Bakery & Pastry R&D Chef

Company: Campbell Soup Company
Location: Camden
Posted on: April 23, 2024

Job Description:

Since 1869 we've connected people through food they love. Our history was created by remarkable people, ideas, and innovations. It serves as inspiration and foundation for our future success. We're proud to be stewards of amazing brands that people trust. We foster a culture of belonging where people come first, and diversity is embraced. And we live our values, always, while setting the highest standards for performance.Here, you will make a difference every day. You will be part of a dynamic, collaborative, and competitive team. You will be supported to build a rewarding career with opportunities to grow, innovate and inspire. Make history with us.What role will you play? How will you make history with Campbell's? Apply today!As a Baking & Pastry R&D Chef at Campbells, you will hold a pivotal position in our culinary team, responsible for driving innovation and inspiring excellence in the entire product development journey. This role entails end-to-end involvement, from ideation and prototyping through commercialization, scale-up, and occasionally, attending production runs. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product development, flavor design, sensory, marketing, and leadership executives, to ensure our products meet high-quality standards and delight our customers.The Baking & Pastry R&D Chef is responsible for leading culinary execution in the development and execution of new and innovative salty snacks and bakery products. This includes working closely with the research development, marketing, communications, social media and sales teams to understand customer needs and trends, and to create products that meet those needs. The Baking & Pastry Research Chef must be able to lead culinary responsibilities of the snacking division while also being able to work across Business units and collaborate with other chefs within R&D to inspire and bring new ideas and trends to life.Minimum Requirements:Bachelor's degree in Culinary Arts, Baking and Pastry, Food Science, or Grand Diploma in Pastry Arts5 years experience in a baking & pastry chef rolePreferred Qualifications:Experience successfully leading kitchens, teams, projects, and high-profile culinary events.with presentations at large customer meetings with many executives.Experience with food photography and styling.Experience in a relevant CPG, food and ingredient manufacturers.Primary Responsibilities:Bring extensive baking expertise to create innovative snacks, bread, and cookie products, from ideation to creating a gold standard to the assessment of viability in large scale production.Stay updated with industry trends, emerging technologies, and consumer preferences to drive innovation.Provide strong leadership by being the culinary voice within project teams, fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, and excellence.Collaborate with product development, marketing, communications, social media, and sales teams to break down customer & consumer needs and trends, creating products and culinary gold standardsRepresent the company at high stake customer meetings and events.Support of development of ideas and concepts to fill the innovation pipeline and further provide guidance through the execution of new snack and bakery products.Key Skills Needed:Deep passion for baking with extensive knowledge of baking science, ingredients, and techniques.Understanding how ingredients work together and what different manufacturing techniques will do to flavor expressions in food.Understanding of salty and savory snacks processing technologies.Strong knowledge of various baking and cooking techniques.Creative and innovative mindset with a history of successful product development.Strong leadership and communication skills, especially in large customer meetings.Compensation and Benefits:The target base salary range for this full-time, salaried position is between$72,900-$117,300Individual base pay depends on work location and additional factors such as experience, job-related skills, and relevant education or training. Total pay may include other forms of compensation. In addition, we offer competitive health, dental, 401k and wellness benefits beginning on the first day of employment. Please ask your Talent Acquisition Partner for more information about our total rewards package.The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity for employees and qualified applicants in all aspects of the employment relationship, including consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, marital status, protected veteran status, disability, age, religion, or any other classification protected by law.

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