Key Responsibility:
- Work with Merchandising team, Trading Plan team, Marketing team, Quality Assurance team to improve quality, through product development, product improvement, specification management and customer communication.
- Lead planning product development process and making product prototype/ formulation/ taste/ claims with customer satisfaction of own brand products.
- Lead implementation of product development plan in fresh processed food category which delivers technical strategy and category plan.
- Drive innovation and improvement in quality and execute NPD plan.
- Develop proper manufacturing process to be ready for scale up in factory, including process at store and factory.
- Prepare training pack and train coach to implement training in store.
- Design operational standards for production, including production planning and control at every stage from raw material preparation, production shift scheduling, and manpower planning to the manufacturing process and product delivery ensuring that production targets are achieved efficiently and effectively.
- Manage and utilize appropriate technologies at reasonable costs, while continuously seeking opportunities to improve, standardize, and develop production processes in order to enhance production efficiency.
- Establish production operation standards that align with product quality standards, quality requirements, and manufacturing facility standards to ensure compliance with the specified standards.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Product Development, Food Engineering related field; Master's degree preferred
- Minimum of 10+ years of experience in R&D, Food Production, Food FMCG or QSR, with at least 3 years in a leadership role
- Strong analytical skills and ability to translate data into actionable insights
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Proven track record of developing and executing successful merchandising strategies
- Strong leadership skills and high resilience
- Customer centric mindset
- Persuasion, Supplier management, Stakeholder management
- Strong in Data analysis, Strategy planning and market insight
- Category Management and Commercial Acumen as well as developing Category Strategy
- Experience in working cross-functionally to deliver step-change projects
- Leading a team and understanding of country and global supply chain products
CP AXTRA | Lotus's
CP AXTRA Public Company Limited.
Nawamin Office: Buengkum, Bangkok 10230, Thailand
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