Fresh Food Manager

Who we are

Imagine working in a place where continuous improvement and innovation is celebrated and rewarded; where fast-paced, high-impact teams come together to positively drive results for one of the largest & most iconic brands in the world.

As the only rapidly growing retailer, you may know us as your friendly neighborhood store. You probably know our familiar name, have seen our pervasive logo, and have tried our highly sought-after products, such as Slurpee and Big Bite. "Brain Freeze" is a 7-Eleven registered trademark for our 53-year old Slurpee and with over 77,000 stores globally (more than any other retailer or food service provider), we sell over 14 million a month.

But there's a lot more to our story and much more left to be written. We are transforming our business, ensuring we are customer obsessed and digitally enabled to seamlessly link our brick and mortar stores with digital products and services.

At 7-Eleven the entrepreneurial spirit is in our DNA and has been ever since our inception 90+ years ago. It's what drove us to invent the convenience industry in 1927 by envisioning how a simple ice dock could provide household staples such as milk and eggs to better serve the needs of our customers.

Today we are redefining convenience and the customer experience in big ways...we are fundamentally changing our culture and we want talented, innovative, customer obsessed, and entrepreneurial people like you to come make history with us.

How we lead

At 7-Eleven we are guided by our Leadership Principles.

• Be Customer Obsessed

• Be Courageous with Your Point of View

• Challenge the Status Quo

• Act Like an Entrepreneur

• Have an "It Can Be Done" Attitude

• Do the Right Thing

• Be Accountable

Each principle has a defined set of behaviors which help guide the 7-Eleven team to Serve Customers and Support Stores.

About This Opportunity

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Utilize consumer insights and industry trends to identify high potential new product/platforms in the world of pizza. Translation of insights into high sales potential products to fill the pipeline for both regional and national product introductions.

• Lead the ideation and conceptualization, development, testing and implementation of pizza products through the 7-Eleven business system by working closely with a cross functional team (QA, Engineering, Purchasing, Ops Development, Sensory, Packaging, Marketing, etc) and utilizing 7-Eleven's Merchandising stage gate product development process. This includes understanding and guiding development across dough, cheese, sauce, and toppings as well as ensuring the finished product is robust and performs in the store environment (Delivery, Storage, Preparation).

• Develop strategies and timelines for product development projects; drive projects to ensure key milestones are met; identify contingency plans and assess risks.

• Develop relationships with supplier/partners to manage and positively influence product development; use technical skills to outline development approach and guidelines.

• Effectively communicate project details and strategies to groups including franchisees, field operations and executives.

• Document the details of the developed products through detailed specifications outlining food safety, organoleptic and physical/chemical attributes.

• Identify capabilities needed including equipment, ingredients, or skills within the partner facilities.

• Utilize food science knowledge to troubleshoot product quality opportunities and/or identify improvements.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education/Experience

• Bachelors/4 Yr Degree in Food Science, Cereal Science, Culinary Arts or a related field.

• 5+ years in Food Product Development; experience working on Pizza and/or Food Service a plus

• Pizza Ingredient development experience (Dough, Sauce, Cheese, Toppings); knowledge of ingredient functionality and ability to work with suppliers to improve formula functionalities.

• Proven track record of successfully leading product development initiatives from concept to launch.

• Ability to assess and recommend processing equipment for line optimization; Utilize 6 Sigma Techniques/Data Analysis to drive improvements in efficiencies in rates and labor as well as quality.

• Embody the 7-Eleven leadership principles of Customer Obsession, Challenging the Status Quo, Courageous with Your Point of View, Acting like an Entrepreneur and having an 'It Can be Done' Attitude.

• Ability to influence partners, franchisees, merchandising and operations.

• Intellectual curiosity and creativity; passionate about food.