and retail channels
  • Coordinate multiple concurrent product development projects from bench top testing to production commercialization
  • Manage new product development projects and assist in setting specifications, including sourcing and qualifying ingredients, establishing equipment requirements, and determining manufacturing processes
  • Assist operations and production in new product scale-ups
  • Performance test developed products based on use case
  • Provide new product specifications to Regulatory, Sales, QA, and Purchasing teams
  • Develop and validate cooking and reheat instructions for retail packaging and applicable foodservice items
  • Process, schedule, produce, inventory, and ship product samples
  • Organize ingredient inventory and request necessary ingredients for development projects
  • Manage and execute production sample evaluations and document results
  • Prepare food for in-house evaluations, including shelf-life studies
  • Provide culinary expertise for internal and external events, such as trade shows and sales calls
  • Prepare and serve food for customer presentations
  • Responsible for presentation and development in our new R&D center
  • Manage schedule for presentations and development for the new R&D center
  • Provide technical support services to sales teams
  • Expert knowledge of industrial sous vide cooking, including robust understanding of CCPs and sensory objectives
  • Knowledge, adherence to, and enforcement of all GMPs
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements:

  • Supervisory responsibilities for the R&D Chefs

Preferred Qualifications and Education Requirements:

  • Culinary degree required, with a concentration in Food Science or R&D
  • 8-10 years of experience as an R&D Chef
  • Experience with sous vide cooked protein is a plus
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office products


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