Culinary Innovation Chef

As a Culinary Innovation Chef at Farmer Focus , you'll be at the forefront of great food, crafting new flavors and foods that impress our customers and consumers. Collaborating closely with the sales, marketing and quality teams, you will ideate, conceptualize and develop new food items that expand our culinary reach and grow our business in the prepared foods division. This position requires extensive culinary expertise, which you will draw on to bring to life a wide range of flavors and cuisines. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a refined palate, deep understanding of global ethnic cuisines, and a strong interest in and understanding of culinary trends in restaurants and retail, as well as online. Your passion for food and your ability to forge taste profiles that range from authentic global flavors to “Middle America” mass appeal will be instrumental in driving the success of our products in the market. Key Responsibilities: Flavor: Develop “Gold Standard” foods, flavors and recipes that the company can commercialize for the Retail and/or Foodservice channels Innovation & Innovation Process: Managing innovation from Ideation to Commercialization Collaboration: With Marketing, Sales, Operations and R&D to successfully scale and launch new products Budget Management: At the team level on an annual basis; at the project level, understanding innovation retail prices and how to engineer recipes that maximize distribution opportunities and company profits Regulatory