Reporting to the Senior, Executive Chef, you, the Associate Development Chef will manage the functions of the development process by maintaining essential kitchen operations and coordinating all functions within the kitchen facility. You will help build assigned development projects and the staging of pre-development preparation to help grow new product innovation. You will operate in teams to create new innovation, identify culinary trends, menu ideation. Additionally, technical product showings and high-level social events will also be coordinated and performed by this position.

In this role, you will:

• Maintain Kitchen operations (sanitation, maintenance, & organization)
• Execute technical cuttings
• Work with internal and external groups to arrange social activities
• Work with procurement to source new purveyors or specific ingredients to achieve our needs
• Maintain inventory of ingredients used in the development process
• Work pro-actively to stage ingredients for upcoming development sessions.
• Input and maintain formulas on inter-department shared drive Manage the SAP system for account processing

Qualifications:

• Associates degree in related discipline
• 2 years basic foodservice experience
• Previous experience with ordering, purchasing, sanitation and inventory
• Sound culinary skills
• Sanitation training and certification
• Ability to collaborate with all levels of the organization
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.

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Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

• Health: Medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid life, accident and disability insurance
• Wealth: great salaries, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
• Growth: online courses, virtual and classroom development experiences
• Balance: paid-time off , flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role)

Our Company:

Conagra Brands is one of North America's leading branded food companies. We have a rich heritage of making great food, and a team that’s passionate about innovation and growth. Conagra offers choices for every occasion through iconic brands, such as Birds Eye®, Marie Callender's®, Banquet®, Healthy Choice®, Slim Jim®, Reddi-wip®, and Vlasic®, and emerging brands, including Angie's® BOOMCHICKAPOP®, Duke's®, Earth Balance®, Gardein®, and Frontera®.

We pride ourselves on having the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in the food industry. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. â€‹