Menu Planning Specialist

About the Team:

Our team at CookUnity is a diverse and passionate group of professionals dedicated to reshaping the culinary industry. We're united by our love for food, innovation, and the mission to make high-quality, chef-crafted meals accessible to everyone. As part of our Menu & Revenue Optimization team, you'll join a lean, resourceful, but most importantly, collaborative group that values autonomy, growth, and excellence. Our mission is to seamlessly connect chefs' creations with customer needs through strategic initiatives that enhance both satisfaction and engagement. We are committed to generating significant impact on key company metrics such as retention, order rate and margins.

The role:

We are seeking a full-time Menu Enablement Specialist with an entrepreneurial mindset to take ownership of our Menu Item Development Process. This is a fantastic opportunity to accelerate your professional development within a rapidly growing startup!

In this role, you will lead menu development prioritization by identifying bottlenecks, ensuring alignment with our monthly newness targets, and bridging the gap between our customers’ needs and our current offerings. You will enable cross-functional collaboration across the end-to-end supply teams, from brief development to launching new products. This role is a blend of strategic thinking and tactical execution, with a direct impact on the stability and scalability of our product.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and prioritize a pipeline of 700 menu items, ensuring all stakeholders are aligned at each stage and promptly addressing bottlenecks.
• Identify and resolve bottlenecks in the development process to improve throughput and efficiency.
• Strategically manage new menu items launch by ensuring they meet segment needs, are ready to launch, and align with upcoming pipeline items.
• Ability to thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving, and constantly evolving high-growth environment
• Manage Food Cost budget for the different initiatives speeding up developing process.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience in a similar role, with proven experience aligning cross-functional team members to complete projects within time constraints.
• Excellent project management skills with obsess to the detail, experience in process design is highly desired.
• Proficient in Google Sheets/Excel and project management tools; familiarity with Monday.com is a plus.
• Comfortable handling multiple projects and assignments while prioritizing effectively to meet objectives and deadlines.
• Since our HQ are located in NYC, an excellent level of English is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business or related fields is desirable

Benefits:

💸 Get paid in USD, Crypto, Euro, ARS. Whatever your choice! We use Deel to make things easier for you!

🗺 Work remotely: design the life that you want

⛱ Enjoy 15 days of vacation each year from the start date

🎄 16 fully paid Argentinean holidays

🗓️ 5- year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity, you get a 4-week paid sabbatical

🐣 Family leave of 12 weeks for primary caregiver and 6 weeks for secondary caregiver, fully paid

🕯 Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises

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