Job Purpose
To lead end-to-end product innovation and development for children's snack categories, ensuring products are safe, nutritious, market-relevant, and aligned with brand and regulatory standards. This role drives innovation strategy, formulates new products, improves existing products, and collaborates with cross-functional teams to bring ideas to market.
Key Responsibilities:
- Responsible for product roadmap timelines. Ensuring timely launch of new products and managing updates to existing products.
- Execute the product NPD strategy that aligns with the company's vision and goals. Manage the product development process to launch, including overseeing formulation, conducting pricing & COGs analysis, sourcing and testing packaging components, and overseeing product testing and feedback processes to ensure product quality
- Manage the product development budget, cost optimization, and allocate resources effectively
- Identify and evaluate new raw materials, suppliers, and co-development partners (ingredient companies, flavor houses). Negotiate technical specifications and ingredient usage suited for children's products.
- Collaborate with manufacturers. Sourcing and assessment of current and new manufacturers
- Identify opportunities for product improvements and innovations. Collaborate with Marketing & Sales to translate consumer insights into innovative product opportunities.
- Oversee multiple projects and products at different stages of development, ensuring timelines and deliverables are met
- Conduct competitor and market research to evaluate product performance
- Communicate with marketing to contribute to go-to-market strategies. Assist in the development of marketing product knowledge materials
- Partner with Regulatory to ensure compliance for packaging and formulas. Ensure products meet high-quality standards and regulatory requirements
- Coordinate artwork process with Product Designer, Regulatory and Logistics
- Prepare technical documents, formulations, manufacturing SOPs, risk assessments, and product specifications. Support quality and food safety teams in HACCP, GMP, Halal requirements, and claims validation.
Qualifications:
- Proven track record of successfully developing and launching snack or food products
- A solid understanding of snack formulations and ingredients
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Food Technology, Food Science, Food Engineering, or related fields.
- Minimum 57 years of experience developing consumer products and working alongside manufacturing
- Passion for food manufacturing industry, packaging, and a deep understanding of the industry. Experience developing products with local and offshore manufacturers
- Familiar with BPOM regulations, Halal compliance, nutrition guidelines for children, and food safety systems (GMP, HACCP, FSSC/ISO 22000).
- Strong project leadership, analytical thinking, and creativity in product and formulation development.
- Exceptional time management skills and attention to detail. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Note :
Recruitment process is free
