Senior Business Development Chef (m/f/d)

About Givaudan

Givaudan is a global leader in Fragrance & Beauty and Taste & Wellbeing. We celebrate the beauty of human experience by creating for happier, healthier lives with love for nature. Together with our customers we deliver food experiences, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. In 2023, Givaudan employed 16,260 people worldwide and achieved CHF 6.9 billion in sales with a free cash flow of 13.3%. With a heritage that stretches back over 250 years, we are committed to driving long-term, purpose-led growth by improving people's health and happiness and increasing our positive impact on nature. This is Givaudan. Human by nature. Discover more at www.givaudan.com

Senior Business Development Chef (m/f/d)

Overall mission:

Build deep culinary partnerships with customers to co-create menu solutions that increases business growth.

Lead customer collaborations translating market insights into innovative, commercially viable concepts.

Be the culinary face of Givaudan, inspiring trust and strengthening long-term customer relationships.

You will be based in Kemptthal (Zurich) and report to the Head of Regional Innovation Europe.

You will:

• Build strategic partnerships with QSR and Food Service chain customers, being a trusted culinary advisor and brand ambassador.

• Translate consumer insights and our PPA into compelling menu concepts and commercially viable customer solutions.

• Lead culinary innovation projects from brainstorming through execution, delivering impactful prototypes, co-creation sessions, presentations and tasting experiences.

• Collaborate with Commercial, Marketing, FC&A and MCSI teams to identify opportunities, improve business growth and support regional account priorities.

• Create and convert customer opportunities through co-creation, business development projects and successful project delivery.

• Guide multi-country menu development projects, ensuring agreement on customer needs, regional strategies and operational requirements.

• Use culinary expertise, market insights and customer knowledge to provide scalable solutions that create value for customers and Givaudan.

• Champion culinary excellence by ensuring high-quality execution of presentations, prototypes and customer engagements.

• Maintain visibility and knowledge sharing through the use of project management and CI tools.

• Develop junior chefs

You:

• Culinary qualification and 8+ years of experience in Food Service, QSR, chain restaurants, hospitality, or the food ingredients industry.

• Experience developing menu concepts, leading customer-facing culinary projects, and driving innovation from idea to implementation.

• Experience with food service trends, consumer insights, and menu development for regional or international chains.

• Build a trusted relationship with customers and collaborate across commercial, marketing, R&D, and technical teams.

• Commercially minded, with the ability to identify growth opportunities and translate customer needs into business solutions.

• Experience leading or coaching culinary professionals.

• Fluency in English

• Willingness to travel across the region.

Our benefits:

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