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Global Menu & Culinary Manager

Pasadena, CA💼 Full-time💰 $100,000–$115,000🗓 2026-06-24 → 2026-07-31

Core

Lead execution of International and Dual Brands menu strategy, driving food and beverage innovation, cost optimization, and operational standardization across Applebee's and IHOP.

Role type

Senior IC Global Menu & Culinary Manager

Builds

International and Dual Brands food and beverage programs, new product rollouts, and standardized operational procedures.

Domain

Full-service restaurant industry (Applebee's, IHOP, Fuzzy's)

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Menu strategy execution, new product development, cost optimization, vendor management, recipe standardization, operational validation, inventory management, cross-functional collaboration

Preferred skills

Marketing partnership, contract negotiation, international travel

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Lead menu strategy execution aligned with brand and financial goals; Manage food and beverage development projects with marketing and operations; Analyze menu performance to improve sales and profitability; Assess competition and trends to create menu ideas; Evaluate core and regional menu items for balance; Manage international vendor relationships and pricing; Standardize domestic SOPs for international markets; Maintain recipe pipeline and specifications; Support domestic product testing and rollout; Perform operational validations like yields and portioning; Ensure recipe accuracy and training aids; Partner on test kitchen operations; Manage inventory and ordering; Support executive events and showcases; Assist with test kitchen production.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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