The primary purpose of a New Product Technologies (NPT) executive is to support on medium- to long-term research project (i.e. regional and global) by planning and executing the relevant projects in an accurate and timely manner. He/She holds a strategic and supporting role in the organization through innovation structure by providing technical expertise in designing new product and processes with the required specification on a commercial scale, supporting business development function in profiling product for relevant market and meeting quality, regulatory and compliance requirement for merchandise/export.
Accountabilities :
- Innovate new product/process
- Explore and identify market requirement/gap and develop the value-added solution to support & drive business growth and/or protect existing business.
- Stay vigilant with relevant category literature, process advancements and development trend to provide technical solution, develop marketing concept and drive commercial and innovation development with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Research and perform new product/process development projects in laboratory & pilot plant in accurate and timely manner, and ensure good record keeping.
- Evaluate the new developed process and product operational and regulatory feasibility with the manufacturing process knowledge.
- Conduct test for relevant processing parameters and analyse the results to sort out the recognized pattern and derive purpose-driven interpretations
- Evaluate and explore new raw materials/additives/processing aids for commercialization purpose.
- Create new product formulation and prototype through experimentation designs and pilot plant test.
- Provide technical support to customer relavant to the collaborated and/or development projects with oils and fats knowledge.
- Operational manufacturing support and scale up of new products/process
- Establish new product and process specification, related quality characteristics and maintain the inspection plan documentation in both internal record and SAP system.
- Participate in production trial monitoring and coordinate with production engineer and relevant personnel on ensuring product quality and processing parameter.
- Conscientiously maintain development and production trial reports to ensure intellectual proprietary protection, project traceability and reproducibility.
- Collect data from production trial including product quality, process parameters, process yield, product & process prototype cost model, etc. to determine commercialization viability with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Deliver production trial progress, communicate result and production implementation closing presentation to the relevant stakeholders (i.e. QA/QC, Production & Commercial)
- Manage pilot plant process workflow
- Troubleshoot or optimize operational processes and pilot plant related problems and issues.
- Ensure and maintain good housekeeping, safety and cleanliness of laboratory/ pilot plant equipment.
- Supporting and maintaining pilot plant processes standard operating procedures (SOPs), equipment logsheet and preventive maintenance logsheet.
- Participate in establishing, monitoring, and improving all food safety policies, 5S, QMS including ISO9001, GMP, etc. which related to pilot plant and laboratory activities.
Requirement :
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Food Science, Chemistry, Engineering, or related disciplines.
- Preferably minimum 3 years working experience in edible oil industry or product development equivalent role in relevant to specialty fat processes handling
- Demonstrate pro-active, creative and agile problem solving skill with strong ability to work independently as well as a team-player.
- Demonstrate adaptability and motivation in fast growing environment.
- Posseses good interpersonal skills, confident and ability to communicate effectively to internal and external stakeholders. Fluent in English.
- Experience in product/process development activities and managing projects with good organizational, time management, research, critical thinking, analytical and planning skills to ensure final product launching with meeting relevant regulation and compliance.
