Development Chef FTC

Job Description

As a Development Chef, your role will be to create new and modify existing recipes in line with written briefs, customer expectations and financial targets to deliver products of repeatable quality.Key Accountabilities:

• Develop new and existing recipes, in the development kitchen, in line with the great food agenda, delivering products of consistent quality and taste
• Co-create recipes alongside the product development team, considering customer food brand standards, nutritional, shelflife and cost targets considering operational capabilities following the product development procedures, to deliver the recipe to thecustomer brief
• Propose new raw material and packaging requirements, working in partnership with the product development team, to brief these out of the NPD buyer so that suppliers receive appropriate feedback on the samples and packaging provides optimum product protectionin transit and creates buying appeal
• Develop and then input recipes onto the recipe management system to assess the food cost and nutritional information ensuring delivery against the brief
• Demonstrate the assembly of products and explain the production method at feasibility meetings to gain sign off for customer submissions
• Complete organoleptic, cooking and freezer validation tests and support product developers to conduct recipe validation tests for all products following the product development procedures to ensure all products are of repeatable and sustainable qualitybefore NPD to process handover e.g. viscosity, weight, yield tests
• Prepare samples, set up and deliver professional internal and external product panels as required for EPD, NPD or benchmarking, cooking up products were relevant and documenting the findings and action plan for next steps
• Follow the critical path time lines as directed, escalating incomplete tasks and deficiencies in testing, to ensure that mitigating action can be taken to prevent delays in product acceptance and launch
• Attend process scale up trials and provide kitchen samples to ensure production samples match the kitchen quality signed off by the customer
• Work alongside the Head development chefs to have creative input into innovation agenda

Why GreencoreYou may not have heard of us, but we’re sure you’ve tried our products. We’re a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing 13,000 colleagues across 16 world-class manufacturing sites and 18 distribution depots across the UK. Wesupplyall the UK’s food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals.Our site in Kiveton employs over 600 and is the largest quiche bakery, producing more than 42 million quiche each year along with a wide range of ready meals and soups.This is a Maternity FTC position What we’re looking for We are looking for someone who:

• Demonstrates a real passion for food
• Has good food skills in a given discipline as demonstrated by;
  • Restaurant Training – broad experience in a fast paced environment
  • Ability to translate restaurant standards to manufacturing
• Has some relevant manufacturing experience which demonstrates their understanding of what isachievable in a manufacturing environment
• Numerate and commercial; able to accurately cost and adapt to briefed recipe costs and margin targets
• PowerPoint and Presentation Skills ; appears credible and professional with customers

At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better.If this sounds like you,join us andgrow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success. What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.