Food Development Manager

Food Innovation for Centra Stores

We are looking for a creative Food Development Manager, with a passion for food and creativity to join our team. This role is to support our teams, across our group of stores, in delivering excellent food, elevate deli and bakery offerings across our stores, deliver excellent service and consistently high standards. This role is a hands on role, working along side our food teams, providing training to build skills and develop the teams, creating new offerings and growing sales.

What you will be doing

• Hands on approach, working directly with our deli and bakery teams, identifying new opportunities, training needs, developing new offerings and standards.
• Ensuring excellent quality, presentation and availability across our stores.
• Developing new ideas, new ways of working, create new bespoke product offerings to elevate the deli and bakery departments across our stores.
• Menu and offering development.
• Coaching and training colleagues on food preparation, product knowledge and customer service.
• Helping teams follow food safety, hygiene, allergen and HACCP procedures.
• Working with store management on improvements, new products and department revamps

What you will bring

• Experience in a busy food environment and strongcommercial awareness.
• Culinary creativity, a passion for food and food development.
• Knowledge of food safety, hygiene and HACCP procedures.
• The ability to coach colleagues and build strong working relationships.
• An understanding of sales, margins and waste management.
• A practical, organised approach and a passion for food and customer service.

Apply today

If you have a passion for food and helping others develop their skills, we would love to hear from you.

We welcome applications from people with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. Please let us know if you require any adjustments to support you through the recruitment process.