R&D Specialist - Carrabba's

As a member of the Carrabbas R&D team the position will support recipe development across core, productivity, and innovation work within the Carrabbas brand. This person will support the team members to help drive the innovation process forward and support the LTO efforts for the brand from concept to store test.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Responsible for bench top recipe development for the Carrabbas menu related to core, innovation and productivity
• Support setup and execution of consumer taste panels.
• Works with CIG on Cost analysis
• Works with SCM on all new ingredient requests and evaluations
• Support core menu efficiencies/cost saves.
• Training/hand off to the product testing team on teach backs of all new products that have been developed and approved.
• Recipe gram work, yields, and formulation.
• Organization of database of recipes, nutrition, costing, and ingredients for past, current, and future food products.
• Communicate product information to cross-functional teams including Procurement, Marketing, Research, Training, and Culinary.
• Easily adaptable to changing priorities based on dynamics of the industry

II. REQUIREMENTS

Experience/Skills:

• Must have a proven track record of the menu innovation process
• Minimum of 5 years culinary experience in the foodservice industry, preferably in BOH
• Strong knowledge and passion for the hospitality industry
• Candidates must be able to work across many projects at one time and have the ability to work with many diverse working styles and backgrounds
• Candidates need to possess an exceptional work ethic, detail-oriented and be competitive in a self-directed environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must have ability to quickly build rapport
• Must have a positive attitude and be energetic

Bloomin Brands offers benefits such as medical, dental, vision, and 401k. Further details around eligibility and additional benefit offerings can be found at BloominBrandsBenefits.com

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