Subang Jaya, Malaysia

Assistant Manager, Research & Development

JOB DESCRIPTIONS

• Lead all development and optimization initiatives for innovative and renovative projects.
• Responsible for new product development for instant noodles & food services.
• Proactively design and establish new processes, new products, and process controls.
• Support the sourcing of new ingredients from reliable suppliers, compare the quality and cost advantage with procurement colleague.
• Set product specification and quality standard for the manufacture of new products.
• Work with the operation team (production, engineering, quality assurance) on new process control and process improvement.
• Responsible for the product compliance with country regulation, brand values, and consumer expectation.
• Lead NPD processes from concept to commercialization including formulation development, shelf-life study, label development, Halal, FSSC 22000 management, etc.
• Strong stakeholder management where able to manage cross-functional teams such as sales & marketing, manufacturing team, and external parties.
• Support on shipping related issues i.e. technical aspects of the products.
• Lead the trial run processes, troubleshooting, and improvements in control settings.
• Strong consumer insight, able to lead consumer acceptance surveys / studies.
• Ensure product launching according to timeline and product brief.
• Present innovation and technology NPD to customer to support business development.
• Establish and execute development plans, build a superior team by retaining and growing talent. Identify learning opportunities and proactive coaching.
• Develop and train the technical know-how on formulation and processes.
• To perform ad hoc tasks assigned by superior from time to time.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Candidate should possess a Bachelor’s Degree / Master in Food Science/Technology/Nutrition/Dietetics or equivalent.
• At least 5 year’s working experience in food industry.
• Possess own transport, willing to work in Subang Jaya and travel to Malacca when needed.
• Strong technical understanding of food processing especially instant noodle & food service savoury application.
• Comprehensive project management skill.
• Excellent communications, interpersonal and analytical skills.
• Good leadership, customer focus and commercial acumen.
• Strong R&D experience with good project management skills, stakeholder management and initiatives.