Job Description

As the Head of FIT for KFC Thailand, you will be at the forefront of KFC's food innovation journey in the market. Your leadership and strategic vision will shape the brand's product pipeline, ensuring we meet our business goals and deliver an exceptional food experience to our consumers. This role offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional teams and franchise partners, driving bottom-line efficiency and top-line growth.

• Lead internal team members, cross-functional team members and franchisee leaders to identify consumer and business food insights.
• Participate in the brand annual strategic planning sessions to develop product innovation strategies to deliver short, medium, and long-term business and brand goals.
• Translate the annual product innovation strategies into executions, including new growth layers, brand in-culture cult menu innovations (Limited Time Offer and Recurring Menus)

• Lead and guide FIT team on project management, ensuring menus are ready for launch in retail calendars and delivering target menu pipelines. Efficiently manage expense and G&A budget

• Lead and guide FIT team to explore and apply food technology, process and packaging to ensure KFC product performances are the leader in the fried chicken market in terms of costs, quality, nutrition, internal and external compliances.

• Develop and nurture people talents with the growth mindset, business acumen and diversity and inclusion

• Build and maintain network relationship at regional and global levels to align and deploy delivery of global brand standards, technology and menu ideation to KFC Thailand.

To be successful in the role you need to have:

Leadership Competencies

• Strong leadership with the balance of driving results and people focus

• Experience in creating/managing strategic-level business project/portfolio

• Demonstrates an understanding of consumer insight, menu vision and strategy and lead whole process to build strong pipeline.

• Creative and passionate about food experience

• Leadership and growth mindset to work and collaborate with internal and external parties and develop the FIT team to adapt the same principles.

• Work well under pressure and demonstrate an ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects at the same time.

Technical Competencies

• Masters or Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science & Technology or related field

• 10+ years’ experience in food technology/innovation and international technical management level (experience in the poultry industry is preferable)

• Experience in QSR, food business is preferred

Reporting to the CMO - Thailand, this person will work closely with:

• Thailand and South Asia Leadership Teams
• Cross-functional teams in Marketing (Calendar, Consumer Insights, Brand Communication), Operations, Supply Chain and Finance
• Franchise partners (QSA, CRG and RD), especially their respective COOs and Marketing Directors
• Appointed vendors/suppliers to support our innovation ideation and maintain ingredient quality as the brand standard guideline

KFC Asia is an equal opportunity employer with an inclusive culture that let’s your Originality shine and provides a flexible working environment, great benefits and colleagues to support you along the way.