R&D Assistant Manager, Product Development; 研发助理经理，产品开发

Job description

Overview

Lead and drive end-to-end product development for ICF Pepspark AOP innovations, including new platforms expansion and long-term pipeline building. Ensuring strong consumer-led product design, technical readiness, and commercial productivities goal.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Marketing, Supply Chain, Insights, and Commercialization teams to drive ICF Pepspark innovation AOP and pipeline development, including key platform expansions in konjac, nuts, VFF, and meal/away-from-home (AFH) solutions, ensuring strong consumer-led product design
• Coordinate ICF productivity initiatives to drive COGS optimization while maintaining product superiority and competitive advantage vs key competitors, especially in emerging platforms (konjac, nuts, VFF, AFH)
• Ensure strong technical discipline by delivering all product activities in line with Technical Stage Gate and POM requirements, with robust documentation covering both core and new platform innovations
• Build and strengthen ICF technical capability (e.g., alternative bases like konjac, potato noodle, plant-based systems, VFF 2.0, texture design) to enable scalable H2/3 innovation solutions and platform expansion readiness

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or above in food science, food engineering or adjacent subjects
• >5 years working experience Multi-national Food Company in product development
• Fluent writing and speaking skill in Mandarin and English
• Efficient communication skill and basic leadership skill to facilitate project move on
• Experienced on product design methodology, process and tools that apply to R&D projects / activities
• Basic knowledge about the adjacent technical functions include but not limited to nutrition, technical regulatory, technical consumer insight, packaging.