R&D Executive

Behn Meyer Thailand (Lat Krabang, Bangkok)

Bangkok, Thailand

The Behn Meyer Group of Companies dates back to 1840 when two young men from Hamburg, Theodor August Behn and Valentin Lorenz Meyer, established Behn, Meyer & Co. in Singapore. Since its early beginnings in trading and shipping, Behn Meyer has evolved into a specialty supplier for a wide variety of industries across the globe. Today, the Behn Meyer Group combines the distribution of renowned brands with the development of its own products. Behn Meyer’s core business units service a variety of industries: AgriCare : Fertilizers, Crop Protection Ingredients : Animal Nutrition, Food, Home & Personal Care, Pharma Performance Chemicals : Coatings, Petro- & Process Chemicals, Water Treatment, Leather & Textile Polymers : Rubber, Plastics Behn Meyer’s global team of over 1,200 employees aims for the highest level of support for all our customers and suppliers. Our network covers more than 14 countries and is supported by 28 offices, 38 warehouses and several manufacturing plants in Asia, Europe and the USA. Driven to find solutions, our R&D facilities guarantee product quality and innovative capability. Our exciting history is one of persistence, partnership and innovation. We continue to shape solutions for the future and focus on building lasting relationships with our customers and suppliers.

About this position

The R&D Executive will initiate, lead, and manage R&D project execution, focusing on breakthrough research areas aligned with new technologies, products, and processes.

Responsibilities

• Initiate, lead, and manage R&D project execution, focusing on breakthrough research areas aligned with new technologies, products and processes.
• Execute of collaborative projects with partners as well as handover of technology spin-in.
• Discover information about new raw materials / suppliers.
• Nutripedia: cooperate to keep our library of raw materials updated.
• Creative new product and conduct sensory evaluation to ensure to meet customer needs and business model.
• Trial raw materials for running products and manage inventory.
• Trial products in pilot plant, customer's plant and on site. Not limited to Customer’s request but also on proactive basis.
• Record tests results with data, pictures and video where possible.
• Monitor the quality control system according to GHP, HACCP, quality assurance standard including Hygiene.
• Support Marketing and Product Development in introduction of new innovative ingredients from customer requirements to the final solution.
• Control all of new products compliance with food safety, regulation and consumer requirement.
• Develop technical skills and leadership capabilities of development team.
• Cooperate with crossfunctional team and help the team to prepare technical documents assess raw materials / blends and their classification.
• Control R&D lab expenses and record the general expenses and particular basis by specific project.
• To be responsible for other duties provided by Superior.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Chemistry or related discipline.
• At least 3-5 years experience in Chemist, R&D.
• Knowledge of implementing, maintain and continuously improving Laboratory and Process.
• Experience in quality systems e.g. GHP, HACCP, FSSC.
• Good command of written and spoken English communication.
• Good Attitude and Interpersonal skills.
• Good skills of MS Office e.g. MS Excel, MS Word etc.