Senior Research & Development Specialist

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NPD — End to End

• Lead NPD projects from concept brief through formulation, scale-up, and commercial launch.
• Prioritize and manage the R&D project portfolio, developing formulation strategies and trial plans that align with business objectives and launch timelines.
• Define quality, cost, and regulatory targets — and ensure the team delivers against them.
• Hand over production-ready specs to factory upon successful scale-up.

Project Management

• Build project plans with clear milestones; track progress via the Stage-Gate framework.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects without compromising quality or timelines.
• Report project status to management and key stakeholders — no surprises.

Stakeholder Coordination

• Commercial / Marketing — serve as the primary R&D interface; receive project briefs, translate them into R&D scopes, and brief the R&D Officer on what to execute. The Officer does not coordinate with Marketing directly.
• Factory R&D — own technology transfer, trial coordination, and scale-up support.
• Regulatory — collaborate closely to ensure full product compliance on ingredients, additives, and labelling for all target markets (domestic and export) before launch; support regulatory submissions, product registrations, and claim substantiation.
• Supply Chain & QA — align on specs, supplier qualification, and shelf-life studies.
• Suppliers — act as the primary contact for all supplier-level technical and commercial discussions; lead negotiations and gather technical data sheets, ingredient specifications, and regulatory supporting documents. The R&D Officer may follow up on routine data requests under the AM's direction, but is not the primary supplier contact.

Domestic & Export Regulatory

• Own and be accountable for full regulatory compliance across all markets — Thai FDA (domestic) and international markets including EU, US FDA, and Codex Alimentarius.
• Adapt formulations and labels to meet Thai FDA, EU, US FDA, and Codex requirements.
• Liaise with overseas customers and OEM partners on specifications and documentation.
• The R&D Officer is responsible only for domestic (Thai FDA) documentation; all export and international regulatory accountability rests with the AM.

Cost Saving

• Identify and deliver formulation-based cost reductions — ingredient swap, yield improvement, waste reduction.
• Track financial impact in THB/% and report against annual savings targets.
• Qualify alternative raw materials with Procurement — zero quality compromise.

NPD Process & Continuous Improvement

• Own and maintain the end-to-end NPD workflow — from intake brief to post-launch review — ensuring every step is clearly defined and consistently followed.
• Continuously identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and pain points; propose and implement practical improvements.
• Develop and update SOPs, templates, and tools that streamline project handovers, documentation, and cross-functional communication.
• Track process KPIs (cycle time, first-time-right rate, on-time delivery) and use data to drive workflow improvements.