CPS, Inc. (Consumer Products Laboratory Division)

Qualifications:

• Culinary degree
• Ten years of experience in a culinary position including at least five years either with a food manufacturer or restaurant chain business.
•  Up to 50% travel.
• May indirectly supervise two to three junior chefs or technicians/technologists. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance, and addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Provides culinary development of concepts and products by performing the following duties personally or through subordinates:

• Creates new and exciting recipes, product applications and finished products for retail, foodservice and food ingredients customers and consumers. 
• Through customer analysis creates and presents menu concepts for foodservice and retail accounts.
• Develops product concepts for retail consumers and food ingredient customers.
• Develops bench top or pilot plant formulas and products.
• Provides external customer service to sales and marketing teams by customer site visits, problem solving, consultation and presentation.
• Develops key customer and industry relationships.
• Develops proper product preparation and handling instructions on products through a keen understanding of GMPs, HACCP and sanitation standards.
• Supports R&D Scientists on the commercialization of new product prototypes and product development problem solving.
• Develops a working knowledge of commercial ingredients for product development
• Understands internal plant trial/commercialization business processes.
• Leads culinary demonstrations for internal and external presentations.