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    Manager, New Product Development - Detroit, United States - Little Caesars Pizza

    Little Caesars Pizza
    Little Caesars Pizza Detroit, United States

    1 week ago

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    Description

    Build a Bigger, Better, Bolder Future:

    Imagine working for a company that measures its success based off the growth of its colleagues, a company that invests in its future by investing in you. Little Caesars is a company where our colleagues make an impact.

    Your Mission:

    In this role, you will manage new product and ingredient commercialization activities internally, as well as, externally with suppliers. You will lead commercialization projects in support of the New Product Development Process and Little Caesar's growth strategies.

    How You'll Make an Impact:

    • Collaboratively works with Culinary and Deployment teams to finalize recipes, procedures, and smallwares to support scaling of new products from prototype(s) to commercially viable.
    • Manage commercialization activities and timelines to support operations tests, market tests and national roll-outs.
    • Partner with Suppliers to commercialize new products/ingredients.
    • Responsible for executing commercialization documentation in SharePoint and in new product development drives, including but not limited to: Executing confidentiality agreements and company manufacturing agreements; Evaluating and substantiating supplier capability documentation; Develop and document ingredient specifications, recipe food costs, nutrition food costs, nutrition panels and ingredient statements.
    • Develop and manage test market and national launch timelines.
    • Forecast and manage ingredient inventory and production run requirements to support new product in-market testing.
    • Manage quality assurance purchasing and Blue Line supplier and ingredient set-up for purchase in the company system and direct obsolete ingredient inventory usage/disposal.
    • Research and maintain up-to-date ingredient and manufacturing awareness to support new product development and food trends, including but not limited to supplier plant and innovation center visits, participation in trade shows and webinars.
    • Educate and present findings to New Product Development, Research and Development and senior leadership teams.
    • Manage commercialization of new products for Little Caesar Enterprises and non-traditional venues such as; Comerica Park, Little Caesar's Arena, Little Caesar's Express Units and the Flagship Little Caesar's store.
    • Forecast and manage department budgets and periodic budget reporting.
    • Manage support, as needed, to new product development team with product presentations as needed and the culinary team for all public relations events.
    • Aggressively seeks methods to educate and improve knowledge of manufacturing processes, supplier capabilities, ingredient technology, government food and ingredient regulations and food trends.
    • Provide ideas or solutions to all LCE cross functional departments.
    • Sensory abilities for product evaluations.

    Who You Are:

    • Bachelor's degree in Food Science or Food Engineering. Five years related work experience may be considered equivalent.
    • Minimum of five (5) year's work experience in food development, baking or prepared food industries, and food processing.
    • Minimum of three (3) year's formal supervisory experience managing a professional team in hiring, coaching, development and performance management.
    • Demonstrated ability to formulate foods and recipes in written form to produce food specifications.
    • Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate staff, build creativity and innovation and lead effectively.
    • Strong verbal, written and presentation communication skills with ability to communicate technical information to a wide variety of audiences and with all levels of the organization.
    • In-depth knowledge of and experience with food processing equipment in a restaurant environment.
    • Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external colleagues, vendors and suppliers.
    • Previous experience managing a department budget or monitoring and reconciling budgets.
    • Prior track record of developing savings through effective resource planning and implementation.

    Where You'll Work:

    • Position requires working in both an office and test kitchen environment.
    • Position requires work in manufacturing plants, evaluating supplier capabilities and ensuring adherence to production run requirements. Position requires field work in company stores, supplier kitchens, research facilities, and non-traditional venues.
    • Position will require moderate (30% – 60%) travel via a variety of transportation modes for field product testing, research, consumer testing, supplier ideation sessions, focus groups, photo shoots, public relation events or conferences.
    • Ability to lift, push, or pull up to forty (40) pounds of weight in order to transport food materials (bulk ingredients) and/or equipment.
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