R&D Product Developer (Personal Care)

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- Work closely with APAC sector and IISEA country marketing teams to understand consumer and market trends and identify future product opportunities in the market
2. Qualification and Implementation
- Lead the qualification and implementation of the product development or improvement projects to be successfully launched in the market
- Ensure product development efforts are moving in tandem with business and market needs.
- Participate in the development of product test plan and action standards to ensure appropriate qualification has been considered.
- Verify any potential issues on material, product design, process feasibility on new product designs
- Lead the team to develop and execute plans to address potential process, equipment and/or product issues during implementation
- Lead and manage projects related to product improvement and upgrades from a technical point of view
3. Innovative approaches to work processes and products
- Actively research into ways of developing innovative product designs utilizing laboratory facilities and other resources.
- Employ innovative approaches to many short-range problems and broad creative concepts leading to new technical approaches.
- Think out of the box without being held captive by traditional ideas to aid problem solving
- Ideas generated are developed into working prototypes via innovative avenues and project objectives are met.
- Strong consumer understanding, and be able to understand how consumer needs translate into technical solutions
4. Documentation, invention disclosures and patents
- File invention disclosures and patent applications to protect creative ideas and protocols developed.
- Good documentation of knowledge and research and development works
- Creative ideas protected in a timely manner to support business growth.
- For IP/invention disclosure filing, record traceability and to facilitate knowledge transfer
5. Technology sharing and provision of technical service
- Communicate with KC global and other R&E teams to share information and gain knowledge of new technology.
- Provide any technical services to the business team such as developing product claims, consulting technical point in advertising and any other related issues
- Incorporation of novel technologies into products.
- Leverage on capabilities of global business teams to reduce time-to-market.
- Effective sharing of good practices employed by various teams
6. Costs Transformation and Design to Value
- Achieve business need for reduced cost at the equivalent quality of products.
- Lead FC cost transformation initiative including DtV and Simplification work for IISEA
- Eliminate non-value added features, materials, product dimensions to deliver winning products at the lowest cost.
- Guide Jr. developer to lead cost optimization programs.
7. Provision of Specifications
- Prepare and issue the final product and raw material specifications and update affiliates regularly.
- Ensure FPS and RMS are replicable through the understanding process, machine feasibility, and supplier capability.
- Ensure effective information transfer to affiliates for successful project execution in subsequent developmental stages
8. Mentorship
- Provide technical training/guidance for other project areas. Provide technical assistance, training, and coaching to less experienced team members, including cross-functional team members
- Enhance the technical skills and expertise of the team.