Product Development Specialist

About the role

The Product Development Specialist will lead product innovation, formulation, and improvement projects for the fats and oils product line, ensuring quality, functionality, and compliance with client and regulatory standards.

Key responsibilities

• Create products that are compliant by design to all applicable food safety laws, rules and regulations
• Develop short-term projects according to set lead time of project and sample submission, gathering feedback from client through Sales on the result of the samples submitted
• Conduct pilot trial, batch trial and production trial or commercialization once the product is approved
• Create shelf-life study, product trundling test and secondary shelf-life validation during the course of development
• Develop portfolio products based on the Product Brief requirement set by Marketing
• Develop PD Initiated Product Bank for future requirements and internally initiated innovation initiatives
• Conduct sample evaluation of raw material according to the set testing plan in line with product development and/or product improvement
• Gather test results based on trial and evaluation, collate data on shelf life study involving new and existing raw materials
• Ensure new Finished Product Specification is created and updated based on set requirement
• Coordinate daily with QA Receiving, Purchasing Buyer and Documentation Team on new, updated and obsolete raw material specifications intended for the set finished product

About you

• Graduate of BS Food Science courses such as Food Technology, Chemical Engineering, Industrial or Chemistry
• Preferably with background or work experience in research and development related position
• Knowledge and understanding of food safety standards such as ISO, HACCP, GMP
• Knowledge in sensory, product development and documentation particularly drafting of specification standards
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Strong background in fats and oils formulation
• Prior experience working with or supplying to quick-service restaurant chains preferred