Foodservice Commercial Culinary Activation Lead

In this role you will align AFH culinary and commercial agendas globally, establishing consistent KPI-based tracking and deploying chef-led practices across markets. You will build toolkits to enable cross-functional execution and shape how culinary teams contribute to the innovation agenda. You’ll drive global partnerships, support brand activations, and represent Kraft Heinz at external events. This is a strategic, impact-focused position that combines stakeholder influence with hands-on capability development.

• competitive salary
• excellent bonus structure
• reimbursement travel expenses
• room for new ideas
• ambitious employer
• fast career track

• Align strategic agenda between AFH culinary and commercial teams globally
• Deploy best-in-class routines between commercial and culinary teams and implement globally
• Define and track KPIs to measure culinary team results (KH culinary teams)
• Develop and deploy global methodologies and toolkits to enable execution
• Articulate the value of culinary teams to support the innovation agenda
• Create a plan to drive capabilities and a methodology to track success
• Build career plans and identify progression opportunities for global culinary teams
• Define the role of culinary teams in brand activations (e.g., Heinz Selection)
• Support strategy to unlock global partnerships across key AFH customers
• Represent Kraft Heinz at external conferences and industry events

• Strong sales experience across multiple channels
• Experience creating mutually beneficial joint value plans for commercial partners
• Effective communication skills to influence stakeholders
• Ability to standardize ways of working across large multi-functional global teams
• Strong understanding of financials, budgets and P&L
• Ability to identify and track KPIs
• Preferable experience with culinary teams/chefs

• communication
• influence
• cross-functional collaboration
• KPI development and tracking
• P&L understanding
• budget management