Culinary Product Developer, Bakery, Holiday and Catering, Culinary Development

Description
Reporting to the Manger of Bakery Development, the Bakery & Holiday Product Developer leads end-to-end product development for Whole Foods Market's Bakery categories—Hearth Bread, Bakery Tables, Cakes, Cookies & Pies—as well as Holiday and Catering programs for Fresh Food. This role drives product innovation from ideation through store-level launch, executing category strategies in alignment with Enterprise development priorities while upholding the highest standards of quality, food safety, cost, and labor efficiency.

Key job responsibilities
Bakery Product Development & Innovation
• Serve as R&D lead on cross-functional teams, owning product development within defined scope for select Bakery categories and Holiday/Catering programs.
• Drive full product lifecycle—from trend research and concept ideation through benchtop development, supplier trials, and companywide commercialization.
• Develop and design new and improved products in strict complian...