Key Responsibility:

• Perform market trends, consumer preferences, and competitor products in the bakery and food industry to identify opportunities for product differentiation and innovation,
• Lead the development of new bakery and food products, considering taste, texture, nutritional value, and market trends to meet commercial requirement.
• Design and evaluate materials, processes and machine & Equipment for instore production.
• Formulate and optimize recipes for bakery and food products meet food law, food regulation (food ingredient, food additive) and meet target cost from commercial.
• Identify and evaluate new and existing ingredients for their applicability in bakery and food products and collaborate with suppliers to source high-quality/new trend of ingredients in development process and align with the company's standards.
• Conduct sensory evaluations to ensure the products meet quality standards and customer expectations.
• Present food trend/prototype to commercial for new product kick off, prepare product for commercial shooting and present to management.
• Create food cost calculation base on raw material costs to ensure profitable product.
• Crate BOM for buyer final price of product and SC ordering raw material
• Create recipe card and training for operation teams to scale up recipes for mass production
• Owner for tracking critical path of development process and follow up relevant department to meet target launch plan.

Qualifications:

• Educational background in Food Science, Product development, Culinary Arts, or a related field
• Proven experience in product development within the bakery and food industry and familiar with food safety regulation and quality control process
• Familiarity with food regulations and experience working with regulatory affairs teams to ensure compliance with local standard
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Have a proactive and innovative mindset
• Strong culinary creativity and an understanding of flavor profiles, food pairings, and culinary techniques to develop unique and appealing products
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities, market trends, and consumer preferences, and to adjust R&D strategies accordingly
• Meticulous attention to detail

Lotus's
Ek-Chai Distribution System Co., Ltd.
Buengkum, Bangkok 10230, Thailand

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