Job Summary

Provide high level product expertise, creativity and application support to the IFFCO group. A credible, professional and articulate chef, whom customers can consult in all IFFCO food & beverage discussions. Candidate must be naturally passionate about food, culinary arts and the foodservice industry

Roles & Responsibilities

• Understand, reflect & practice IFFCO\'s vision & values.
• Support Sales by concept selling & demonstrating product applications to customers using IFFCO\'s product portfolio.
• Follows foods trends, participates in menu ideations, recipe suggestion and applications in all market segments e.g. cafeterias to 5 Star restaurants.
• Develops strong working relationships with customer contacts through rapport building, earning trust and being the customer\'s \xe2\x80\x9cgo to\xe2\x80\x9d culinary contact and convert it into business opportunities for IFFCO product portfolio.
• Develop recipe for different cuisine such as Arabic, Western, Asian for diverse market segment catered by IFFCO portfolio.
• Design and deliver inspiring communication/presentations and product demonstrations at live or virtual events and external or internal trainings.
• Act as IFFCO Ambassador within chef community in KSA, through professional Chef Associations networking, participating in industry seminar and trade shows.
• Capture market intelligence & food trends to assist food-marketing team in developing new strategies.

KPIs

• Numbers of internal or external customer demos per week
• Minimum 40% demo approval rate
• Minimum 10 customer visit per week

Work experience requirement

• Minimum 8 years of hotel culinary experience, sous chef at reputed organization required.
• Prior experience as a Chef for a food manufacturer preferred

Qualification

• Professional Chef certification, Associates degree in Culinary, Diploma/Bachelor\'s degree in Hotel &Hospitality Management.
• Bachelor degree in food or related field.

Competencies

Bakery Products and Trends

Bakery Technology

Communicating effectively

Customer Centricity

Food Technology and Trends

Microsoft Office Tools - Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Planning & Decision Making

Self and Team Management

Business Unit: Research & Development (UAE) (3141)

Business Group: Oils&Fats (239)

IFFCO