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Sr. Director, Executive Chef
Company | Zaxby's Franchising LLC |
Address | Atlanta, GA, United States |
Employment type | FULL_TIME |
Salary | |
Category | Restaurants |
Expires | 2024-01-15 |
Posted at | 10 months ago |
The Executive Chef leads consumer inspired culinary innovation and creativity in new menu platforms. Culinary is the heartbeat of the Zaxby’s Brand – from our signature tenders to sandwiches and fresh Zalads, we offer guests a wide range of chicken options. Plus, there is enormous opportunity to extend the menu into new areas such as sides, desserts and premium beverages. We are looking for a chicken expert that is also a well-rounded chef to lead the future of Zaxby’s menu!
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Essential duties may include but are not limited to the following:
· Drive all aspects of culinary innovation including testing and menu category development
- Oversee all test kitchen operations and future-state design to ensure facilities are utilized as an effective tool for development of new products, and the refinement of existing products
- Provide menu strategy leadership across consumer need state identification, product development and commercialization
- Work cross functionally with Operations and Finance partners to assess cost & feasibility of innovation projects, ensuring that both consumer and business objectives are met.
- Ability to work with vendor partners to develop products, establish specifications and build procedures to ensure consistency & quality at scale
QUALIFICATIONS
- Commitment to consumer inspire innovation that serves the needs and tastes of the guests we serve, including pre-market and after use product satisfaction
- Consumer inspired culinary innovation in QSR, chicken preferred.
- Setting standard of excellence for quality: product specs, recipes and procedures
- Experience in culinary brief development to enroll vendor partners on industry-leading innovation
- Manufacturer/vendor experience a plus
- Ability to bring a product to life at scale, including procedures that deliver consistent product experiences in QSR environment
- Knowledgeable on cost drivers and COGS optimization, while maintaining quality standards
- Creativity in new menu platforms, including desserts, sides, premium beverage
- Strong poultry understanding ranging from supply chain to cooking techniques.
- Leading through influence & Collaboration – strong communication skills and ability to work cross functionally with marketing, operations, supply chain, etc.
- Stage gate innovation experience starting with consumer need state identification to concept to R&D through commercialization across the system
- Working knowledge of restaurant operations and equipment solutions to enable innovation
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE GUIDELINES
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Culinary, Marketing, Business Administration (or similar course of study) required OR equivalent in-depth industry and job specific skills acquired through a combination of formal instruction and on-the-job training
- Experience: 10+ years of related work experience
REMOTE WORK ELIGIBILTY
Up to 40% remote work; Hybrid Work Schedule – 3 days in office
TRAVEL REQUIREMENT
Less than 25% required
Zaxby’s Franchising LLC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment decisions based on any factor protected by federal, state or local law.
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