Citadel Chef Canada

The Citadel Chef Canada role at Unilever aims to enhance the food experience for foodservice customers through culinary creativity and support. This bilingual (French/English) position involves assisting the Customer Development Team with presentations, new menu ideations, and acting as a savory expert. The chef will lead culinary content development for North American projects, focusing on Savory/Scratch Cooking growth initiatives, and collaborate with various internal departments to deliver beneficial food solutions and drive business acquisition.

Must Have

• Support CD Team in customer presentations and new menu ideations.
• Act as a savory expert.
• Lead culinary content development for specific culinary projects in North America.
• Accelerate delivery of Savory/Scratch Cooking growth initiatives.
• Work in concert with Marketing, CD Ops, Finance and Supply Chain.
• French speaking with ability to translate French into English.
• Understanding of metric and imperial.
• Responsible for translating English to French and vice versa on selling stories, packaging, and recipes.
• 3+ years culinary experience in Foodservice Industry (Corporate or Kitchen).
• Culinary Arts Degree.
• 3+ years working in your respective Citadel.
• Solution selling mindset with a creative ability to solve customer needs.
• Ability to collaborate with sales teams to both hunt and farm for business in the market.
• Understanding of the Broadline Distribution Network.
• Excellent communication and follow up skills throughout the layers of Unilever organization.
• Accountability to deliver KPIs, Goals as a team.
• Business Planning and Implementation.
• Consumer/Operator Understanding & Passion.
• Ability to travel as needed outside of your citadel around 10%.

Good to Have

• Experience selling branded food categories

Background & Purpose of the Job

The way we improve the food experience for customers in the foodservice industry is through value-added creativity and long-term service and support. The Citadel Chef Canada (Bi lingual, French/English) role helps inspire everyone in every function to think food, kitchen, and customer first and is designed to add value to our customers with beneficial food solutions.

Who You Are & What You’ll Do

As a Citadel Chef, you will support, from a culinary perspective, the CD Team by assisting in the delivery of critical customer presentations and new menu ideations. You will act as a savory expert. Lead the culinary content development for specific culinary projects in North America in conjunction with your chef peers and in collaboration with the Head chef. In particular, you will be an accelerator in the delivery of Savory/Scratch Cooking growth initiatives designed to enhance the value of UFS brands at both existing customers and new ones. Customer Chefs will work in concert with Marketing, CD Ops, Finance and Supply Chain to coordinate efforts and resources on behalf of their Zone. You are French Speaking with an ability to translate French into English, as well as having an understanding of metric and imperial. You are responsible for translating English to French and vise versa on selling stories, packaging, and recipes.

Who You Are

• You’re a born leader and self starter: You deliver success with customers in the market by jumping into the details with your CD team. You constructively challenge them in their existing ways of working and inspire them to discover elevated ways to succeed. You prioritize and take control of challenges as they arise.
• You’re a dot connector: You coordinate Unilever resources to ensure alignment to the key priorities. You rely upon collaboration as a core principle of success. You network with decision makers both internally and externally across all sectors of the industry to expedite business acquisition.
• You’re a paradox navigator: Routinely interface and work effectively with multiple internal departments/personal, plus senior level and customer personnel, which may create complexity and time management challenges. You embrace the complexity and can creatively develop solutions to maximize business results.

What You’ll Need To Succeed

• 3+ years culinary experience in the Foodservice Industry (Corporate or Kitchen)
• Culinary Arts Degree
• 3+ years working in your respective Citadel.
• Solution selling mindset with a creative ability to solve customer needs
• Ability to collaborate with sales teams to both hunt and farm for business in the market
• Understanding of the Broadline Distribution Network
• Experience selling branded food categories a plus
• Excellent communication and follow up skills throughout the layers of Unilever organization.
• Accountability to deliver KPIs, Goals as a team
• Business Planning and Implementation
• Consumer/Operator Understanding & Passion
• Travel as needed outside of your citadel around 10%. In order to apply for this job opportunity, you must - Meet the listed qualifications of the role - Ensure that you inform your manager if you are selected for an interview from this internal posting - Upload an updated resume If you are selected for an interview, you can expect - To be notified by the hiring manager - To be provided feedback by the hiring manager once the final candidate has accepted the role

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