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) * * * * * * ## *More About Us* ### **Perks and Benefits** - Candidates can experience Home Chef as a customer - enter promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off your first order! - Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance available - Paid holidays, sick time and vacation time - 401k program - Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses ### **How We Work Together** **We are humble team players.** We are warm and gracious with team members and customers. We seek feedback to improve ourselves - and respectfully listen to and accept input. **We are pragmatic next-level thinkers.** We come up with novel and unique ideas. We explore new strategies to avoid being constrained by conventional thinking. **We take ownership.** We approach ambiguous problems, prepared to dive in, get curious, and learn more. We are results-driven, always challenging ourselves to exceed goals. ### **Be at Home at Home Chef** We all show up authentically at Home Chef. Our team includes individuals with a variety of identities,…