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Menu Planning Analyst (6-Month Temporary Contract)

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in category management, menu planning, business operations, project management, consulting, or similar analytical roles.
  • Strong analytical mindset and ability to use data to support decision-making.
  • Excellent project management and organizational skills, with strong attention to detail.
  • Proficient in Google Sheets/Excel; familiarity with planning and project management tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Execute weekly menu planning across multiple markets, ensuring menus meet assortment, variety, operational, and business requirements.
  • Analyze menu performance metrics including conversion, ratings, repeat rate, adoption, and sales trends to inform planning decisions.
  • Identify assortment gaps and recommend actions to improve menu quality, customer satisfaction, and overall menu performance.
  • Coordinate with Culinary, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, and Data teams to ensure menu readiness and successful launches.

Key facts

Other skills

  • Analytical Skills
  • Google Sheets
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Communication
  • Organizational Skills
  • Time Management
  • Detail Oriented

About the company

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CookUnity

Food Delivery & Ghost Kitchens

CookUnity is the first Chef-Direct Subscription service—a chef-to-food lover marketplace connecting the country's most talented chefs with eaters (consumers). We’re changing meal delivery by bringing small-batch, restaurant-quality meals to eaters across the country. Every week, a diverse collective of all-star chefs craft their signature, ready-to-eat dishes for an elevated at-home dining experience.

Company details

Company typeScaleup
IndustryFood Delivery & Ghost Kitchens
Company size501 - 1000

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Job description

About CookUnity:

Food has lost its soul to modern convenience. And with it, it has lost the power to nourish, inspire, and connect us. So in 2018, CookUnity was founded as the first-of-its-kind platform that connects the world with the source of truly great food: chefs. Today, CookUnity delivers 50 million meals a year from the industry’s best chefs to homes all over the country. Fresh. Ready-to-eat. And crafted with the passion that nourishes body and soul.

Unwilling to stop there, CookUnity is expanding beyond delivery to become an ever-innovating marketplace focused on our singular mission: empower Chefs to nourish the world.

If that mission has you hungry in more ways than one, you’ve found the right job posting.

About the Team

Our team at CookUnity is a diverse and passionate group of professionals dedicated to reshaping the culinary industry. We're united by our love for food, innovation, and the mission to make high-quality, chef-crafted meals accessible to everyone.

As part of our Menu & Revenue Optimization team, you'll join a lean, resourceful, and highly collaborative group that values autonomy, growth, and excellence. Our mission is to seamlessly connect chefs' creations with customer needs through strategic menu decisions that enhance customer satisfaction, engagement, and business performance.

We are committed to generating significant impact on key company metrics such as retention, order rate, customer satisfaction, and margins.


The Role

We are seeking a temporary full-time Menu Planning Specialist to support the execution and optimization of CookUnity’s weekly menu planning process.

In this role, you will be responsible for building and managing weekly menus across multiple markets, balancing customer demand, culinary variety, operational constraints, and business objectives. You will work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure menus are strategically curated, operationally feasible, and aligned with company goals.

You will play a key role in maintaining menu quality by analyzing product performance, identifying assortment gaps, coordinating with internal teams, and ensuring menus meet planning guidelines and launch deadlines.

This position is ideal for someone who enjoys working with data, solving complex planning challenges, and operating in a fast-paced environment where attention to detail and strong organizational skills are essential.


Responsibilities

  • Execute weekly menu planning across multiple markets, ensuring menus meet assortment, variety, operational, and business requirements.
  • Analyze menu performance metrics including conversion, ratings, repeat rate, adoption, and sales trends to inform planning decisions.
  • Identify assortment gaps and recommend actions to improve menu quality, customer satisfaction, and overall menu performance.
  • Balance menu variety and product mix to maximize customer choice while minimizing cannibalization across categories and meal occasions.
  • Ensure compliance with planning guidelines, category targets, chef allocations, and operational constraints.
  • Coordinate with Culinary, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, and Data teams to ensure menu readiness and successful launches.
  • Monitor planning timelines and proactively identify and resolve risks that could impact menu execution.
  • Support assortment optimization initiatives through performance analysis and data-driven recommendations.
  • Assist in post-launch analysis to evaluate menu performance and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
  • Contribute to the development and refinement of menu planning tools, processes, and best practices.
  • Thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving, and constantly evolving high-growth environment.

Minimum Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in category management, menu planning, business operations, project management, consulting, or similar analytical roles.
  • Strong analytical mindset and ability to use data to support decision-making.
  • Excellent project management and organizational skills, with strong attention to detail.
  • Proficient in Google Sheets/Excel; familiarity with planning and project management tools is a plus.
  • Comfortable handling multiple priorities while meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Ability to work cross-functionally and coordinate initiatives across multiple teams.
  • Since our HQ is located in NYC, an excellent level of English is required.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in food tech, e-commerce, marketplaces, subscription businesses, or consumer products.
  • Familiarity with SQL, BI tools, or data visualization platforms.
  • Experience working with assortment optimization, forecasting, or demand planning.
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, Operations, or related fields.

Learn More About CookUnity

We believe great leadership starts with alignment on vision, values, and ways of working. To give you deeper insight into who we are and what we’re looking for, we invite you to explore: CookUnity's Leadership Principles – The values and behaviors that guide how we operate, collaborate, and scale.

We hope this provides valuable insight into our culture and product vision. If this excites you, we’d love to connect!


Benefits

💸 Get paid in USD

🤖 AI-forward workplace: enterprise access to ChatGPT and Claude to help you work smarter and grow faster.

🗺 Work remotely: design the life that you want

 

If you’re interested in this role, please submit your application, and if we think you might be a fit, we'll get in touch with you. Thank you for your time!

 

CookUnity is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to creating a community of inclusion and an environment free from discrimination or harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or physical or mental disability.

A quick note for all candidates
We’ve recently seen an increase in recruitment scams across the industry, and we want to make sure you (and your data) stay safe while applying to CookUnity. We also want you to know that we take this seriously — sometimes, as part of our process, we may ask for a brief “proof of humanity” to confirm that we’re connecting with a real person, not an impersonator. Here are a few tips to help you protect yourself and know what to expect from us:

  • Apply only through our official channels. All open roles are listed on our official careers page: careers.cookunity.com
  • Our recruiters are real people — and easy to verify. You can always find them on LinkedIn with verified profiles. If you’re unsure, feel free to reach out to us on our official LinkedIn Company Page.
  • We only communicate through official CookUnity channels. That means emails ending in @cookunity.com and interviews held through official company platforms (Google Meet or Zoom) — never WhatsApp, Telegram, or SMS.
  • We’ll never ask for payment or personal financial details. If anyone does, please don’t share any information and let us know right away.

If something ever feels off or you’re unsure about a message, we’d much rather you double-check with us. You can always contact us directly through any of our social media channels. We appreciate your interest in joining CookUnity — and we care about keeping your experience (and safety) as genuine as possible.

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