Adecco Permanent Recruitment is recruiting for a Corporate Chef/Business Development Manager who is fully fluent in Chinese in the Greater New York City market. The ideal candidate for this role will have a background as a Corporate Chef, and ideally is experienced in Sales, or has client-facing experience.
Our client if offering full benefits (health, dental, vision, and 401k), in addition to a strong base salary! Please see additional duties and responsibilities below.
Duties:
• Introduce new products to foodservice units / accounts.
• Visit and convert foodservice units (including individual stores, Chain restaurants and
• hot deli) sauces usage to company products.
• Conduct training section to sales and marketing staff and customers
• Drive culinary innovation including testing and menu category development.
• Develop recipes for both retail consumers and foodservice outlets for company product
• sauces education.
• Develop multi‐unit food service account business using company products.
• Represent company at trade association meetings, food shows, tradeshows, etc. to
• promote products.
• Lead or assist in menu development and do culinary presentations as needed.
• Deliver sales presentations to key accounts in coordination with sales teams to maintain
• relationships and negotiate and close deals.
• Responsible for product and service development to meet market needs.
• Monitor and evaluate competitor activity and products.
• Leverage industry marketing data, current trends in the culinary space, and unlimited
• creativity, creates on‐trend menu recipes and applications for corporate, customer, and
• segment events.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Experience:
• This position requires a bachelor’s degree in Culinary Arts and Food Science and/or
• related field and a minimum of 5 years of food service sales experience.
• A background or experience as an executive chef is necessary.
• Professional chef certification is required.
• Familiar with the Chinese cuisines from ingredients to cooking, and sauce
• application.
• Solid working experiences in restaurant front‐of‐house and back‐of‐house operation.
• The individual must be proficient in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• The individual must be able to define problems through data gathering and analysis,
• establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee must have a valid driver’s
• license to perform essential job functions.
• Sense of urgency and ability to meet deadlines on a self‐directed basis.
• Must be able to work independently in cross‐functional teams to meet set goals.
• Knowledge of food safety and sanitation is a plus.
Location: United States
Posted: Aug. 14, 2024, 8:13 a.m.
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