We have an exciting opportunity to join the Pilgrims Europe Product & Innovation team with a vacancy for a Senior Development Chef that will sit within the Product Development & Innovation team.
This role will support the Head of Culinary in encouraging and nurturing a food culture in the business, in line with our journey to become a world-class food company.
Key Responsibilities:
* Work closely with key customer business units to deliver insight-driven food that excites our customers and meets customer and category targets and strategies.
* Manage product submissions with customers and demonstrate your ability to articulate clearly understanding of briefs, creativity in response, and an excellent grasp of the latest culinary trends.
* E nsure the quality of samples and submissions is of the highest quality and on brief.
* Support the Head of Culinary in identifying, developing, and showcasing new trends and innovation that will inspire and influence our category plans to allow for new areas of business growth and opportunities.
* Support category and site teams in implementing and training "Big Kitchen" teams in line with key customer development, innovation pipeline, and future food planning.
* Be a key driver in delivering our Food Academy training to transfer skills and knowledge to our I&D colleagues, wider commercial team including relevant business unit teams, and key customers where appropriate.
* Manage the day-to-day running of both the development and culinary kitchens ensuring effective health and safety measures and procedures are in place.
* Cost saving management - apply cost saving measures to address ingredients and flesh waste.
* Carry out regular individual performance and personal development reviews to facilitate and optimise skills development of the culinary team leading to a high-performance level.
* Be a culinary mentor to the kitchen team and any new team members to promote culinary lead best practice.
* Deliver best-in-class performance, fulfill stakeholder obligations, and achieve compliance with all statutory and regulatory requirements with regard to the environment, health and safety, ethical standards, and company employment policies.
The successful candidate will hold C&G 706-1, 706-2 or NVQ equivalent, have exceptional culinary and creative food skills, excellent communication skills, as well as project management experience.
Our Values:
* Availability
* H umility
* Discipline
* Sincerity
* Simplicity
* Ownership
* Determination
About Pilgrim's Europe:
Pilgrim's Europe produces some of the best-known and most iconic brands in the UK and Ireland, including Fridge Raiders, Rollover, Denny, Richmond, Oakhouse, and Moy Park, alongside a diverse range of industry-leading own-label products in categories including fresh pork, lamb, and chicken, working with all the major retailers and food service outlets.
Our portfolio extends to authentic chilled and frozen ready meals, snacking ranges, added value, and food service products.
Across Pilgrim's Europe, we combine 20,000 of the best people in the industry, united by a shared set of core values and a passion for producing the highest quality, most delicious, and innovative food, which is enjoyed by millions of people in the UK, Ireland, and Europe every day.