Culinary Specialist Cover Letter

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the culinary specialist position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for input on product trends, feasibility, and options for product strategies; monitors product/menu trends, competitor product development activities, and food industry technology developments; conducts department category update meetings and leads departmental product idea generation meetings for assigned product categories.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Possess creative writing and proofreading skills
• Demonstrate conflict management and problem-solving skills
• Clear understanding of various communication channels including social media
• Maintain and ensure accuracy of all culinary systems including menu recipe, par/pull, DASH (point of sale) and KDS (meal pacing)
• Create menu events using RWA admin tool to support restaurants in transitioning from one promo, test, core menu to another
• Partner with cross-functional teams to test new systems initiatives
• Trouble shoot and solve restaurant technical problems
• Ensure new restaurants are set-up in all systems

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the culinary specialist position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for product Quality QA support to one or more of Amgen's clinical and commercial products by working directly with Product Quality Leaders and Principal Product Quality Leaders on QA related tasks.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Train Sales Support Team on product / category specific opportunities, as applicable
• Actively seek opportunities to grow own knowledge of the category (attend industry events, network with peers) and share learnings with local teams
• Six months experience as a cook, preferably in a hospital setting
• Experience with or knowledge of how food is ordered and received into a commercial kitchen
• Serv Safe Certified at the time of hire or within 90 days of hire
• Knowledge of proper culinary methods in safety and sanitation procedures
• Strong math skills including calculations of percentages, scaling recipes & yields, and unit of measurement conversions
• Prefer individuals with Point-of-Sale software experience and knowledge of SQL and Relational Databases

Please consider me for the culinary specialist opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In my previous role, I was responsible for research specific to product information (ingredients, nutritional data, product specifications, etc.) by working with UNFI inventory planning and supplier relationship teams, suppliers and brokers.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Provide month-end AvsT support to brand finance teams and restaurants
• Process receipt and inventory adjustments
• Research and resolve restaurant invoice questions
• Act as back-up for Purchasing Operations Specialist
• Strong systems knowledge, including databases and web
• Previous Healthcare/GPO sales experience preferred
• Proactive, problem-solver, effective communicator and decision influencer with multiple organizational levels of internal clients
• Understands, articulates, and sells the value of our Brand

I would like to submit my application for the culinary specialist opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In my previous role, I was responsible for market feedback to the New Product Development process and assist in the testing of new products against design specifications.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Identifies cross merchandising opportunities
• Experience using CRM Tool preferred
• Provide product expertise and sales support for all aspects of the category
• Demonstrate drive and determination to accomplish goals / KPIs across category (including sales case growth, category penetration, EB penetration, and Seller feedback)
• Support category growth by informing assortment decisions through acquiring and providing Market intelligence and customer feedback on product offerings, pricing, trends and innovations in the market
• Work with Sellers to refine product offering, order guides and potential pricing for new accounts
• Attend train the trainer sessions as needed (e.g., Scoop centralized training)
• Coach sellers during one-on-one opportunities in the field

I would like to submit my application for the culinary specialist opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for support for new product development and transform the on-market product development documentation in alignment with the latest regulatory requirements.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Working with recipes in a commercial/corporate environment such as a hotel, conference center, or university kitchen
• Using an enterprise-level food management system, following established business rules to input data, perform analysis, and/or support processes such as purchasing, production, and inventory
• Basic Computer skills – Microsoft Office products
• Excellent communications skills (written and verbal) and influencing skills
• Previous recipe development and testing
• Kitchen experience, from restaurant, catering business or test kitchen
• Previous experience building meal plans
• Proficiency with ESHA or similar USDA-based nutrition program