Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online at homechef.com and in retail at more than 2,100 Kroger grocery stores, Home Chef is committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple, delicious meals, no matter how busy they are.
In 2023, Home Chef introduced a new brand, Tempo! Tempo features a rotating selection of ready-to-heat meals delivered directly to your door. These meals are better-for-you versions of familiar favorites, designed to save you time and reduce stress while maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Our Tempo menu includes options that are protein-packed, fiber-rich, calorie and carb conscious, keto-friendly, and dietitian-approved.
Similar to our recipes, we recognize that variety is the spice of life, and therefore, our employees also bring their uniqueness and color to our fantastic team. We’re eager to work with humble team players and pragmatic next-level thinkers to innovate on Home Chef’s offerings.
The Menu Strategy Analyst will assist with planning the Home Chef E-commerce menus. This requires involvement in the meal R&D process/planning, supporting the menu development and execution process and maintenance of menu planning tools and KPI tracking.
Detailed Responsibilities
Menu Planning
- Support the balancing and publishing process with tactical inputs in Home Chef systems (e.g. Admin) for Core, Family, and Extras menus
- Perform ad-hoc analysis requests to identify actionable takeaways for upcoming menu planning
- Maintaining “cheat sheet” of cross-functional menu requests and ensuring execution including but not limited to aging inventory depletions, partnership requests, etc.
- Work collaboratively on strategic recommendations for solving menu issues (e.g. over/under food cost, etc.)
- Reviewing monthly Tempo recipe selections for Core & Family menus, quantify menu impact and execute ad-hoc menu additions
Menu Maintenance
- Review weekly menus to ensure all products are merchandised / assigned accurately and meet production guardrails
- Execute any ad-hoc menu changes and communicate changes to cross-functional partners
- Support maintenance of weekly sales limits for Extras program, checking root causes of any sell outs and ensuring issues are escalated and / or resolved
- Maintain bank of successful recipes for future menu uses including reviewing ongoing weekly meal performance for bank consideration
- Own depletions and transfer requests for all plans and help facilitate customer communication with Customer Support when necessary
R&D Process Planning
- Lead the meal selection process including preparing the data, leading the meeting, and allocating meals to menus
- Support weekly recipe ideation process identifying redundancies in concepts and aggregating feedback for discussion
- Taste and provide feedback on new meals
- Lead sampling for Extras program - preparing iitems, tracking results, and communicating next steps with cross-functional partners
Ad-Hoc and Performance Tracking
- Maintain tracking of meal marketing promotions and communicating to cross-functional partners to use as input into KPIs
- Maintaining KPI tracking and automation for Core, Family and Extra’s - including financial (revenue, food, and margin) metrics and other quantitative (rating) or qualitative (reviews) metrics
- Track competitor product offerings and promotions
- Support maintenance of R&D tools
Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.
- Completion of a four-year degree program in a related field
- 2+ years of experience in a rigorous fast-paced work environment
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects and initiatives simultaneously with a results-oriented approach
- Strong Excel/Google sheets experience
- Independent self-starter inclined towards finding solutions without significant oversight
- Passion for food and must be able to taste and provide thorough feedback on every meal and ingredient sample test in the kitchen (includes vegetarian, pork, chicken, steak, and seafood)
More About Us
- Candidates can experience Home Chef as a customer - enter promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off your first order!
- Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance available
- Paid holidays, sick time and vacation time
- 401k program
- Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses
How We Work Together
We are humble team players.
We are warm and gracious with team members and customers. We seek feedback to improve ourselves - and respectfully listen to and accept input.
We are pragmatic next-level thinkers.
We come up with novel and unique ideas. We explore new strategies to avoid being constrained by conventional thinking.
We take ownership.
We approach ambiguous problems, prepared to dive in, get curious, and learn more. We are results-driven, always challenging ourselves to exceed goals.
Be at Home at Home Chef
We all show up authentically at Home Chef. Our team includes individuals with a variety of identities, backgrounds, and perspectives. You can trust that you’ll be able to bring your whole self to an inclusive and enjoyable workplace.
We welcome people of all races, colors, religions, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disabilities, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged/sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.
Home Chef is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Home Chef will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our People team at [email protected].
Home Chef offers the base salary range as posted below, with the exact offer depending on factors such as geographic location, experience, skills, and internal equity. While compensation is within the provided range, it is not typical for offers to be made at the upper end. In addition to base salary, Home Chef provides a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare coverage, 401k match, and paid time off.
Illinois Pay Range
$60,000—$70,000 USD
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Home Chef Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
Located in the iconic Old Chicago Post Office. The office is easy to get to by various train and bus stops being close by. https://post433.com/
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