Job description
-Apply understanding of local consumer insights, culture, and business practices to support product design and development for Asia Foods BU, with focus on Thailand and Vietnam. -Work closely with Marketing, Insights, and Supply Chain to execute product innovation and renovation projects across core platforms, including Lay’s Natural PC and Lay’s Stax.
-Partner with Manufacturing, GP, and Finance to support productivity initiatives by providing technical inputs and execution support. -Execute technical brand stewardship activities to maintain product quality and support product competitiveness.
- Ensure technical rigor by preparing, maintaining, and updating product documentation in compliance with Technical Stage Gate requirements.
- Master’s degree in food science or food engineering.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to write and speak effectively in English
- More than 10 years of R&D product development experience in a multinational FMCG or food company preferred.
- Minimum 2 years of hands‑on experience in snacks product development.
- Solid understanding of R&D methodologies, development processes, and innovation tools applied to R&D projects and activities. -Good working knowledge of adjacent technical functions, including nutrition, technical regulatory, consumer insights, and packaging. -Strong understanding of Asian cultures, markets, and consumer behaviors, particularly within Thailand and Vietnam.
Overview
Drive product development innovation per AOP, productivity and technical brand stewardship initiatives including Natural Potato Chip & Fabricated Potato Chips.
Responsibilities
-Apply understanding of local consumer insights, culture, and business practices to support product design and development for Asia Foods BU, with focus on Thailand and Vietnam. -Work closely with Marketing, Insights, and Supply Chain to execute product innovation and renovation projects across core platforms, including Lay’s Natural PC and Lay’s Stax.
-Partner with Manufacturing, GP, and Finance to support productivity initiatives by providing technical inputs and execution support. -Execute technical brand stewardship activities to maintain product quality and support product competitiveness.
- Ensure technical rigor by preparing, maintaining, and updating product documentation in compliance with Technical Stage Gate requirements.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in food science or food engineering.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to write and speak effectively in English
- More than 10 years of R&D product development experience in a multinational FMCG or food company preferred.
- Minimum 2 years of hands‑on experience in snacks product development.
- Solid understanding of R&D methodologies, development processes, and innovation tools applied to R&D projects and activities. -Good working knowledge of adjacent technical functions, including nutrition, technical regulatory, consumer insights, and packaging. -Strong understanding of Asian cultures, markets, and consumer behaviors, particularly within Thailand and Vietnam.