Culinary Innovation & R&D Lead

Sunrecruit; Kota Bandung; On-site; IDR 350,000,000 - 550,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Sunrecruit is seeking an experienced R&D Manager to lead the end-to-end culinary innovation process across our restaurant network, translating market trends into high-value products. You will own ideation, recipe development, food costing, kitchen trials, and final launches, while driving menu improvements and streamlining kitchen workflows for speed and consistency.

Collaborating with Operations and Supply Chain, you will ensure safe, scalable production and strong brand differentiation through

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of R&D leadership in F&B with product innovation and menu development.
• Strong culinary vision and knowledge of global flavor trends.
• Hands-on recipe formulation, sensory development, food costing, and scaling for mass production.
• Experience identifying kitchen inefficiencies and redesigning workflows to improve speed and cost.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end culinary innovation from market insights to commercial products.
• Improve menus, recipes, and kitchen processes to boost efficiency and consistency.
• Oversee product development lifecycle: ideation to launch, including pilot trials.
• Collaborate with Operations and Supply Chain to ensure safe, compliant production.

Skills

R&D management

Menu development

Culinary R&D

Global flavor trends

Food costing

Recipe scaling

Job description

Sunrecruit is seeking an experienced R&D Manager to lead the end-to-end culinary innovation process across our restaurant network, translating market trends into high-value products. You will own ideation, recipe development, food costing, kitchen trials, and final launches, while driving menu improvements and streamlining kitchen workflows for speed and consistency.

Collaborating with Operations and Supply Chain, you will ensure safe, scalable production and strong brand differentiation through