Job description:
· Graduate of BS Food Technology or any related course
· At least three (3) years of extensive work experience as Research and Development Personnel in a manufacturing or trading/retail industry
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Application of Skills and Abilities
o Supports the implementation of all policies, processes and initiatives in the following PRD functions/facets:
A. Product Research, Planning and Development
- Receives and checks Product Research and Development (PRD) Project Request.
- Determines the PRD category.
- Submits raw materials to QAC for physic-chemical analysis as well as receives, accepts and forwards results to PRD Supervisor for review.
- Assists in the conduct of product formulation.
- Submits formulated samples of proposed new/enhanced/alternative product to Test Kitchen for product application.
- Assists in the determination and evaluation of relevant resources needed such as but not limited to raw materials, packaging materials, consumables, equipment and among others.
- Assists in the conceptualization and development of products for general promotions and custom-blend products in order to meet customers’ specifications and requirements.
- Assists in product matching based on the required parameters and assessment of a given reference sample.
- Assists in the conduct of laboratory trials for new/enhanced/alternative products.
- Notifies concerned departments about the result of newly-developed/enhanced or alternative products.
B. Manufacturing process validation and production scale trial
o Supports the PRD Manager in planning, cascading, resource preparation, standardization, documentation, analysis and evaluation of new/enhanced or alternative products in a production scale set-up.
o Assists in the preparation of manufacturing process validation protocol.
C. Shelf-life Study
- Spearheads the conduct of Shelf Life Study activities including planning, preparation of resources, implementation and monitoring, documentation of results, analysis and evaluation.
- Receives and reviews request for shelf life study.
- Performs shelf life study planning.
- Requests and receives Finished Goods (FG) samples.
- Verifies the results of physic-chemical and microbiological analysis of samples.