Recipe Manager to SSP Nordics

SSP, The Food Travel Experts, är det ledande restaurangföretaget inom resemiljöer. SSP driver restauranger, barer, caféer och butiker på flygplatser, järnvägsstationer, vägkrogar, gallerior, konferenscenter, idrottsarenor samt inom andra trafikplatser. Efter 60 år i branschen har SSP idag över 30 000 medarbetare som tar hand om drygt fem miljoner kunder varje vecka. Företaget har verksamhet på fler än 140 flygplatser och 250 järnvägsstationer samt driver över 2 150 enheter i mer än 30 länder över hela världen. SSP har en bred portfölj av över 200 internationella, lokala och franchisade varumärken. Bland dessa återfinns Upper Crust, Starbucks, Caffè Ritazza, Burger King, M&S Simply Food, Bonne Journée, Pizza Hut, Caviar House & Prunier samt det ledande japanska varumärket Ajisen Ramen, liksom attraktiva koncept som till exempel Montreux Jazz Café i Genève och Bambini Wine Room i Sydney.

<b/>What makes the role as Recipe Manager at SSP exciting?</b>

We are in a period of change building a new Nordics Region for our business. We are looking for a Recipe Manager who will be responsible for leading projects and process development regarding product and recipe opportunities as well as maintain a correct recipe database and ensure timely and accurate implementation. Reporting to the Marketing Services Director in Norway you'll be placed at one of our offices, either at Arlanda Airport - Stockholm or Gardemoen Airport - Oslo, working across the whole Nordics.

We offer an exciting work environment where you will be given responsibility from the first day. If you show positive results and ambition your career options at SSP are endless!

<b>Overall role:</b>

The Recipe Manager leads projects to put in place the right foundations to ensure the ongoing accuracy of recipes, e.g. standardising yields, improving costing sheet templates and condiments. In your role you act as a gatekeeper and ensure proper checks and accuracy are maintained for any recipes changed or added to the recipe database.

<b>Main responsibilities:</b>

. Work across departments to improve listing and recipe management processes
. Support various departments with recipe data analysis.
. Act as gatekeeper and ensure proper checks and accuracy are maintained for any recipes changed or added to the recipe databases.
. Manage projects to put in place the right foundations to ensure the ongoing accuracy of recipes.
. Lead cross check meetings with relevant project team to ensure recipes, specs and buying guides are accurate before being issued to the teams in operations
. Work closely with the Head of NPD/Executive chef to ensure priorities are set and support the planning and timely implementation of NPD activities
. Support commercial with recipe data analysis and health and safety and data teams with allergen process
. Coach the local Heads of Production
. Identifying standardisation and cost opportunities

<b>Profile:</b>

To succeed in this role you need to be a qualified chef with equivalent work experience. You must be a good project manager and highly organized and accurate, with good attention to details. We want you to have strong communication skills and be good at problem solving and driving improvements. With great analytical and presentation skills you work effective with cross check meetings to support accurate launches.

If you are a team-player with a good knowledge of recipe systems and enjoy working with administration and managing large amount of data -you will fit into this role. Your knowledge of how recipes costing and specs need to work in a commercial environment is excellent. You are self-motivated with the ability to quickly learn and adapt in a complex changing environment. Advanced Microsoft expertise Excel skills required. You must be fluent English in spoken and written and preferably any additional Nordic language.

<b>Does this sound like your next challenge?</b>

Please submit your application; selecting and interviewing will start in August.