Position Overview:
As an Application Development Executive, you will drive innovation in bakery formulation and product development to meet customer needs and elevate our brand. Your role includes enhancing existing products, pioneering new applications, and ensuring precise documentation of lab-scale trials—all to give our company a competitive edge in the market.
Key Responsibilities:
To excel in this role, you must be able to:
- Gather consumer and market insights from the marketing team, considering trends, preferences, geography, and cultural factors.
- Experiment with innovative ingredient combinations and processing methods to refine and develop new concepts.
- Formulate product prototypes using new or existing ingredients, recipes, and production processes.
- Conduct sensory evaluations (taste, texture, aroma, appearance) on prototype samples.
- Collaborate with the sensory team, integrating feedback to enhance product formulations.
- Continuously refine recipes and methods until optimal results are achieved.
- Ensure all new recipes comply with Malaysia's food safety regulations.
- Develop accurate recipe costing, portion sizing, and packaging specifications.
- Maintain standardized weights, measures, and scaling calculations.
- Prepare Bills of Materials (BOM) and estimate product costs efficiently.
Position Requirements & Key Abilities:
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Science, or related field in Food Science/ Biotechnology.
- Experience: Proven experience in account management within the B2B Food & Nutrition Specialty Ingredients – especially in Bakery, with at least 4-7 years in a customer-facing role.
- Relationship Management: Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with clients.
- Sales Skills: Strong consultative selling skills, with a focus on incremental growth through upselling and cross-selling within an existing customer base.
- Communication Skills: Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
- Analytical Ability: Ability to gather insights on client needs and provide actionable recommendations.
- Customer Focus: A high degree of empathy, customer orientation, and commitment to satisfaction.
- Tools: Proficiency in MS Office and CRM software.
Key Personal Attributes:
- Customer-Focused: A commitment to meeting and exceeding client expectations and building long-term loyalty.
- Problem-Solver: Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to identify and address customer challenges effectively.
- Collaborative: Works effectively within a team, collaborating across departments to meet customer needs.
- Detail-Oriented: High attention to detail in managing client accounts, ensuring accurate and timely delivery of solutions.
- Integrity & Trustworthiness: Demonstrates reliability and builds trust with clients through consistent actions and ethical decision-making.
About Caldic
At Caldic, we're a global leader in distribution solutions, serving diverse markets across the world. Joining us means becoming part of an entrepreneurial, collaborative, and innovation-driven team.
We offer:
- Global opportunities with rapid career growth and development
- An inclusive, diverse, and dynamic work environment
- The chance to shape the future of specialty ingredient solutions across industries like food, pharma, personal care, and more
We operate in 43 countries around the world. Our innovative solutions are tailored to meet the needs of industries such as food, pharma, personal care, and industrial markets, ensuring sustainable success for all stakeholders. To learn more, visit: www.caldic.com
Ready to Join Us
If you're ready to take your career to the next level and join a global leader, apply now at Caldic!
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