Job Description
Company Description Join the Alto-Shaam Team Virtually Tour our Facility:
Whether you're just beginning your career or have years of assembly experience-you've come to the right place. Working at Alto-Shaam means you're part of a passionate team of people all working together towards one common goal. We want you on our team, because you believe in getting better every day. That kind of continuous improvement is what leads to promotions, pay raises, and company-wide innovation.
Since 1955, Alto-Shaam has pioneered industry-leading foodservice equipment that anticipates and responds to industry needs. Our solutions have helped generations of foodservice professionals enhance their menus while providing a greater return on their investment.
Job Description Corporate Chef is to lead in-house events (Inspires, Taste Of Alto-Shaam, industry trainings & R&D) and in-field events when needed to support Sales or Culinary. Will be responsible for supporting our rep territories and chain activity as needed with equipment training and demonstrations.
The ideal candidate for a Corporate Chef would be able to do the following: Support Global Internal/External Sales Departments
- Proficient in all Executive Sous Chef duties.
- Communication with customers professionally and timely with regards to customers questions or product information via multiple channels.
- Leading demonstrations, market segment association shows and work as back-up on National account calls with a Corporate Executive Chef.
- On-Site consultation with customers and sales representatives to provide culinary expertise to both sides, enhancing customer confidence and advocating equipment solutions which best fit the customer's needs.
- Through participation in industry and customer related trade shows-events, demonstrating equipment capabilities and educating the industry about features, benefits, and advantages of company's products.
Support Marketing Department
- Through utilization of social media: maintain a lively relationship with the culinary community where ideas can flow both ways and business leads can be generated.
- Through creation of online media aimed directly at end users (Media platform influencing).
- By working with our marketing department to execute successful content creation with the company's equipment or successful "how-to" capabilities.
Support Product Management-Engineering-Inside Sales Departments
- By providing training and enhancing these groups understanding of the company's products and their application thereby enhancing customer quality and experience.
Qualifications For a candidate to be successful as a Corporate Chef they must have: - Culinary/servsafe degree and minimum of 4 years work experience in a variety of kitchens including Executive Chef position and leadership/management experience.
- Able to work in high pressure situations and take direction from multiple sources including giving and taking advice and feedback from sales and customers and using this information to coach, support and motivate culinary team.
- Ability to multi-task, not only during a demo, but juggling culinary responsibilities with other tasks.
- Strong in problem solving, communication, educating and presentation skills in front of customers.
- Knowledge of sales processes and how we go to market.
- Must have an industry presence and able to work without constant supervision - creative productivity.
- Ability to train/educate people while flexible under the sudden demands of a high-stakes sales environment.
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