Menu Strategy Analyst

The Menu Strategy Analyst will assist with planning the Home Chef Ecommerce menus. This requires involvement in the meal R&D process/planning, supporting the menu development, execution process, and maintenance of menu planning tools and KPI tracking.

Detailed Responsibilities

Menu Planning

• Support the balancing and publishing process with tactical inputs in Home Chef systems (e.g. Admin) for Core, Family, and Extras menus
• Perform ad-hoc analysis requests to identify and implement actionable takeaways for future menus 
• Collect cross-functional menu requests and ensure execution including but not limited to aging inventory depletions, partnership requests, etc. 
• Work collaboratively with both menu team and cross functional partners on strategic recommendations for solving menu issues (e.g. over/under food cost, cross functional meeting representative)

Menu Performance Tracking

• Execute weekly and monthly KPI tracking and analysis of menus - including financial (revenue, food, and margin) metrics and other quantitative (rating) or qualitative (reviews) metrics; this can also include helping track acquisition or marketing promotions
• Track competitor product offerings and promotions
• Support development and maintenance of R&D and various Menu Strategy team tools within Google Workspace

R&D Process Planning

• Lead the meal selection process including preparing the data, leading the meeting, and allocating meals to menus
• Support weekly recipe ideation process identifying redundancies in concepts and aggregating feedback for discussion
• Taste and provide feedback on new meals
• Lead sampling for Extras program - preparing items, tracking results, and communicating next steps with cross-functional partners

General Menu Maintenance

• Review weekly menus to ensure all products (e.g. meal kits, extras) are merchandised / assigned accurately and meet production guardrails 
• Execute any ad-hoc menu changes and communicate changes to cross-functional partners
• Review bank of successful recipes for future menu uses including reviewing ongoing weekly meal performance for bank consideration

Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• Completion of a four-year degree program in a related field 
• 2+ years of experience in a rigorous fast-paced work environment
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects and initiatives simultaneously with a results-oriented approach
• Strong Excel/Google sheets experience 
• Independent self-starter inclined towards finding solutions without significant oversight
• Passion for food and must be able to taste and provide thorough feedback on every meal and ingredient sample test in the kitchen (includes vegetarian, pork, chicken, steak, and seafood)

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