[Hiring] SENIOR CULINARY CONSULTANT @Compass Group

Role Description

The primary duty of this position is leading a team to analyze healthcare customer business models to provide value-added support and analysis to increase company purchasing income by improving compliance to negotiated programs. Duties include product training, suggesting products and improved processes benefiting productivity and profitability.

• Develop and initiate action plans to improve customer compliance to purchasing programs and to support conversion initiatives.
• Identify opportunities through trends, feedback, and competitive insight.
• Demonstrates initiative, creativity, and thoroughness in the execution of complex projects.
• Plans and conducts independent research projects and participates in the development of project objectives.
• Identify consumer food trends, review customer & consumer feedback and competitive insight, and establish innovative food concepts in our strategic food program.
• Introduce and inform customers about contracted products with emphasis on specific brands and partnering manufacturers to include groceries, meat, produce, specialty, beverage, COP, and disposables.
• Demonstrate potential solutions including culinary, ideation, multi-task preparation and presentation of product.
• Assist customers in establishing and executing strategic purchasing initiatives to drive revenues and contract utilization.
• Provide reporting to measure impact of culinary activities for tracking, key performance indicators, customer follow up and case studies.
• Serve as product knowledge expert for support in conversion activities and opportunity analysis review.
• Support culinary activities for onboarding new customers.
• Support product match and mapping activities as requested.
• Coordinate product cuttings and showcases including ordering product, creating collateral and follow ups as needed for team members.
• Work with manufacturers on any product or program related activities.
• Establish a strong partnership with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure agreed-upon needs are met.
• Promote process improvements, services and solutions within assigned business segment to potential customers.
• Actively pursue continuous learning of industry knowledge to ensure selection and delivery of best insights for usage with customer.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required.
• 5+ years related experience.
• Healthcare and or senior living preferred.
• Clinical nutrition experience is a plus.
• Strong culinary background and/or operational background preferred.
• Product development and/or training experience is a plus.
• Strong interpersonal, project management and communication skills, and demonstrated leadership skills.
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• Extremely Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access).
• Supply chain, power BI, menu works and conversion file experience a plus.
• Problem solver.
• Strong organizational skills needed to manage multiple projects.
• Ability to work in groups as well as individually while holding multiple stakeholders accountable to outcomes.
• Able to multi-task concurrent projects with quick deadlines.
• Ability to travel up to 30% annually.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance/ AD
• Disability Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Holiday Time Off (varies by site/state)
• Personal Leave
• Associate Shopping Program
• Health and Wellness Programs
• Discount Marketplace
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Commuter Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)