R&D Manager – Product Innovation / Functional Foods

  • Location: Singapore / Malaysia / Thailand
  • Salary Range: SGD 105,000 – 155,000 per annum
  • Industry: Functional Foods, Nutrition, F&B Manufacturing, Product Development

Job Details

Our client is an emerging food innovation company developing health-focused, functional, and better-for-you food and beverage products for regional markets.

As part of their product innovation roadmap, they are looking to connect with R&D professionals who can lead formulation, product development, sensory work, and commercialization projects.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead product development projects from concept to commercialization.
  • Develop formulations for functional foods, beverages, nutrition products, supplements, or health-focused consumer products.
  • Conduct sensory evaluation, shelf-life testing, ingredient selection, and product optimization.
  • Work with manufacturing, QA, regulatory, marketing, and external partners.
  • Support scale-up, trial production, troubleshooting, and launch readiness.
  • Track trends in wellness nutrition, plant-based, clean label, fortification, and sugar reduction.

Job Requirements

  • Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Nutrition, Chemistry, or related discipline.
  • 7+ years of experience in R&D, product development, formulation, or innovation.
  • Experience in food, beverage, nutrition, supplements, functional foods, dairy, plant-based, or consumer health products.
  • Strong understanding of ingredients, processing, sensory evaluation, and regulatory considerations.
  • Suitable for R&D Managers, Product Development Managers, Innovation Managers, or Senior Food Technologists.

Please be advised that due to the considerable number of applications we receive, we are only able to contact candidates who meet our client’s requirements. 

We appreciate your understanding and wish you the best in your career endeavors.

Sathiyarajan Vinayagamani – SaVi
EA Personnel KAH Reg No:  R1216080 
EA License No: 23C1889

Industrial Cluster: Consumer & FMCG Food Sciences & Nutrition
Sectors: Food Ingredients Nutrition
Job Cluster: R&D - Scientific - Technical
Expertise & Skill Sets: Food Technologist Nutritionist Process Manufacturing Product development QA/QC/QMS
Job Location: Malaysia Singapore Thailand
City: Bangkok Kuala Lumpur Singapore
Work Type: On-site
Currency: SGD
Salary Unit: Annual
Salary Min: 105000
Salary Max: 155000
Employment type: Permanent

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