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PRODUCT MANAGER

We are looking for a DYNAMIC, HIGH-ENERGY, ACTION-ORIENTED INDIVIDUAL to join our team as Product Manager.

Responsibilities will include:

• Responsible for defining product roadmap, timeline, prioritizing, planning, and driving the execution of the vision for the products.

• Conduct surveys to gain insight on performance, product and market opportunities.
• Work with sales, engineering and senior level management to create, design, market and deploy new products focused both at OEM and Retail channel.
• Travel and cross-train with sales leaders on customer visits to assist in the selling cycle.
• Possess business as well as engineering skills in order to strategize, drive and bring the product to market.

• Must work extensively with customers while working cross functionally with Product Marketing, Engineering, Sales, and Partners in order to successfully prioritize features and develop the products that our customers need.
• Translate business priorities into actionable and clearly communicated product requirements.
• Work closely with sales and customers to identify broad industry and product trends.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 5 years product management experience, ideally having managed a complete product including features, pricing, licensing, and platform responsibilities.
• B.S. in Computer Science or related technical degree preferred, Masters or MBA desirable.
• Excellent listening, oral and written communication/presentation skills with strong ability to influence people at all levels and in various functions.
• Must be able to demonstrate both a passion for technology and a strong aptitude for business strategy.
• Develop a clear product roadmap that outlines the company’s path in identified markets.
• Write clear Product Requirement Documents (PRDs) backed by input from market research, customers and sales.
• Strong technology background with experience in M2M interfaces
• High degree of flexibility and willingness to do whatever is takes to get the job done.
• Ability to effectively interact with the sales force, customers, and the engineering team.

• Experience with a SaaS product line and network deployments

·         Background in defining the Human Engineering and Graphical User Interface for a product

Kitchen Brains offers competitive compensation, health benefits, supplemental benefit plans, 401k, and tuition reimbursement.  Qualified candidates are requested to email their resume, including salary requirement, to pbalkonis@kitchenbrains.com or send to private fax 203-377-5515.

Kitchen Brains is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.

Senior Embedded Systems Engineer

Reports To: Director of Engineering

Position Summary: 

Embedded controls developer and architect with 10 plus years of experience.  Experience designing and architecting user interfaces for graphic touchscreen products is required.  Experience with embedded Java, embedded Linux, .NET and Windows CE is required. The successful candidate will also be an effective mentor for younger, less experienced team members. 

Position Responsibilities: 

• Design, program and test enhancements and new features for the product line.
• Lead in architecture and design efforts affecting the current and future technical direction of the product line.
• Lead in the development of product functional specifications from time to time.
• Mentor and train other less-experienced engineers. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Ability Requirements:

• Strong object-oriented software design abilities are essential to this position.
• Must have the ability to work independently and to communicate ideas and concepts to upper management.
• Will be expected to contribute to the improvement and extension of the application architecture.
• Demonstrable software architecture and design experience.
• Embedded Java, Android, .NET, along with Embedded Linux or WinCE
• Strong background in embedded application development for robust industrial graphical touchscreen devices.
• GUI design and implementation a must.
• TCP/IP or Wifi experience preferred. 
• Audio/Video experience is a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required. 

Qualified candidates:  Please send resume including salary requirement to pbalkonis@kitchenbrains.com, or send to private fax 203-377-5515.

No open positions at this time.

Human Resources Manager

We are looking for a DYNAMIC, HIGH-ENERGY, HANDS-ON GENERALIST to join our team as MANAGER OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

Guiding and managing the overall provision of HR services, policies, and programs for the entire company, the successful candidate’s primary responsibilities will include:

•    Recruiting and staffing;
•    Performance management and improvement systems;
•    Employment and compliance to regulatory concerns;
•    Employee orientation, development, and training;
•    Policy development, implementation and documentation;
•    Employee relations;
•    Assists and advises company managers about HR issues;
•    Regular company-wide employee communication;
•    Compensation and benefits administration;
•    Employee safety, welfare, wellness and health;
•    Designing and implementing an HRIS system; and
•    Development of an employee-oriented company culture that emphasizes empowerment, quality, continuous improvement, and high performance.

Knowledge and skills requirements:

•    Bachelor’s degree and 5-10 years HR Generalist experience;
•    HR experience in both manufacturing and software development environments;
•    SPHR or PHR certification;
•    Hands-on experience in 401k, and health and other benefits administration;
•    Excellent written and oral presentation skills;
•    Skilled at maintaining the proper balance between being an employee advocate and affecting the bottom line;
•    Demonstrates sound judgment and decision-making;
•    Exhibits a positive and helpful approach to leadership, coaching, and problem-solving;
•    International HR experience a plus.

Kitchen Brains offers competitive compensation, health benefits, supplemental benefit plans, 401k, and tuition reimbursement.  Qualified candidates are requested to email their resume, including salary requirement, to pbalkonis@kitchenbrains.com or send to private fax 203-380-3518.

Kitchen Brains is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.

No open positions at this time.

No open positions at this time.

NORTHEAST OEM ACCOUNT MANAGER

Reports To:  Vice President of Sales

Position Summary:  This position is responsible for account planning, opportunity planning, and growing revenue in the assigned territory.  This position requires strong relationship management, sales support, and account management skills. Identifying opportunities, maintaining a pipeline of activity, and successfully closing business in order to profitably grow top line revenue are key.

Position Responsibilities: This is the key interface to the customer and is responsible for interfacing to all internal organizations including support, services, and product management.  Responsibilities include:

• Meeting aggressive monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue objectives
• Managing specific projects and product applications at assigned accounts, in order to ensure execution is on time and to specification, thereby ensuring FAST attains and maintains the position of strategic controls supplier, delivering the majority of OEMs control solutions
• Coordinating account development initiatives between the OEM’s engineering, purchasing, operations and sales leaders and FAST engineering, operations and inside sales personnel
• Maintaining contact and driving FAST initiatives at multiple levels within the accounts
• Supporting and train customers in the value derived from our solutions by the final operational user of the product and complete system
• Develop specific account strategies and tactics to build long lasting relationships and driving year-to-year growth in wallet share of customers
• Monitor and evaluate the activities and products of the competition
• Negotiate customer contracts
• Managing an individual Travel and Entertainment budget

Knowledge, Skills, and Ability Requirements:

• 5-10 years application experience in Hospitality or Commercial Foodservice
• BSEE with an MBA preferred, or equivalent experience.
• A fundamental knowledge of electric controls and circuits with experience selling technical solutions
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Demonstrated sales success in managing a large territory of accounts
• Demonstrated performance and ability to sell value through a consultative selling approach
• Strong customer facing skills
• Self-starter with proven organizational skills
• Strong consultative selling, listening and writing skills
• Must have strong relationship building skills and maintain regular communications with customers and prospects

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