About This Role: As the R&D Chef at Farmer’s Fridge, you will be the creative engine behind our ever-evolving menu. You’ll create delicious and scalable recipes to fill our core menu as well as building velocity and variety to keep our customers engaged. You’ll develop a vault of recipes that meet cost, brand, operations, and strategy goals.
You are creative, detail oriented, dependable, and enjoy rolling up your sleeves to do whatever it takes to get things done. You see guardrails as a creative challenge instead of something in your way. You understand that a dish that can’t be made consistently at 2,000 units is just a concept, and you design accordingly.
Reporting to the Director of Product Development, you will work collaboratively with R&D Engineering, Merchandising, Marketing, and Procurement teams to develop recipes that meet the constraints and capabilities of our business.
This is an on-site role. Our office is located at 2000 W Fulton St. Chicago, IL 60612. You will occasionally visit our manufacturing facility to support Pilot Runs, Troubleshooting, and First Production Runs which is located at 5370 S. Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60638
What You’ll Do:
New Product Development
Operational Fluency & Capability Advocate
Scale-Up and Continuous Improvement
Culinary & Test Kitchen Management
Who You Are…
The base salary range for this role is $95,000 to $105,000. The base pay offered will be determined by factors such as experience, skills, training, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements.
In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for company performance-based/performance (sales) bonuses and equity.
Benefits At Farmer's Fridge
In This Together - We stay connected, whether in person or virtually. We encourage business transparency through monthly town hall meetings and weekly financial updates. We set out to make the best product on the market, and we believe we’ve done it. We value your input in the new menu creation process. From regular tasting panels, where employees provide new menu feedback.
Happier Workdays - Each day at work should fill you with joy. We're a fun and passionate group, and we don't take ourselves too seriously. Bring your unique self to work, dress comfortably, and always feel free to share your thoughts and opinions. We encourage curiosity; there's no hierarchy here when we're all swapping ideas.
Never run on empty - Daily Farmer's Fridge meal, draft cold brew and beer, and office snacks are just some of the offerings to make sure you aren't distracted by a growling stomach. Recharge with our paid sabbatical program after four years of service.
Innovate & Elevate - We're all teachers and learners. You'll grow, and help grow the company through cross-functional collaboration, open access to leadership, and regular business updates. You have a direct impact on the company’s bottom line. You can also impact your personal bottom line by participating in our 401(k) plan that includes a company match with immediate vesting.
Farmer’s Fridge Diversity Statement:
"Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Farmer’s Fridge, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.”
Farmer’s Fridge is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices, including hiring, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. View our disclosures related to External Agencies and Applicants below: https://www.farmersfridge.com/careerdisclosures
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