Research and Development Senior Supervisor

Job Purpose and Impact

The Research and Development Senior Supervisor will define and execute research and development projects on process and product developments. In this role, you will be responsible for ideation, building business cases and project proposals. You will communicate the conclusions and follow up actions with relevant departments to ensure strong stakeholder management.

Key Accountabilities

• Contribute to the innovation pipeline and portfolio with ideas for the conversion of scientific research and growth of distinctive product and process offerings and support parts of more complex innovation and cost improvement projects.
• Assist in managing process improvement and novel ingredients discovery and communicate project results, recommending actionable next steps to internal and external stakeholders.
• Secure innovation property rights by collaborating with intellectual asset management to assist with the development of strategies, processes and control mechanisms to ensure compliance with regulations and company policies.
• Participate research and development innovation growth by collaborating with businesses and with technology partners such as universities, research and development organizations and industry forums.
• Conduct research and experiments and analyze results that include interpretation of completed trial results.
• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 3 years or more of relevant experience.

• Master degree in Food Science or food technology
• Minimum 3-5 years experience in Food processing business.
• Comfortable of using English as a primary language
• Computer literacy