Research And Development Manager

Key Responsibilities:

Manage and build the team member

• Plan the appropriate human resources based on the R&D workload.
• Manage and train employees.
• Participate in recruiting and directly selecting employees for the R&D department.
• Develop job descriptions and provide KPI criteria for employees.
• Coordinate with the HR team to create a professional and friendly working environment for the R&D department.

Manage R&D project

• Monitor all of the company’s new product projects that the R&D department is in charge of, ensuring the project takes place in the right quantity, quality, and schedule.
• Responsible for handing over new products under the R&D department’s charge to the production department, including risk analysis, prevention plans, production process, packaging process, customer quality criteria, and sample documents.
• Responsible for updating customer requirements on new products and new materials for production.
• Assess potential risks affecting product quality when customers use it. Conduct inspections and evaluations of products and materials according to customer requirements to prevent quality risks.
• Research and propose new production methods for old and new products to reduce production costs.
• Actively seek new alternative materials to reduce production costs, while ensuring safety, health, and other standards required by customers.
• Actively seek out technologies and production methods from competitors, craft villages, other companies, and other countries to apply production improvements more effectively and diversely.
• Supervise the storage of goods in the assigned area.

Cost management

• Analyze the production cost of each new product, including production process, materials used, packaging costs, error rate, and rework.
• Propose solutions to cut production costs and reach customers’ desired prices.
• Review prices before the accounting department sends prices to the sales department or customers.

Communication

• Standardize working processes, reporting systems and communication channels of the R&D department with the production department, directors, sales department and customers.
• Standardize documents and document storage processes of the R&D department, and put these forms and processes into practice, testing and maintaining them.
• Establish, maintain and develop relationships with departments, suppliers and customers on issues related to the R&D department.
• Evaluate suppliers on quality, price and schedule before handing over to the supply department.
• Establish and maintain 5S for the R&D department.
• Make and manage the budget for the R&D department.
• Encourage the creativity of R&D members.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of innovations and combine them with production to test on smal models before deploying for mass production.

Key Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Product Development, Quality Management, or related fields.
• At least 5–7 years of experience in a similar position. Professional Skills
• Experienced in handicrafts, traditional products, and high-end/luxury goods.
• Good communication ski ls in English; French is an advantage.
• Proficient in AutoCAD, Corel, SolidWorks, or Illustrator.
• Flexible in handling situations, with good problem detection and resolution skills.
• Creative ability.
• Analytical and leadership skills.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Careful, meticulous, and persistent in work.
• High sense of responsibility; proactive and creative in assigned work.
• Resistant to high pressure at work.