Technical Lead - Food Ingredients

About the Role

Job Description:

- Product Innovation: Conduct application research to uncover and validate new value propositions for protein isolates, peptides, pea fibers, and pea starches.
- Technical Liaison: Serve as the primary technical link between manufacturing and commercial teams, ensuring alignment on quality expectation from customers and regulatory compliance.
- Customer Support: Resolve technical challenges for clients, including conducting on-site trials, troubleshooting at customer facilities or providing recommendations over phone or emails.
- Solution Delivery: Collaborate with commercial team to design and deliver innovative, customer-centric solutions and technical presentations, highlighting product uniqueness.
- Recipe Development: Formulate innovative recipes and product concepts that align with evolving market trends and specific customer needs.
- Exhibition & Demo Lead: Manage ingredient reviews and prototype preparation for seminars, industry exhibitions, and innovation workshops.
- Data Management: Ensure test data are well-documented, accurate and reported in a concise manner to stakeholders. Maintain good record of all ingredients received.
- Customers sampling: Work with sample coordinator to ensure samples sending protocols are understood and adhered.
- Social Media Content: Supporting marketing coordinator by providing technical and application inputs into social media contents.
- Others: Assist in other projects as and when necessary.

Qualifications

- Diploma or Bachelors’ Degree in Food Science or related fields

Required Skills

- The Early-Career Professional: You have 0–3 years of experience and are ready to take the next step in a high-impact R&D role.
- The Self-Starter: You take initiative, own your projects, and don't need hand-holding to get things done.
- The Fixer: You have a "solution-first" mindset and enjoy the challenge of cracking technical puzzles.
- The Subject Matter Expert: You bring a strong background in food processing and a deep interest (or expertise) in the science of proteins.
- The Prototype Lead: You can take a "blank slate" idea and turn it into a tangible, delicious, and market-ready product.
- The Culinary Enthusiast: You’re a fast learner who loves experimenting in the kitchen—whether it’s benchtop prep, baking, or cooking.
- The Communicator: You possess the "soft skills" to build relationships and the "hard skills" to deliver polished, data-driven presentations.
- The Team Catalyst: You are focused on outcomes and know how to collaborate effectively to hit team targets.