R&D Food Technologist

To manage and lead the function of R&D Dept. Managing assigned R&D Projects & Activities from development of formulation, prototype, specification, labelling information, processing's critical and quality parameters & establishing relevant process SOP, quality criteria, shelf-life determination and product stability validation, formulation issuance to Core Centre, factory trials until commercial production for market launch and improvement.- To work with relevant departments on product costings for New Product Development.- To review and verify trial run, thermal processing validation, shelf-life validation protocol and report, sensory evaluation report and cooking instructions (if printed on label/package) validation report.- To work closely with Marketing and Production teams on NPD projects and, provide technical advice/concern on product regulatory compliance for intended country of Sale and targeted market.- To securely manage confidential R&D documentation, company intellectual property, and properly maintain all NPD records & technical document according to company policies.- To participate in HALAL, HACCP and ISO22000 audit discussion as and when necessary.- To provide timely report to management.- To perform any ad-hoc duties assigned by the management.**Requirements**:- Have a good understanding of ingredient functionality and inter relationship of ingredients, process, and packaging.- Well-verse in Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin, and English.- Good at analytical and technical skills. Good knowledge in food safety and regulation is a plus.- Able to work independently, multi taskings, and result oriented