DIRECTOR I PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

McCormick & Company

McCormick & Company (Phan Thong, Chon Buri, Thailand)

Chonburi, Thailand

McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE: MKC) is a global leader in flavor and one of the most respected and familiar names in the industry. In business for over 130 years, McCormick manufactures, markets, and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavorful products to the entire food industry—retail outlets, food manufacturers, and foodservice businesses. McCormick creates flavors for a wide range of applications, such as beverages, snacks, dairy, bakery/confectionary, savory, performance nutrition, and health.

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Job function: Project Management

Industries: Food Ingredients and Flavourings Manufacturing and Production

About this position

The R&D Director, SEA is responsible for the scientific and technical direction and leadership of the SEA Research and Development Team across two geographic locations (Singapore and Thailand).

Responsibilities

• Lead the SEA Product Development team across two sites (Thailand and Singapore) and deploy appropriate resources against development projects, directing inter-team and cross-functional working when required.
• Direct and prioritize work per regional and business unit priorities and projects which support the strategic plan for growth and profit improvement.
• Represents SEA in relevant Global and Regional McCormick forums ensuring SEA alignment with functional goals and supporting the sharing of best practices and innovation ideas.
• Develops strong regional technical customer engagement and relationships via on-site and customer’s facility visits.
• Build technological and leadership capabilities across PD team by developing an efficient team committed to excellence, performance and shared accountability.
• Develop top talent and manage and develop technical and leadership competency to address succession planning needs.
• Create a robust technical community to develop best in class practices and allow transfer of knowledge across functions, whilst maintaining required confidentiality.
• Lead Product Development activities to support local continuous cost improvement CCI program to improve margin performance that delivers a competitive edge, such as formula simplification and rationalization.
• Implement effective systems and processes to enable functional and organizational effectiveness.
• Ensure activities related to the functional compliance with relevant Acts/ Legal Requirements, Business Ethics and Food Manufacturing Standards.
• Manage adherence to applicable Global, Regional and Local policies and standards to protect proprietary information.
• Responsible for the overall health and safety of the SEA team ensuring compliance with relevant policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Science (Food Science) or Technical - Quality/Research & Development.
• 10 Years Product Development Experience in Food Industry.
• Extensive experience in product development formulation (food) and demonstrated experience in the associated manufacturing processes.

Benefits

Huneety A.I Salary Estimate

200,000 - 300,000 THB per month