Application Technology Executive (Baking & Culinary Systems)

Company Overview

Our client is an Established Global Food Ingredients Enterprise, specializing in premium ingredients for industrial bakeries, foodservice operators, and craft confectioners. Combining Italian culinary heritage with modern Asian food processing standards, the company is seeking an Application Technology Executive to manage its Johor application laboratory, lead customer baking demonstrations, and support culinary QA/R&D activities.

Position Overview

Reporting directly to the QA Manager, the Application Technology Executive bridges quality assurance, product development, and customer engagement. This hands-on role is responsible for conducting finished-product functional baking trials, maintaining test laboratory environments, revising bakery QC working instructions, developing new product recipes with R&D, and leading showroom baking exhibitions during customer visits and audits.

Key Responsibilities

1. Application Testing, Recipe Development & QC Instructions

• Perform rigorous functional, sensory, and visual application testing on finished product batches (margarines, fats, creams, chocolates) in real-world baking environments.
  

• Collaborate with the R&D team to formulate, test, and refine new bakery recipes, product application guidelines, and usage concepts.
  

• Draft, review, and update standard bakery QC working instructions and application testing SOPs under QA management supervision.
  

2. Application Laboratory Management & Material Control

• Oversee the daily cleanliness, sanitation, safety, and organization of the Application Testing Laboratory and showroom kitchen.
  

• Manage inventory, storage, and reordering of bakery raw materials, baking ingredients, and test consumables.
  

• Maintain, calibrate, and clean application instruments, ovens, mixers, and specialized baking tools.
  

3. Customer Showroom Exhibitions, Audits & Technical Assistance

• Prepare and lead live product baking demonstrations and showroom exhibitions for visiting clients, key accounts, and regulatory auditors.
  

• Provide hands-on technical guidance and product application training to customers and internal sales teams.
  

• Support QA in investigating customer product complaints related to application performance, analyzing root causes, and providing functional usage advice.
  

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