R&D Manager

Ingredion Incorporated; Nilai; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in ingredient solutions is seeking an R&D Manager to lead the PureCircle Malaysia R&D team. This position involves managing diverse projects, overseeing team performance, and providing expertise in chemistry and biotechnology. Ideal candidates will have a Master's degree, substantial lab experience, and strong managerial skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum MSc degree with 3+ years of industrial experience.
• R&D Lab experience required.
• Fluency in English essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage R&D activities and oversee project implementations.
• Monitor team performance and metrics.
• Coordinate R&D projects for extraction and purification processes.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Analytical Skills

team management

Problem Solving

Education

MSc degree in Chemistry, Biotechnology, or Chemical Engineering

Tools

HPLC

GC

NMR

Job description

Location : Bandar Enstek, Negri Sembilan

Reports to : Head of R&D, PureCircle

Direct reports : Yes, 8 direct reports

Workplace type : On-site

Company Background

Ingredion is a global Fortune 500 provider of ingredient solutions that touch millions of lives, every day. With over 19,000 customers in 120 countries, we create solutions that help nourish, comfort, and delight people all over the world. We are proud to source our strength from nature. That’s why we’re growing sustainably, with an industry-leading product portfolio that includes plant-based proteins, sugar alternatives and clean and simple ingredients that deliver on changing consumer needs while protecting our planet. Although we are best known for our food ingredients, we are much more than a food business. We co-create bespoke solutions with our customers; from cosmetics and beauty, to paper and textiles, to pharmaceuticals, driven by relentless curiosity. We make it our business to anticipate industry trends, and to bring together the potential of people, nature and technology to make life better.

We don’t just make ingredients. We create possibilities. Be What’s Next with us.

The R&D Manager will be responsible for managing the PureCircle Malaysia R&D team and its activities, as well as providing Chemistry / Biotechnology Subject Matter Expertise.

Core Responsibilities

• Facilitate & enable growth mindset, remove roadblocks and provide resources for the team.
• Managing and overseeing implementation of decisions, project roadmaps, project progress through stage-gate process.
• Monitor individual and team performance metrics, objectives, goals, training, development and succession planning.
• Coordinate PureCircle Malaysia R&D Projects including: - Identification, characterization and purification of naturally occurring compounds from plant sources;
• Record and document all stages of R&D work, oversee Lab information & knowledge management system (e.g., ELN).
• DoE assessment & pre-approval, Quality Control and preliminary economic feasibility modelling.
• Development of commercially viable extraction and purification state-of-the-art techniques, including industrial chromatographic and membrane separation processes, crystallization-recrystallization, antisolvent crystallization/precipitation;
• Development of industrial scale downstream processes for producing food ingredients through Biotransformation and Precision Fermentation.
• Provide additional chemistry / industrial biotechnology subject matter expertise & support to projects and process scale-up to industrial level.
• Communication with external research parties, follow-up on milestone achievement etc.
• Liaison for daily interaction with other R&D teams (Chemistry, Analytics, Engineering etc.).
• Oversee internal resource distribution (machine time, etc.).
• Person in charge for admin. processes & procedures (Safety, HR, IP, Procurement, Finance, Budgeting & expense control, Capex, Infrastructure Maintenance etc.)
• Budget planning and control for PureCircle Malaysia R&D Projects.
• Prepare reports and presentations.
  
  

Qualified Candidates Will Have

Mandatory requirements

• Min MSc degree (with more than 3 years of industrial experience) in Chemistry, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering or related field.
• R&D Lab experience
• Industry : Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Food ingredients
• Preferable 5 years managerial working experience in similar role. Able to manage a diverse team.
• Experience in the field of extraction and purification of naturally occurring compounds, biotechnology,.
• Applied knowledge in modern organic chemistry, process chemistry, separation processes, enzyme technology, fermentation, molecular biology.
• Fluent in English
  
  

Desirable Requirements

• Analytical chemistry (TLC, HPLC, LC-MS, GC, NMR, FT-NIR)
• Molecular biology principal equipment and automated systems
  
  

Desired Behaviour And Skills

• Experienced people manager
  
  

Relocation Available:

No