Coordinator - Food Technology

This role operates within a fast-paced, high-volume food manufacturing environment, providing technical support across multiple production facilities. The position requires independent decision-making to ensure uninterrupted operations while driving continuous improvement in product quality, process efficiency, and cost optimization. Working collaboratively with cross-functional stakeholders, the role supports laboratory operations, regulatory compliance, technical analysis, and knowledge sharing through staff training. The incumbent must be adaptable to different manufacturing sites based on business requirements and capable of performing both laboratory and production floor activities, including the safe handling of samples, ingredients, and equipment.

Conduct scientific research and design experiments to investigate technical problems, gather and interpret analytical data, and translate findings into actionable technical solutions. Write comprehensive scientific reports documenting methodologies, data analysis, conclusions, and recommendations to support decision-making and knowledge transfer across teams.

Provide timely technical support to kitchen production units to prevent operational delays, and ensure continuous, uninterrupted support to the business.

Present technical findings, experimental data, and proposed solutions to direct stakeholders, clearly communicating the rationale behind recommendations, experimental outcomes, and their impact on product quality, cost, and operational efficiency.

Coordinate routine shelf-life studies, including scheduling sample pull points, conducting physico-chemical testing, and compiling preliminary data trends for review by the reporting manager.

In coordination with procurement, conduct technical evaluation and trials of alternate suppliers and new or innovative ingredients within the target food application to ensure they meet required quality standards and support supply chain resilience, cost savings and product improvement opportunities.

Ensure lab readiness and data integrity by conducting analyses and tests for ongoing projects and overseeing equipment maintenance, calibration and inventory.

Maintain and update procedural SOPs, and the central database for project data, sensory results and customer complaints, and support the training of team members on lab procedures.

Deliver basic food science fundamentals training to production staff by elevating the overall technical competence of the operational teams and reducing quality deviations on the production floor.

Collaborate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders, including production units requesting food technology support, Sourcing Solutions, Food Safety, Health & Dietetics, Quality, and the Commercial team, to align technical activities with business needs.

Years of Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience with 3 years of minimum in the food industry.

Experience in food product development, formulation, prototype development, and ingredient functionality evaluation.

Hands-on experience in scale-up, plant trials, commercialization, shelf-life studies, and technical problem-solving within food manufacturing environments.

Experience working collaboratively with Production, Quality, Food Safety, Sourcing, and R&D teams, including laboratory operations, technical documentation, and supplier coordination.