HEINZ

Research and Development Manager

Thailand Full time

Job Description

Detailed Job Responsibilities:

  • Main and single point of contact for SSEA product design & monitoring, Responsible for its end to end : formulation, recipe, sensory, packaging & process- collaborating with R&D partner in affiliate/ copacker.
  • Responsible for Product innovation: development for new product, from Core PPA, line extension / disruptive innovation.
  • Responsible for Product renovation & maintenance: improvement, reduction, change control to ensure superiority, optimization, competitiveness and compliance of the product in the market regulation & in Kraft Heinz standard/ policy
  • Collaborate & involve in solving problem which rise in daily operation relating with our product sensory, formula, packaging and process
  • Lead & Manage project timeline foll all categories in 2-3years forecast, with proactively drive and propose potential and opportunity of product
  • Lead & translate commercial & marketing objective/ brief to technical needs of the products
  • Lead technical/ feasibility assessment. Ensure development stages / gates in collaboration with Marketing (incl trade marketing), SCD/ project manager, procurement, FSQ, RA, manufacturing

Report project status, issues and implemented solutions as well as evaluations and assessments of the results

  • Lead product competitor monitoring & benchmarking (including internal benchmarking cross sourcing)
  • Lead R&D ZBB budget development and control align with business priorities and needs
  • Support & Collaborate working with global, regional or other affiliate team on any development / implementation regarding process, system in product development.
  • Drive and influence the importance of SSEA projects and priorities in affiliates & Copacker side

Location(s)

Thailand


 

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.