Commercialization Specialist

Requisition ID: 55319
Position Type: FT Permanent
Workplace Arrangement: #LI-Onsite

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier, and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

Key Responsibilities

• The RDA Commercialization Specialist is crucial in ensuring successful scale-up and commercialization trials by delivering technical support and collaborating closely with stakeholders, including the Research Development and Application (RDA) team and the Integrated Operations Team.
• Responsible for preparation, communication, coordination, and gathering relevant information of Scale-up, Commercialization & Improvement trials.
• Record, validate, and communicate all production data, production issues encountered, and QA results after plant trials. Complete a brief pre-trial and post-trial checklist/report.
• Identify possible issues proactively, communicating to the RDA, and facilitate/troubleshoot challenges during the NPI process, working directly with RDA, plant operations, QA, and supply chain teams on timely resolution.
• Determine the process flow/mixing steps and judge the operational feasibility of NPI products.
• Test, evaluate, and perform sensory analysis on raw materials and finished products, providing approval on behalf of the RDA recipe owner for low to medium complexity products.
• Collect relevant RDA samples (e.g., shelf-life/analytical samples, customer samples) and assist in shelf-life studies as needed by RDA Scientists.
• Communicate to RDA any changes to current production lines/procedures and provide RDA technical support when required.
• Manage, coordinate, operate, and maintain the Pilot Plant equipment to fulfill RDA and customer needs across APMEA as required.
• Manage, coordinate, and fulfill the raw materials and finished products sample requests for RDA.
• Gain a full understanding of the production process and procedures, becoming a process and technical expert in the assigned technology, and expand knowledge across multiple Kerry Taste & Nutrition technologies.
• Support trial runs representing RDA at Kerry Tampoi and Kerry Pasir Gudang when required.
• Assist in other tasks/projects related to MY & SG RDA as requested by the Technical Support Centre Manager on an ad hoc basis.

Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum a bachelor’s degree in any relevant field, preferably with a science/technical background.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment in a regulated industry, and possess knowledge about production line and manufacturing processes, controls, and procedures.
• Possesses the technical and functional skills necessary to fulfill the role’s requirements, including problem-solving abilities, and continually develops expertise.
• Able to communicate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Willing to work flexible hours/weekends if and when required.
• Competent in Microsoft Office.
• Team player, independent, change agent, and self-starter.