Food Fanatic Chef

US Foods Inc. - Iowa City, IA

Primary areas of responsibility are:

 

  • Model and inspire our Food Culture locally with employees, customers and broadly within the community

  • Develop and lead culinary trainings that grow and support our Food Culture while achieving desired revenue targets

  • Consult with customers on profitable restaurant operations; develop action plans to address short and long term opportunities (front and back of house)

  • Conduct recipe research and development; assess and evaluate new products and industry trends

  • Increase brand recognition through social, live and print media; develop and/or evolve strategies to stay relevant

  • Support the Food Fanatics Program nationally; act as a local ambassador, participate in corporate events and create content for our print and digital publications.

     

    At US Foods we have high expectations and look for industry innovators; those who have a knack for challenging the status quo.  The qualities we seek are: 

     

    Business Judgment

 

  • Understands the cadence for deployment of resources to high potential opportunities and executes strategy flawlessly

  • Uses provided tools to highlight data that drive sales performance and improve selling skills of the sales teams and specialists

     

 

Compelling Communication

 

  • Convey excitement, energy, and enthusiasm for the US Foods brand and link value to the customer’s needs during Food Fanatics LIVE performances; social media posts, training sessions, etc.

  • Must be comfortable and engaging in front of live audiences and through multiple forms of media

  • Communicate clear direction and sense of purpose;  able to sell and influence internally to get things done

    Talent Optimization

 

  • Builds trust and motivates others in order to boost sales performance

  • Actively solicits and responds well to coaching and feedback; takes full advantage of learning and development opportunities

     

 

Influential Presence

 

  • Cultivates new and deeper relationships with key customers and professional organizations

  • Expertly leverages and interprets data to expand market presence

  • Brings tremendous experience and credibility to enable customer success

     

 

Results-Orientation

 

  • Demonstrates resiliency; pursues objectives with sense of urgency; drives to completion

  • Challenges current assumptions and keeps sales teams focused on the most important actions and priorities that lead to the key results

 

 

 

Cross-functional Collaboration

 

  • Effectively works across functions / departments to creatively solve problems and overcome obstacles

  • Understands how actions and decisions impact others across the organization

     

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***EOE Race/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Protected Veteran/Disability Status***

 


 

 

Must Haves: Bachelor’s degree or above in related field or equivalent industry work experience i.e. minimum 7 year’s comprehensive experience in the culinary field. Prior experience designing and facilitating training programs. Ability to effectively manage projects/initiatives from start to finish.

Proven experience developing and tailoring communications for various audiences including social media marketing; Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. Prior experience with and working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word.

Nice to Haves: Memberships in local and/or national culinary organizations. Previous on-camera performance experience.

 

Check out some of our Food Fanatics in action on our YouTube Channel!

 

 


Posted: 30+ days ago

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