R&D Manager, Coffee & Beverage Innovation Lead

SabiKerja; Tangerang; Presencial; IDR 500.000.000 - 900.000.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

SabiKerja represents a client, a coffee and beverage supply manufacturing company, seeking an experienced R&D Manager to lead product development from concept to commercialization and manage the R&D team.

You will drive innovation across coffee and beverage products, ensure quality, cost efficiency, production feasibility, and market relevance, collaborating with Marketing, Production, QA, and Supply Chain.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Technology, Food Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 7 years of F&B R&D experience, including 2–3 years in a Supervisor/Manager role.
• Experience in coffee, powder beverages, premix, dairy/non-dairy beverages, chocolate or tea is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of formulation, food ingredients, sensory evaluation, and product stability.
• Experience taking products from laboratory trials to factory scale-up and commercialization.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and develop the R&D team, including project priorities, responsibilities, and performance.
• Manage NPD from formulation, laboratory trials, costing, and sampling through factory trials and commercialization.
• Develop and improve coffee, powder beverage, premix, chocolate, matcha, tea, and milk-based products.
• Monitor F&B trends, ingredients, flavors, and consumer preferences to identify new product opportunities.
• Build structured R&D processes, timelines, documentation, and project tracking.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, Production, QA/QC, and Supply Chain to develop and launch products.
• Improve existing products in terms of taste, quality, stability, production efficiency, and cost.

Conocimientos

Team leadership

Project management

Formulation

Food ingredients

Sensory evaluation

Costing

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Food Technology, Food Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related field

Descripción del empleo

SabiKerja represents a client, a coffee and beverage supply manufacturing company, seeking an experienced R&D Manager to lead product development from concept to commercialization and manage the R&D team.

You will drive innovation across coffee and beverage products, ensure quality, cost efficiency, production feasibility, and market relevance, collaborating with Marketing, Production, QA, and Supply Chain.