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This job is for a Research & Development Executive who creates delicious, in-store food products like sauces and premixes. You might like this job because it blends creativity with hands-on work, ensuring tasty meals are made easily and consistently!
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Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Job Description
Job Summary
To create, refine, and standardise in-store food products—including premixes, sauces, skewers, karaage, and related items—that consistently deliver on taste, quality, food safety, cost efficiency, and ease of execution.This role is highly hands-on, working closely with operations teams and suppliers to turn culinary ideas into practical, scalable, and repeatable in-store solutions that perform reliably at store level.
Job Responsibilities:
1. In-Store Food Product Development
- Develop and improve in-store food items including:
o Premix (coating, batter, seasoning)
o Sauces (hot, ambient, chilled)
o Skewers (protein, marinaded items)
o Karaage and fried products
- Other ready-to-cook or ready-to-heat items
- Ensure products are easy to execute at store level with minimal variability.
- Support new product launches and reformulation of existing SKUs.
2. Culinary & Sensory Excellence
- Ensure products meet taste, texture, aroma, appearance, and
- consistency standards.
- Conduct sensory evaluations, benchmarking, and improvement
- trials.
- Adjust formulations to suit local taste profiles and customer
- expectations.
- Balance culinary quality with cost, shelf life, and preparation
- simplicity.
3. Food Science & Technical Support
- Apply basic food science principles in formulation, frying
- performance, sauce stability, and holding quality.
- Support shelf-life testing, oil stability, reheating performance, and
- product robustness.
- Assist in preparation of nutritional facts, COA, allergen, and
- product specifications.
- Work closely with QA to ensure HACCP, GMP, and halal
- compliance.
4. Process & In-Store Execution Understanding
- Understand store equipment limitations (fryers, microwaves, hot
- displays, holding cabinets).
- Optimize products for consistent results under real store
- conditions.
- Develop clear cooking, reheating, and handling SOPs for store
- operations.
- Support trial runs and feedback collection from operations teams.
5.Supplier & Raw Material Collaboration
- Work with suppliers on ingredient selection, premix formulation,
- and sauce development.
- Participate in supplier trials, sample evaluation, and technical
- discussions.
- Support sourcing alternatives to improve cost, quality, or supply continuity.
6. Documentation & Continuous Improvement
- Maintain proper R&D documentation, recipes, trial reports, and specifications.
- Support continuous improvement projects to enhance quality, yield, and cost efficiency.
- Assist in troubleshooting quality or execution issues from stores or production.
Job Requirements
Job Requirements:
- Diploma or Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Culinary Arts, or related field.
- 2–5 years’ experience in R&D, central kitchen, QSR, or in-store food development.
- Hands-on experience with fried products, premixes, sauces, or marinated items is highly preferred.
- Basic understanding of food safety, shelf life, and processing.
- Strong interest in culinary development and practical food execution
Company Benefits
Medical Benefits
We provide medical coverage for our employees
Annual Leave and Medical Leave
We have an extensive annual leave of 14 days and medical leaves.
Travel Allowance
We give travel allowance to our employees.
Additional Info
Experience Level
0 - 10 Years of Experience