Recipe and Menu Development Manager

2 weeks ago


Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hello Chef Full time

**Recipe and Menu Development Manager**

Based in Dubai, Hello Chef is a rapidly growing e-commerce meal kit company. We are experiencing exponential growth and achieving record sales. We’re looking to change the way people cook and eat forever and to achieve that we’ve invested in hiring the best people and creating the best systems.

We want people to come to the office excited to work and have some fun. We celebrate diversity and inclusion by making this a place where you can come to work and be yourself and aim to create great experiences for our employees as often as for our customers.

You will drive and shape our recipes and menus. You will spearhead a motivated team of recipe developers and own the process of food product development at Hello Chef. With your team you will enhance the quality and familiarity of our food, and find ways to innovate home cooking through the use of new flavors and ingredients. You will own the end to end customer home cooking experience and work closely with new product development and growth to elevate the overall product.

You will use data to understand the performance of the recipes, features, weekly menus and other food products. You will run projects to improve our products and uncover new opportunities to drive customer satisfaction, operational efficiency and growth in general. You are in charge of setting cost targets for recipes, budgeting and driving the growth and development of the department. This is your chance to create a massive impact by tackling the extension of our menu and work on new meal offerings to increase our footprint in our customer’s daily lives.

**Mission**

The mission of the recipe and menu development manager is to shape the vision of our recipes and menu through innovation, data driven customer insights and strategic execution.

**Accountabilities, Goal KPIs, and Outcomes**
- Shape the vision of our menu and recipes while enhancing our product quality.
- Drive cross functional recipe and menu projects using our product management framework to elevate the overall food product. This includes recipes, menus, new meal concepts and ingredient categories.
- Be accountable for recipe development operations and ensure a smooth and efficient workflow in the creative test kitchen through agile capacity planning and structuring.
- Continuously manage the performance management of recipes, features and new concepts such as lunches, desserts etc.
- Own all recipe data and build a bank of recipes that meet quality, quantity, and objectives. Optimize these towards meeting customer needs, seasonality constraints, and cost objectives.
- Spearhead and position the recipe development team to develop and grow their skills and performance.
- Establish clear performance objectives and coach and support the recipe development team to achieve them.

**What You Need For This Position**
- You have 5+ years of culinary product development experience, with food manufacturing, food service (QSR's/ CDR's) or retail/meal kits business.
- You have 2-3 years experience in supervising and developing teams.
- You have a track record of managing complex recipe and menu projects.
- You are experienced in using data and customer insights to influence product decisions and developing improvement plans.
- You have been trained as a chef or in culinary arts, techniques and food science with an ability to convert creative briefs into unique products.
- You have experience in managing and continuously improving operational processes.
- You are passionate and highly aware of food and home cooking trends, customer eating behaviors, health and nutrition.
- Excellent written English and command of the English language.
- Exposure to agile cultures and MVP/continuous improvement mindset.
- You are a doer with a hands-on mentality and a zest for action.

**What We Offer**
- Flat hierarchies, constant learning, outstanding team atmosphere, and an international mix
- A full-time position with a competitive salary that will grow as you do

**Other Details**
- Competitive package
- Medical insurance, 22 working days off a year, with an annual ticket home
- Relocation assistance to Dubai, if applicable
- 50% discount on your Hello Chef subscription, as well as other product initiatives
- Office Location: Dubai Investment Park, Dubai, UAE
- For immediate start

**Are You Up For the Challenge?**
- " We believe a diverse workforce is a key ingredient in our recipe for success. At Hello Chef, we hire people from all walks of life - regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, and religion. If you share our values and are looking for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you."_



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