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R&D Director - India & SEA

McCormick & Company
McCormick & Company (Chon Buri)
Chonburi, Thailand 🇹🇭
McCormick & Company
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.

About this position

The R&D Director, ISEA is responsible for the scientific and technical direction and leadership of the ISEA Research and Development Team. This role is also responsible to coordinate the strategic direction of the R&D function across ISEA, ensure alignment to commercial (Industrial and Consumer) business strategy, achieve cross functional alignment and build engagement at all levels.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:
• People Management: Lead the ISEA Product Development team 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.
• Regional representative: Represents ISEA in relevant Global and Regional McCormick forums ensuring ISEA 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.
• Technical & Leadership capabilities: 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.
• CCI Champion: 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.
• Food Manufacturing standards: 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.
• Compliance Management: Responsible for the overall health and safety of the ISEA team ensuring compliance with relevant policies and procedures.

Requirements

Desired Candidate Profile:
• Bachelor’s degree in Science (Food Science) or Technical - Quality/Research & Development.
• 10-15 years Product Development Experience in Food Industry (FMCG preferably).
• Extensive experience in product development formulation (food) and demonstrated experience in the associated Manufacturing and Quality Assurance Techniques.
• Experience in leading product development and technical teams across various product categories (seasonings, coatings, condiments, sauces).
• Experience in multinational companies working across multiple geographies.

Benefits

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Huneety A.I Salary Estimate
85,000 - 150,000 THB per month