<strong><a href="http://www.jmsrecruitment.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/673678_635234181-e1262622603202.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-190" style="margin: 4px;" title="Sous-Chef" src="http://www.jmsrecruitment.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/673678_635234181-e1262622603202-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="105" height="105" /></a>Job Description Development sous-chef</strong>
<h2>Salary: around 28k negotiable</h2>
<h3><strong>Ideally they will have the following</strong></h3>
<ul>
	<li>Excellent food 	knowledge and presentation skills</li>
	<li>Working factory NPD / Technical 	experience of recipe and process  development</li>
	<li>Sound understanding of food 	labelling and nutrition</li>
	<li>Good communication skills</li>
	<li>Flex to be creative and innovative 	seeking out new product  opportunities</li>
	<li>Flexible and adaptable</li>
	<li>Strong  experience in pastry &amp; 	dessert</li>
	<li>Experience in working closely 	with the supermarket retailers</li>
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<h3><strong>Airline</strong></h3>
Deal with all airline projects alongside Head chef:
<ul>
	<li>Recipe development</li>
	<li>Create and 	develop new concepts based on an interpretation of a brief in order 	to attract more business in line with the current business strategy</li>
	<li>Develop &amp; 	create new concepts &amp; recipes that are:</li>
</ul>
<ul>
	<li>
<ol>
	<li><strong>In line with business strategy</strong></li>
	<li><strong>Factory friendly</strong></li>
	<li><strong>Cost effective</strong></li>
</ol>
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</ul>
<ul>
	<li>Facilitate 	efficient and effective trials and ongoing production to the agreed 	standards</li>
	<li>Document all 	recipes with pictures &amp; various parameters</li>
	<li>Document, 	maintain and communicate the financial impact of recipe changes 	within the product development process to facilitate cost effective 	product development</li>
	<li>Working with 	purchasing department to source new ingredients</li>
	<li>React to feedback and 	submission of second presentation if required</li>
	<li>Organoleptics with 	technical</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>Samples</strong></h3>
Manage all sample stock &amp; packaging
<ul>
	<li>Samples 	for NPD, Sales, Marketing, France</li>
	<li>Keep 	stock in the client  and out of client stock</li>
	<li>Order 	through Ops all out of the client stock</li>
	<li>Packing</li>
	<li>Keep 	track of all packaging branded and unbranded</li>
	<li>Work 	closely with Office Manager to ensure all samples are sent out on 	time and that sample parameters and rules are respected</li>
	<li>Work 	with Goods out to ensure samples are dispatch</li>
	<li>Keep 	record with Head chef of all sample requests on monthly basis and 	submit duplicate copy to finance</li>
</ul>
<strong>NPD</strong>

Assist Head chef with the development
<ul>
	<li>Brainstorming 	sessions with Fred and quarterly trend up dates</li>
	<li>Receive 	and work on brief from NPD with Fred</li>
	<li>Assist 	sourcing of new ingredients/suppliers</li>
	<li>Keep 	record of any new suppliers/ingredients sourced</li>
	<li>Meetings 	with NPD team</li>
	<li>Re 	submission of products to NPD team</li>
	<li>Recipe 	costing when required</li>
	<li>Work 	with Fred and technical to solve initial product concerns</li>
	<li>Presence 	in trials when requested and autopsy of product</li>
	<li>Run 	Organoleptics trials with process technologist</li>
	<li>Blue 	sky presentations with Fred to NPD team</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>EPD</strong></h3>
Assist in development of existing lines
<ul>
	<li>Receive 	product specs from Eli for potential replacement ingredients</li>
	<li>Test 	products and file in approved or rejected file in Development folder</li>
	<li>Make 	samples for EPD projects (e.g. weight reduction, new ramekin)</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>Management of Kitchen Assistant</strong></h3>
<ul>
	<li>Train 	and supervise kitchen assistant</li>
	<li>Organise 	replacement during his absence</li>
	<li>Recruit 	and interview when full time replacement needed</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>Other areas</strong></h3>
<ul>
	<li>Daily 	stock check</li>
	<li>Monthly 	cash files submitted to Finance</li>
</ul>