Job Description :
- Communicate a clear brief of overall project innovation, describe the whole risk analysis and feasibility
- Prepare project timeline and tracking regularly through pre NPD meeting
- Monitoring achievement of overall innovation progress and contribution to overall NSV, and ROI (spending vs result) and do contigency and mitigation plan for any hurdle and failure
- Lead cross-functional teams through the Stage and Gate steps, ensuring seamless product development from ideation to commercialization,
- Ensure compliance with food safety regulations, industry standards, and certifications relevant to the bakery industry.
- Inspire the culture of creating innovation to the team, especially for breakthrough and out of the box innovation and courage to face all of the constraint and change management
- Prepare project timeline and tracking regularly through monthly VE & improvement meeting and monitor achievement with finance and purchasing team in monthly basis
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives, promoting a culture of innovation and quality excellence within the R&D department and build awareness of current product performance in term of quality / cost / output and sales performance / consumer feedback
- Inspire innovation of improving current portfolio with stronger USP, another value added for consumer, more competitive cost etc into clear action plans
- Observe the chance and challenge to embrace new technology to be implented inhouse or other breakthrough strategy and creative countermeasure strategy to overcome all of the possible challenges and hurdle
- Do research to know what are new in R&D organization around the world, how they evolve their competencies, research methodology, etc
- Review current job expectation, team competencies and develop improvement plans with HC
- Prepare individual development plans for team's personal career growth with HC
- Conduct day to day coaching and mentoring with detail plans and BAU for problem solving related
Qualifications :
- Min. Bachelor's degree majoring in Food Technology, Chemical Engineering, or related majors
- Certified in FSSC, Halal, leadership training, problem solving/improvement tools,
- Strong knowledge in bakery, ingredients, and cooking technique
- Expertise in sensory analysis and market insight
- Drives result especially in NPD Stage
- Has a good problem solving skill, people development, and leadership
- Experienced as a project manager for technical food implementation
- Willing to conduct business travelling