R&D Manager – Product Innovation / Functional Foods

Stemgenic Pte Ltd; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 335,000 - 494,000; Full time

Job summary

Stemgenic Pte Ltd is an emerging food innovation company focused on health-oriented functional foods and beverages for regional markets. The role leads formulation, product development, sensory work, and commercialization projects across multiple categories.

You will develop new formulations, evaluate ingredients, and collaborate with manufacturing, QA, regulatory, and marketing teams to ensure launch readiness. Prior experience in similar health-focused products is essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in R&D, product development, formulation, or innovation.
• Experience in food, beverage, nutrition, supplements, functional foods, dairy, plant-based, or consumer health products.
• Strong understanding of ingredients, processing, sensory evaluation, and regulatory considerations.

Responsibilities

• Lead product development projects from concept to commercialization.
• Develop formulations for functional foods, beverages, nutrition products, supplements, or health-focused consumer products.
• Conduct sensory evaluation, shelf-life testing, ingredient selection, and product optimization.
• Work with manufacturing, QA, regulatory, marketing, and external partners.
• Support scale-up, trial production, troubleshooting, and launch readiness.
• Track trends in wellness nutrition, plant-based, clean label, fortification, and sugar reduction.

Skills

Project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Sensory evaluation

Regulatory knowledge

Formulation expertise

Education

Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Nutrition, Chemistry, or related discipline

Job description

• Location:Singapore / Malaysia / Thailand
• Salary Range:SGD 105,000 – 155,000 per annum
• Industry:Functional Foods, Nutrition, F&B Manufacturing, Product Development

Job Details

Our client is an emerging food innovation company developing health-focused, functional, and better-for-you food and beverage products for regional markets.

As part of their product innovation roadmap, they are looking to connect with R&D professionals who can lead formulation, product development, sensory work, and commercialization projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead product development projects from concept to commercialization.
• Develop formulations for functional foods, beverages, nutrition products, supplements, or health-focused consumer products.
• Conduct sensory evaluation, shelf-life testing, ingredient selection, and product optimization.
• Work with manufacturing, QA, regulatory, marketing, and external partners.
• Support scale-up, trial production, troubleshooting, and launch readiness.
• Track trends in wellness nutrition, plant-based, clean label, fortification, and sugar reduction.

Job Requirements

• Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Nutrition, Chemistry, or related discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in R&D, product development, formulation, or innovation.
• Experience in food, beverage, nutrition, supplements, functional foods, dairy, plant-based, or consumer health products.
• Strong understanding of ingredients, processing, sensory evaluation, and regulatory considerations.
• Suitable for R&D Managers, Product Development Managers, Innovation Managers, or Senior Food Technologists.

Please be advised that due to the considerable number of applications we receive, we are only able to contact candidates who meet our client's requirements.

We appreciate your understanding and wish you the best in your career endeavors.