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Kraft Heinz

Makes packaged foods for homes and restaurants

R&D Innovation Chef

Process EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMexico City, CDMX, MexicoNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Culinary training from a recognized gastronomy or hospitality institution.
  • At least 5 years of experience in professional foodservice, hospitality, or commercial kitchens.
  • At least 5 years of experience in corporate R&D or food innovation environments.
  • Proven experience leading culinary innovation projects from concept through commercialization.
  • Strong knowledge of sensory science, recipe development, culinary prototyping, and product optimization.
  • Experience working with cross-functional teams, including Product Development, Marketing, Consumer Insights, and Manufacturing.
  • Ability to turn complex consumer insights into clear, actionable culinary recommendations.
  • Advanced written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

  • Rapidly develop recipes, prototypes, and culinary concepts through iterative experimentation to achieve consumer-preferred taste, texture, aroma, and appearance.
  • Lead prototype development from concept through validation, using sensory evaluations, consumer insights, and business needs to support recommendations.
  • Apply culinary expertise to balance consumer desirability, technical feasibility, and commercial viability.
  • Establish, validate, and maintain culinary standards, sensory benchmarks, and recipe targets for strategic categories.
  • Develop and maintain recipe documentation, culinary playbooks, and best practices to ensure consistency across Business Units.
  • Serve as the culinary subject matter expert for assigned categories.
  • Collaborate with Product Development, Process Engineering, Packaging, Quality, and Manufacturing to turn culinary intent into robust, manufacturable products.
  • Support plant trials, scale-up activities, and commercial launches, maintaining culinary quality throughout development.
  • Identify technical challenges early and collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop practical solutions.
  • Analyze consumer feedback, sensory data, product performance, and post-launch learnings to identify continuous-improvement opportunities.
  • Investigate root causes affecting product performance and recommend culinary solutions that improve the consumer experience.
  • Translate Voice of Consumer research, consumer research, food culture, market trends, and emerging flavor trends into concrete innovation opportunities.
  • Identify benchmark foods, consumption occasions, flavor territories, and culinary platforms that can inspire future innovation.
  • Develop consumer-relevant concepts that strengthen the innovation pipeline and category growth.
  • Connect insights from local markets with global culinary strategy to maximize business impact.
  • Communicate culinary stories and innovation recommendations clearly and persuasively to senior stakeholders, connecting consumer needs with commercial opportunities.
  • Represent Kraft Heinz as a culinary ambassador in collaboration with internal teams, customers, and external strategic partners.
  • Mentor and develop junior chefs, helping strengthen Kraft Heinz's global culinary network.

About the Company

Kraft Heinz

Makes packaged foods for homes and restaurants

Kraft Heinz makes packaged foods and drinks for households, restaurants and other foodservice operators around the world. Its portfolio includes Heinz ketchup and spans sauces, cheese, ready meals, coffee and refrigerated foods. The company develops recipes, manufactures products in its factories and works with outside producers to supply different markets. It earns revenue by selling through grocery chains, wholesalers, online retailers and distributors that serve commercial kitchens. With operating roots in Heinz's 1869 business and its combined group formed by a 2015 merger, it is co-headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Chicago, Illinois.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Pittsburgh, PA
Founded
1869

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