Culinary Advisor, Foodservice Germany (m/f/d)
Do you feel at home in the catering industry and understand the challenges of a professional kitchen? With our innovative culinary solutions for quality and process reliability in the out-of-home market, you’ll inspire our customers throughout Germany and Austria. As a Culinary Lead, you’ll support our customers and the sales team during sales meetings, at trade fairs and events – with creative recipe ideas, practical preparation concepts and the right way to showcase our products across different channels. Your passion for cuisine and efficiency is evident not only on the plate, but also in your presentation and your trend-conscious, practical advice.
Permanent
100%
Target-oriented working time
as of now
German
What we offer
You benefit from 30 days of vacation, a flexible working hours system, and special leave for important personal events such as marriage, the birth of a child, or moving house. In addition, you can organize your working days in a mobile office.
Benefit from a company car that you can also use for private purposes, as well as the reimbursement of your travel expenses for business trips – travel sustainably and worry-free!
Expand your knowledge through extensive training opportunities, high-quality courses offered by the Coop Training Center, and a variety of personal development options such as mentoring and coaching.
Your well-being is important to us: take advantage of our health management program and work ergonomically and comfortably at your home office workstation!
Our employees receive a 13th-month salary and performance-based bonuses. In addition, we offer you access to our corporate benefits program (discounted online shopping offers), the JobRad bike leasing scheme, as well as subsidies for company pension plans and capital-forming benefits.
Your tasks
- Supporting the sales team in acquiring and managing wholesale and key account clients across the various foodservice channels in Germany and Austria
- Building and maintaining a strong network of relevant decision-makers in the foodservice market
- Developing inspiring recipe ideas for the various Hilcona Foodservice brands – Pasta Professional, Classic & Fina, as well as THE GREEN MOUNTAIN & IT'S VEGIC
- Planning and delivering product presentations, cooking demonstrations and customer events
- Training the sales team in culinary applications
- Developing innovative, customer- and channel-specific projects based on current food trends and market needs as part of an international Culinary Advisory Team
What you bring with you
- A winning, creative personality with a passion for food, customers and quality
- A keen sense of the market, strong communication skills and a team spirit
- Training and several years’ experience in the food sector, ideally as a chef,
- Experience in independently planning and implementing projects, as well as confidence in using M365
- High level of self-motivation and the ability to work independently
- A driving licence and a willingness to travel approximately 50 per cent of the time within Germany and Austria
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This is what our application process looks like:
Thank you for your application! We have received your documents and will get back to you as soon as possible.
We would like to get to know you and your motivation better in the first introductory meeting – let us have a relaxed chat and find out together whether we are a good match.
In the second interview, we will get to know each other better and talk about your skills and the next steps at our company – we look forward to continuing our dialogue with you. For some positions, an assessment may still be required - if this is the case, you will be informed in good time.
Congratulations, you have won us over and we you! We are now finalising the process and look forward to welcoming you to our team soon.
