Key Responsibility:

• Perform market trends, consumer preferences, and competitor products in the bakery and food industry to identify opportunities for product differentiation and innovation, ​
• Lead the development of new bakery and food products, considering taste, texture, nutritional value, and market trends to meet commercial requirement. ​
• Design and evaluate materials, processes and machine & Equipment for instore production.​
• Formulate and optimize recipes for bakery and food products meet food law, food regulation (food ingredient, food additive) and meet target cost from commercial.​
• Identify and evaluate new and existing ingredients for their applicability in bakery and food products and collaborate with suppliers to source high-quality/new trend of ingredients in development process and align with the company's standards.​
• Conduct sensory evaluations to ensure the products meet quality standards and customer expectations.​
• Present food trend/prototype to commercial for new product kick off, prepare product for commercial shooting and present to management.​
• Create food cost calculation base on raw material costs to ensure profitable product.​
• Crate BOM for buyer final price of product and SC ordering raw material​
• Create recipe card and training for operation teams to scale up recipes for mass production​
• Owner for tracking critical path of development process and follow up relevant department to meet target launch plan.

Qualifications:

• Educational background in Food Science, Product development, Culinary Arts, or a related field​
• Proven experience in product development within the bakery and food industry and familiar with food safety regulation and quality control process​
• Familiarity with food regulations and experience working with regulatory affairs teams to ensure
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills​
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills​
• Have a proactive and innovative mindset​
• Strong culinary creativity and an understanding of flavor profiles, food pairings, and culinary techniques to develop unique and appealing products​
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities, market trends, and consumer preferences, and to adjust R&D strategies accordingly​
• Meticulous attention to detail