R&D Director (Food & Beverage Innovation)
14000 - 17000 SGDFull-time
MICHAEL PAGE INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD
- Leading Asian food & beverage group
- Global R&D Director based in Singapore
About Our Client
We are partnering with a leading Asian food & beverage group to appoint an R&D Director based in Singapore.
Job Description
- Lead the overall R&D and product innovation strategy across relevant food and beverage categories, identifying opportunities that can generate sustainable commercial growth.
- Build and manage the new product development pipeline from consumer insight and concept creation through formulation, pilot trials, scale-up and commercial launch.
- Translate market trends, consumer behaviour and competitive intelligence into differentiated product concepts with clear commercial potential.
- Partner closely with Marketing and Commercial teams to evaluate product propositions, pricing, positioning and market potential before committing significant R&D resources.
- Drive product formulation and reformulation, balancing taste, quality, nutrition, shelf life, manufacturing feasibility, ingredient cost and target margin.
- Work with manufacturing and supply chain teams to ensure new concepts can be successfully industrialised and produced consistently at commercial scale.
- Develop a disciplined stage-gate innovation process with clear success metrics covering consumer acceptance, technical feasibility, cost, margin and revenue potential.
- Review the existing product portfolio and identify opportunities for renovation, cost optimisation, premiumisation, localisation or rationalisation.
- Identify emerging food technologies, ingredients and processing capabilities that can create competitive advantages or unlock new product categories.
- Build relationships with external ingredient suppliers, technology partners, universities and research organisations to accelerate innovation.
- Lead, coach and develop the R&D organisation, creating a culture that is consumer-focused, commercially accountable and fast in bringing products to market.
- Present innovation strategies, business cases and product recommendations to senior leadership, clearly linking technical decisions to commercial outcomes.
The Successful Applicant
- Degree or postgraduate qualification in Food Science, Food Technology, Nutrition, Chemical Engineering or a related discipline.
- At least 15 years of experience within food & beverage products R&D , with significant leadership responsibility.
- Strong track record of launching new products that have achieved meaningful commercial success in the market.
- Experience managing the full innovation lifecycle from concept development through formulation, scale-up, manufacturing and commercial launch.
- Strong understanding of consumer-driven innovation rather than purely laboratory-led product development.
- Commercially minded with the ability to evaluate market size, consumer demand, product positioning, cost, margin and revenue potential alongside technical feasibility.
- Strong exposure to categories such as beverages, ready-to-drink products, instant foods, noodles, snacks, sauces, convenience foods or other mass-market F&B products would be highly relevant.
- Experience working closely with Marketing, Sales, Consumer Insights, Manufacturing and Supply Chain teams.
- Strong understanding of ingredient functionality, formulation, sensory evaluation, shelf-life optimisation and food manufacturing processes.
- Proven ability to challenge conventional product-development thinking and make clear decisions about which innovation projects should be accelerated, changed or stopped.
- Strong leadership and stakeholder-management capability, with the ability to influence senior business leaders as well as technical teams.
What's on Offer
- Experience managing the full innovation lifecycle from concept development through formulation, scale-up, manufacturing and commercial launch.
- Leading the Regional R&D team in Singapore.
Contact
Hazel Choi (Lic No: R24122391 /EA no: 18S9099)
Quote job ref
JN-102026-7119696
Phone number
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Michael Page International Pte Ltd | Registration No. 199804751N
Vacancy posted 9 hours ago
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