R&D Manager

Amane Asia Sdn Bhd; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Pizza Amane Tokyo in Malaysia seeks a business-minded, technical F&B professional to stabilize frozen dough parameters and translate bench-top recipes into mass production SOPs. You will be the technical anchor coordinating with the Central Kitchen Manager to support our growing footprint.

Reporting to the Head of Department, you will lead client briefings, ensure HACCP, HALAL, MeSTI, and GMP compliance, and help evaluate factory equipment while representing R&D at industry expos.

Qualifications

• Hands-on R&D or culinary experience in pizza or bakery environments.
• Experience scaling kitchen recipes to mass production standards.
• Knowledge of HACCP, HALAL, MeSTI, and GMP guidelines.
• Familiarity with local regulatory standards is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Stabilize frozen pizza dough parameters to reduce batch variance.
• Translate bench-top recipes into scalable central kitchen SOPs and quality checkpoints.
• Lead technical client briefings, sample approvals, and spec alignments with corporate clients.
• Formulate products meeting HACCP, HALAL, MeSTI, and GMP guidelines; audit-ready specs.
• Support equipment evaluations and represent R&D at F&B expos.

Skills

R&D experience

Culinary expertise

Mass production scaling

Client negotiations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Science or related

Job description

Pizza Amane Tokyo is looking for a business-minded, technical F&B professional to build and secure our frozen quality stabilization and product innovation pipeline. Reporting conceptually to the Head of Department and working hand-in-hand with our Central Kitchen (CK) Manager, you will be the standalone technical anchor for our fast-expanding manufacturing footprint.

Key responsibilities

Stabilize frozen pizza dough parameters (fermentation, freezing, thawing) to eliminate batch-to-batch structural variance

Translate bench-top recipes into scalable central kitchen mass production SOPs and quality checkpoints

Lead technical client briefings, sample approvals, and commercial spec alignments with corporate clients

Formulate products to meet strict HACCP, HALAL, MeSTI, and GMP guidelines, keeping all master specification sheets audit-ready

Support factory equipment evaluations (mixers, blast freezers) and represent the brand's technical R&D at F&B expos

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Food Engineering, Culinary Arts, or equivalent

Hands‑on R&D or culinary experience in a pizza restaurant or commercial bakery environment

Proven track record of scaling kitchen recipes up to mass production line standards

Background in frozen food manufacturing, white-label product development, and handling client negotiations in English (preferred)

Familiarity with local Malaysian regulatory standards (JAKIM Halal, KKM MeSTI/HACCP) is highly advantageous