Job Description

Job Title: Director of Culinary, Cura Requisition ID: 2302 Segment: Healthcare Brand: Cura-Hospitality Work Arrangement: Remote

The Role at a glance:

We are looking for an accomplished and self-motivated Director of Culinary employee to work in a remote capacity, supporting our Cura division. This particular role will be best served by someone with vast experience in developing new products and concepts by conducting consumer testing, observing market trends, creating and/or modifying recipes and retail food innovations. This role will be responsible for the development of of new products & concepts by conducting consumer testing, observing market trends, creating and/or modifying recipes and retail food innovations. This role will have responsibility for development of culinary programs and procedures that will have company-wide impact.

What you\'ll be doing:

• Formulate, test, and fully develop recipes and programs as it relates to specific market segment and operational needs
• Develop scalable recipes being mindful of procurement and operational challenges
• Ability to create best process to access and manage recipe data base to include rationalization of and identification of new development needs
• Partner with corporate dietitians, creative, and marketing teams in delivering concept speed to market that can be easily interpreted and executed by operational teams
• Pilot new concepts and product on location in order to validate functionality and garner customer feedback
• Decipher and articulate latest trends and data from third party sources
• Assess culinary talent and develop training materials ot meet their needs
• Develop cycle and special menus for acute care and senior living clients
• Routinely visit accounts, provide a fresh eye review, and develop an action plan for deficient areas
• Ability to present content across functional teams in an articulate and professional manner

What we\'re looking for:

Must-haves:

• Associate degree at minimum
• Must meet state and local food handler requirements.
• Must possess food handler\'s permit.
• Must possess a current ServSafe certification.
• Minimum five years\xe2\x80\x99 experience in Regional Executive Chef role
• Culinary continuing education
• Understanding of Menu Management Systems and overall technical savvy.
• Experience delivering training across all levels of an organization
• Previous working experience with PPT, Excel, Microsoft Teams or other project management software

Nice-to-haves:

• Culinary certification
• At least 5 years of culinary operations experience in high volume setting, contract foodservice management preferred
• Prior experience with CBORD

#LI-KP1 About Cura: Cura serves hospitals, senior living centers, and other long-term care facilities. We guarantee compassionate service and healthy, delicious meals to ensure that quality of life never diminishes. About Elior North America: Elior North America is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. We take pride in supporting the development of our employees and their skills at all levels and in fostering an environment of growth. At Elior North America, we are committed to offering growth and advancement opportunities for all of our employees. The valuable skills and experience you\xe2\x80\x99ve gained with Elior will propel you further in your career, whether with our corporate office or one of our brand segments. Disclaimer: This job description can be revised by management as needed.