APAC Technical Services Manager - Food Tech Innovation

Biospringer; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Lesaffre APAC, based in Singapore, seeks an experienced Application Center Manager to lead the regional team and deliver technical solutions across markets.

You will drive cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Marketing and Innovation to launch new concepts, mentor food technologists and manage the APAC product portfolio in line with regional taste strategies. This role requires strong leadership, sensory evaluation expertise and a track record in B2B food ingredients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a technical field such as Food Science.
• More than 8 years of professional experience in technical/ innovation/ R&D B2B food ingredients.
• Experience with sensory evaluation.
• Exhibit strong technical knowledge with customer relationship management skills.
• Candidates with experience in team management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the conceptualization and commercialization for new product launches in APAC.
• Develop new application concepts for new market segments based on market trends, customer expectations and innovation pipeline priorities.
• Manage regional product portfolio by conceptualizing existing products aligned with the regional APAC taste strategy.
• Maintain awareness of developments in the food industry and explore new alternative ingredients to incorporate into new application concept developments.
• Develop networks with external research resources and ingredient houses for technical collaboration project.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (Sales team, Global Culinary Center, Innovation team and Industrialization team) to drive commercial success.

Skills

Sensory evaluation

CRM skills

Team management

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Food Science/technical field

Tools

None

Job description

Lesaffre APAC, based in Singapore, seeks an experienced Application Center Manager to lead the regional team and deliver technical solutions across markets.

You will drive cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Marketing and Innovation to launch new concepts, mentor food technologists and manage the APAC product portfolio in line with regional taste strategies. This role requires strong leadership, sensory evaluation expertise and a track record in B2B food ingredients.