Strategy Associate

Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online at homechef.com and in retail at more than 2,100 Kroger grocery stores, Home Chef is committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple, delicious meals, no matter how busy they are.

In 2023, Home Chef introduced a new brand, Tempo! Tempo features a rotating selection of ready-to-heat meals delivered directly to your door. These meals are better-for-you versions of familiar favorites, designed to save you time and reduce stress while maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Our Tempo menu includes options that are protein-packed, fiber-rich, calorie and carb conscious, keto-friendly, and dietitian-approved.

Similar to our recipes, we recognize that variety is the spice of life, and therefore, our employees also bring their uniqueness and color to our fantastic team. We’re eager to work with humble team players and pragmatic next-level thinkers to innovate on Home Chef’s offerings.

Executes the day to day responsibilities involved in developing meals and menus, evaluating meal and menu performance, and performing ad hoc analyses to support overall menu strategy.

Detailed Responsibilities

Support the development of new menus

• Aid in menu setting by managing meal banks
• Execute on detail oriented work by inputting meal information into internal systems
• Organize documentation for R&D inputs (including cost and nutritional limitations)
• Review menus to ensure information is accurate before it is visible to customers; collaborate with cross-functional teams to update information as necessary
• Cross-functional project management

Conduct analyses to support menu strategy

• Assist in reviewing KPIs for meals and menus, including analyzing results and distilling into actionable insights
• Conduct ad hoc analyses to support long term menu goals and influence strategy
• Build tools and dashboards to support menu processes

Collaborate to develop “Extras” menu

• Execute on detail oriented work by inputting Extras information into internal system, ensuring information is accurate for the menu
• Effectively communicate menu details to cross-functional teams

Support the development of new meals

• Support weekly sampling of new meals in development, providing chefs with actionable feedback to improve meal quality
• Review new meal information to ensure alignment with cost and nutritional guardrails

Support the weekly meal review and changes process

• Review customer ratings and comments for weekly assigned meals
• Assist in facilitating conversation regarding suggested changes for future meal runs
• Effectively communicate details regarding meal and menu changes to cross-functional teams

This position may require up to 10% travel. 

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 program such as a Bachelor’s degree is desired
• 1-2 years of previous work experience
• Strong attention to detail
• Problem solver able to identify issues quickly and bring recommended solutions backed by logic for discussion
• Critical thinker with experience in analyzing data
• Strong communicator with ability to provide clear and concise feedback
• Proficiency with Google Suite or Microsoft Office
• Must be able to taste and provide thorough feedback on every meal and ingredient sampled in the kitchen, including vegetarian, pork, chicken, steak, and seafood meals, as well as meals with dairy and added sugar

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, backgrounds, and perspectives. You can trust that you’ll be able to bring your whole self to an inclusive and enjoyable workplace.

We welcome people of all races, colors, religions, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disabilities, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged/sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.

Home Chef is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Home Chef will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our People team at hr@homechef.com.

Home Chef offers the base salary range as posted below, with the exact offer depending on factors such as geographic location, experience, skills, and internal equity. While compensation is within the provided range, it is not typical for offers to be made at the upper end. In addition to base salary, Home Chef provides a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare coverage, 401k match, and paid time off.

Illinois Pay Range$65,000—$75,000 USD

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