Sr. Manager, Corporate Executive Chef Development and Sustainability

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The Royal Caribbean Group’s Celebrity Cruises brand has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Sr. Manager, Corporate Executive Chef Development and Sustainability the Hotel Operations Team reporting to the Director, Culinary Development.

This position will work on-site in Miami, Florida

Position Summary:

The Sr. Manager, Corporate Executive Chef development and Sustainability, plays a critical role in accelerating culinary innovation at Celebrity Cruises around the globe. This leader will be accountable for all front-end Culinary Design and Menu Innovation, developing a culinary point-of-view for the brand while leveraging trends, consumer insights and supplier partnerships. The Sr. Manager, Corporate Executive Chef development and Sustainability, will work cross-functionally and collaboratively with Menu product development team, New Build, Consumer Insights Experts, Supply Chain and others to bring traffic-driving innovation from idea to culinary “Celebrity standard” for hand-off to the fleet. This position will also be the product owner for the GROW program (Guaranteed Reduction of Waste) Celebrity signature waste and sustainability program.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leads ideation, culinary design, and “Celebrity Culinary standard” development to deliver the best food at sea
• Coaches a team of Chefs to around the fleet, by collaborating closely with a team of L&D leaders around the Fleet, to understand the unique needs of their ship and deliver an innovation pipeline with culinary expertise
• Develops an ecosystem of internal and external Subject Matter Experts to bring creative stimulus to the innovation process
• Pioneers new agile design and innovation processes and methodologies to speed up the pace and success of innovation, including evolution of a rapid testing model to gain early learning on innovation viability. Considers Galley operations, team member capability and equipment capability throughout the innovation design process to enable Galley-level execution excellence
• Creates a broader team environment that encourages open communication and sharing of ideas
• Responsible for all galley design for existing ships as well as new builds
• Oversight and maintenance of all fleet recipes and culinary SOP
• Responsible for oversight of 3 traveling chef direct reports, project list and scheduling  
• Oversight of test kitchen and consultants therein   
• Fleet Executive Chef scheduling
• Responsible for all culinary photography, media, and video
• Responsible for USPH scores  
• Creating new Phases of the GROW program, to improve waste or reducing energy consumption
• Managing the budget for sustainability initiatives
• Researching sustainability and environmental issues and best practices
• Ensuring compliance with regulations related to sustainability
• Monitoring GROW initiatives for effectiveness
• Identifying and creating educational opportunities crew food waste program  
• Is responsible for all culinary capital, shipboard equipment and budgets related thereto  
• Attends designated food and equipment shows as approved by AVP of Food and Beverage  
• Leads culinary taskforce assignments as needed  
• Leads and manages the Global Culinary Demonstrations and Activations in Designated Marketing events. Traveling as requested by VP, FB operations  
• Is the point of contact for new equipment innovation  
• Is responsible for any fleet galley design related equipment 

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Culinary Arts or related education
• 10 years of culinary management experience preferably in a high volume, 4 or 5 star resort, cruise line, hotel and restaurant
• 2 years multi-unit experience culinary management experience
• Ability and willingness to travel as needed, appx 10-15% of the time
• Must be highly motivated, accomplishing tasks quickly and accurately
• Ability to write reports which are clear and concise, outlining solutions and recommendation of actions
• Must have excellent business acumen, and excellent organization skills
• Must possess excellent interpersonal skills to communicate with all levels of employees
• Analytical thinking skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certification is preferable but not necessary

We know there's a lot to consider. As you go through the application process, our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance, and more relevant details to answer any additional questions. Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group. We'll hope to see you onboard soon!

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