Innovation and Deploy Chef - Africa at Unilever

You are aware of Global and Africa food trends; You can communicate well with your stellar networking skills; You demonstrate passion and enthusiasm in creation of new products and ideas and are obsessed with consumer and product quality.

Job Summary

• Deliver / derive culinary insight as part of Innovation Projects across Key Africa Markets
• Work with Consumer Technical Insights team to understand consumer insights to develop model dish recipes
• Define ‘golden benchmark / culinary prototype’ for Product Development
• Culinary lead for product assessments during the Innoflex product development phase
• Co-create and ensure the quality of activation / communication materials in all media / customer channels which relate to cooking functionality and application (in co-operation with Marketing and Deploy organisation)
• Play active role in competitor monitoring, trends, cooking habits, against our existing understanding / portfolio.
• Maintain effective links with Chefs in other Regions.
• Be a passionate ambassador of our products by leveraging key product strengths and presenting that to internal/external stakeholders.
• Ensure recipes align with Unilever’s Nutrition ambition, by collaborating with Diet and Health team to produce healthy recipe content.
• Ensure the compliance to the Unilever Code of Business Principles and all SHE and QA policies, including the support of product claims, risk management and environmental awareness & legislation.

Key Requirements

• National Diploma or Degree in relevant area of expertise, i.e. Food Service, Chef Manship, Catering
• Demonstrate ability to work in a multi-functional, multi-cultural environment
• Fluent in English
• 3 – 5 years of relevant Chef Manship experience in the following areas:
• Culinary expertise
• Recipe creation
• Kitchen processes & ingredients
• Training & presentations
• Product Design
• New Idea Generation
• Project Management
• Consumer Insight generation