Tohtonku is a local Malaysian brand founded with the vision to allow everyone to look good and truly become their best self. Across South East Asia, Tohtonku is a leader in the beauty and personal care industry. Tohtonku strives to be the most progressive personal care company in South East Asia. Utilising an entrepreneurial approach with fluidity and flexibility, we aim to respond effectively to the fast-changing environment of business.
Job Summary
This role is responsible to lead the end-to-end product development process from concept to commercialization while ensuring all products comply with local and international regulatory requirements. This role drives innovation, speed-to-market, product quality, and regulatory compliance across personal care, skincare and healthcare product categories.
Key Responsibilities
Product Development & Innovation
- Lead the development of new products and product improvements across personal care, skincare and healthcare categories.
- Translate business, marketing, and consumer insights into viable product concepts and specifications.
- Manage the full product lifecycle: ideation, formulation, testing, validation, pilot runs, and commercialization.
- Work closely with Marketing, Supply Chain, and Sales to ensure product meet market needs, cost targets, and timelines.
- Review and evaluate raw materials, formulations, packaging, and suppliers to ensure performance, safety, and cost-effectiveness.
- Drive continuous improvement on existing products (cost optimization, reformulation, quality enhancement).
- Identify opportunities for product improvement, reformulation, cost optimization and quality enhancement.
Regulatory Affairs & Compliance
- Oversee regulatory submissions, product registrations, renewals, and variations for local and export markets.
- Ensure full compliance with applicable regulations (NPRA, MOH, FDA-equivalent bodies).
- Review product labels, claims, ingredients, and marketing materials to ensure regulatory compliance.
- Stay updated on regulatory changes and proactively assess impact on current and future products.
Team Leadership & Management
- Lead, coach, and groom the team.
- Assign projects, set priorities and ensure timely delivery of product and regulatory milestones.
- Build team capability in formulations, documentation, regulatory knowledge, and project management.
- Monitor team performance and ensure high standards of accuracy, compliance and execution.
Project & Stakeholder Management
- Manage multiple development projects concurrently with clear timelines and deliverables.
- Work closely with Supply Chain, Suppliers, Procurement to ensure launch readiness.
- Prepare and present product updates, risks and recommendations to Management.
- Support cross-functional decision-making on product feasibility, timelines, and launch readiness.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Pharmacy, Cosmetic Science, or related field.
- Minimum 5-8 yeas of experience in product development within FMCG, cosmetic or healthcare industries.
- Strong understanding of product formulation, development processes, and regulatory frameworks.
- Solid knowledge of cosmetic and/or healthcare regulations.
- Hands-on, execution-driven, yet able to think commercially and strategically.
- Excellent project management and cross-functional coordination skills.
- Strong analytical, documentation, and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to balance innovation, compliance, cost, and speed-to-market.
- Good communication skills; able to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Note : Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
