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Food Innovation Manager

Date:  2 Apr 2026
Location: 

Montrouge, FR

Company:  QSRP France

About the company

 

Join QSRP: where the good growth happens
 

QSRP is part of QSRP (Quick Service Restaurant Platform), a company dedicated to delivering mouthwatering food experiences to our 100 million customers annually through our 1,200+ restaurants and 7,000 employees throughout 9 key countries. Our product offering proudly represents a culturally diverse selection of Burgers through our US-style Burger King and Belgian-rooted Quick restaurants, French style O'Tacos, Vibrant burger brand G La Dalle, Dunkin: the world leader in coffee and donuts, Chopstix: one of the most recognized Asian QSR brands in the UK,.

So, are you ready to dive into a career that's as exciting as our menu? Click that "Apply Now" button faster than a fryer heats up!

About the position

Mission:

The Food Innovation Manager will drive the evolution of all QSRP brands by spotting food trends, identifying new opportunities, and turning them into innovative, operationally ready concepts.

This is a hands-on role for someone with a strong food operations and product development background, experienced in production processes, equipment, and operational standards. You will design, develop, and improve Food & Beverage products and concepts, ensuring efficiency, scalability, and faster time to market — while building and sharing technical know-how across the network.

If you love transforming trends into tangible, high-quality food experiences and thrive in multi-brand, fast-moving environments, this is your chance to make an impact!

 

Responsibilities 

Trend & Concept Development

  • Identify global food trends and market opportunities.
  • Translate trends into innovative, operationally viable concepts for all QSRP brands.
  • Ensure concepts align with brand guidelines and customer expectations.

Product & Process Innovation

  • Lead end-to-end development of new Food & Beverage products and concepts.
  • Define production processes, operational standards, and necessary equipment.
  • Collaborate with brands’ teams to ensure time-to-market objectives are met.

Supply Chain & Quality Coordination

  • Work closely with Supply Chain and Quality teams to guarantee compliance with operational standards and brand quality requirements.
  • Support process efficiency and cost optimization in product development.

Training & Rollout Support

  • Support training programs at HQ and store levels to implement new products and concepts.
  • Ensure smooth rollout of innovations across all brand locations.

Product Margin & Performance

  • Contribute to improving product margins through process, recipe, and equipment optimization.
  • Collaborate with Marketing, Purchasing, and Channel teams to align innovation with profitability targets.

Knowledge Sharing & Standardization

  • Build and maintain a food innovation knowledge base for QSRP.
    Promote the sharing of technical Food & Beverage expertise across brands and locations.

New Openings & Takeovers

  • Validate layouts, equipment, and operational setups during new store openings or takeovers to ensure alignment with brand standards.

What do you bring

  • Solid experience (up to 10 years) in Food Innovation & Concept Development, able to spot trends and turn them into operationally viable products across multiple QSRP brands
  • Solid understanding of Food Quality & Safety, ensuring all products meet regulatory and brand standards.
  • Proven skills in Project Management, leading end-to-end development projects and coordinating cross-functional teams.
  • Deep knowledge of the QSR / Multi-Brand Food Industry and structured, multi-site food operations.
  • Ability to optimize products and processes, improving efficiency, reducing costs, and accelerating time to market.
  • Experience in Supplier & Equipment Management, defining production needs and ensuring smooth rollout.
  • Strong sense of Economics & Margin Awareness, contributing to product profitability and business results.
  • Hands-on R&D / Technical Expertise in recipe development, production processes, and operational standardization.
  • Fluency in English (B2) and French (B2)
  • Availability to travel twice per month to UK (where Innovation Kitchen is based) and ocassionally to other QSRP entities (Belgium, Italy)
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As an individual you are

  • A clear and persuasive communicator, able to adapt your message to different stakeholders (Marketing, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality) and across countries.
  • A collaborative influencer who builds trust and drives alignment without direct authority.
  • A strategic and creative thinker, capable of turning market insights into feasible and impactful innovation initiatives.
  • Adaptable and resilient, comfortable navigating diverse cultural contexts and operational constraints.
  • Results-driven, focused on ensuring ideas are effectively implemented and deliver measurable business impact.

Why join us on your journey?

 

  • Contribute to our mission of becoming the market leader in QSR sector
  • Plenty of career growth opportunities across all our international head quarters
  • Become part of a company where learning and development is in the heart of the culture
  • Loads of fun initiatives with your colleagues, many of them focused on giving back to the community
  • We believe in a flexible and hybrid work model, but we also offer a modern and cool office environment for you to thrive in
  • Enivironmental sustainability is in the center of the way we operate
  • We care about diversity, equity and inclusion and make everyone feel equally welcomed

 

You also get these benefits:

  • Meal vouchers
  • Company Restaurants Discounts
  • Corporate Benefits
  • Yearly bonus based on your performance

 

Does this sound exciting? If yes, apply now! Even if you do not meet all the requirements, yet have the right attitude and potential, reach out and let’s talk.

Intrigued, but want to read more about us first?

 

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All applicants will receive consideration for the job with no regards to race, color, religion, gender, sex (pregnancy included) and sexual identity and orientation, age, nationality, citizenship, physical or mental disability, military status, family or marital status, medical condition, or any other basis protected by national or local laws and regulations.

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