Senior Bakery R&D Technologist & Innovation Lead

Airbus

Shah Alam

On-site

MYR 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Brenntag TA Team in Malaysia is seeking a seasoned Food Technologist to provide and develop technical solutions for bakery and snack categories. You will conduct laboratory and pilot plant trials independently at Brenntag Technical Centre and customer facilities, develop new concepts, and share knowledge with the Asia Pacific team.

Close collaboration with the commercial team will drive timely project delivery and new business opportunities.

Qualifications

Candidate must possess at least a Degree in Food Science/Food Technology/Food Chemistry/Food Engineer and with relevant technical experience.
Minimum 10 years working experience as Food Technologist / Research & Development role in Food & Beverage Industry.
Experience in developing and presenting trends, new solutions and prototypes with customer interface.

Responsibilities

To conduct hands-on laboratory trials in order to evaluate the functionality and performance of numerous ingredients and solutions across multiple food categories especially in bakery and snack segment.
Able to handle processing equipment commonly used in food manufacturing.
To work closely with commercial (sales) team to ensure rapid response to customers’ needs in order to obtain new business or maintain existing business.
To collaborate with marketing team in various marketing activities such as Tradeshows or Innovation Days.
To liaise with Blended Solutions Team to create innovative solution blends and employ best practices to roll out these blends in the market whereby new opportunities leading to new wins could be created.