Title:  Supervisor Research & Development

Job Summary

Design and execute the development and formulation of chemical products to meet customer expectations and support sales performance

General Responsibilities

• Support superior in managing day-to-day operating expenditures against operating budgets to ensure efficient usage of resources
• Develop and formulate new products by providing prototypes, formulations and procedures to support sales performance
• Design experiments to guarantee the capability and stability of products/samples
• Maintain a clean, working laboratory and organize files, computer generated reports and project-related documentation
• Monitor projects by coordinating with the sales team, including preparation of formulation guidelines, samples of finished products as per the customer expectations, etc.
• Analyze current product profile of key customers to suggest new recipes and techniques for product improvement for our key customers
• Support in providing technical training for the sales team to upgrade their technical capabilities and product knowledge
• Implement effective sampling procedures to make sure that samples are packed in hygienic conditions and distributed in a safe manner
• Assist the sales team to successfully demonstrate product applications to customers by undertaking trials at customer locations
• Support the sales team to resolve technical problems from customers on issues related to product compliance, new applications, innovation and introduction of new products, etc.

Functional Skills and Knowledge

• Demonstrate working knowledge of industry and products
• Demonstrate knowledge of scientific, chemical and laboratory methods
• Demonstrate proficiencies in office productivity tools (e.g. Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
• Demonstrate fluency in local language and ideally in English, both written and spoken

Education

Bachelor's degree in Applied Science/Biotechnology/Chemical Engineering/Food Engineering or related field