Description
We're looking for a creative and process-driven Head of Menu Innovation to lead the development team. You will create a market-leading range of Pret favourites and rotating seasonal innovations, to win market share and drive transaction growth.
Key Responsibilities:
- Team Leadership: Lead the development team through a customer-focused innovation development process, creating delicious and commercially viable recipes.
- Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with other key business areas such as Technical, Commercial, Marketing, ESG, Launch and Operations.
- Innovation: Identify emerging trends and new ideas, evolving them to become viable Pret products.
- Process Management: Own the end-to-end menu delivery process from concept approval through to successful launch.
- Menu Development: Lead the planning and delivery of all seasonal and promotional menu launches.
Experience and Skills:
- Project Management: Essential experience managing multiple critical pathways, multiple stakeholders and using multiple data sources.
- Sector Experience: Understanding of marketing communications within QSR, fast-casual dining, FMCG or high-street retail.
- A True Innovator: Fluent in market trends and have a good understanding of the competitive market.
- Systems Management: Confident with managing data across multiple systems.
- Commercial Acumen: Able to innovate with a commercial mindset, presenting viable products that will drive sales growth.
- Resilient and Agile: Ability to react at pace and take feedback constructively and positively.
Life at Pret:
- Individual ways to grow: Fully funded professional qualifications, leadership development and informal and formal mentoring.
- Diversity & belonging: Everyone's welcome at Pret – you'll be valued for who you are and supported to feel confident in yourself and your skills.
- Pace & variety: Build a diverse skillset, meet some new people and learn.
- Community & purpose: Work together to create positive change through the Pret Foundation.
The Perks:
- A Gold Card: Food and drinks on us when you're in the office, 5 free drinks a day and 50% off everything else.
- 33-38 days of annual leave.
- Free private medical aid cover.
- 4-5% pension contribution.
- Life assurance at 3x your annual salary.
- Loyalty awards to celebrate every 5 years you're with us.