Research and Development Officer
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Food Science
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Negotiable
Reporting to Head of Product Quality and Development
Expected start date: December-2025
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Research and evaluate new raw materials, ingredients, markets, and technologies to enhance product performance, reduce costs, support sustainability initiatives, and manage trial budgets, including urgent purchases.
- Develop work progress for R&D projects to track efficiency, success rates, and timelines.
- Conduct product activity tests and accurately record all observations and experimental data.
- Work with suppliers to improve trials, enhance product quality and shelf life, and obtain required certificates.
- Collaborate with production to scale up the production from R&D to semi-automatic machines.
- Analyze R&D and production reports to support decision-making, process improvements, processing methods, and product information documentation.
- Collaborate with the laboratory to ensure all recipe and R&D products follow the SOPs
- Formulate and conduct product trials, evaluate taste, quality, and consistency, ensure compliance with internal and regulatory standards, and assist in preparing audit documentation.
- Involved in and supported the product quality inspection and documented both internal and external.
- Work with QC , PD team to keep on tracking the receipt data and improve the product on going shelf life
- Other tasks would be delegated or assisted by the Head of PQD.
Expected Profile of Candidates
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Science preferably in Food Science or related field
Work History:
- At least of experience in Research and development (R&D) infood industry for 2 years
Skills & Knowledge:
General & Technical Skills
- Adhere to all company policies and procedures.
Soft Skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Bright, able to think outside the box.
- Enthusiastic and positive.
- Good communicator.
