• Lead bakery innovation and product development
• Work with a growing regional food business
• Opportunity to shape future product offerings

The Company

Our client is a well-established and growing food manufacturing and retail business with a strong presence across bakery, pastry, café, and food service operations. As part of its continued focus on innovation and product development, the company is seeking an experienced R&D Bakery Specialist / R&D Pastry Chef to lead new product creation and support the growth of its bakery portfolio.

The Position

Reporting to senior management, this role will be responsible for driving the development of new bakery and pastry products while continuously improving existing recipes and production processes. The successful candidate will lead product innovation initiatives from concept through commercialization, ensuring products meet quality, operational, and commercial objectives.

The role will work closely with production, quality, procurement, marketing, and operations teams to identify market trends, develop new concepts, conduct product trials, and support successful product launches. The position will also play a key role in introducing new ingredients, baking technologies, and industry best practices to strengthen the company's product portfolio and competitive positioning.

The Person

The ideal candidate will possess strong hands-on bakery and pastry expertise together with experience in product development, culinary innovation, or commercial bakery operations. You should have a proven track record developing bakery products for retail, food service, hospitality, or manufacturing environments and be comfortable managing projects from concept development through commercialization.

Candidates should possess strong knowledge of baking techniques, ingredients, food safety standards, recipe formulation, product costing, and commercial-scale production. A Diploma or Degree in Culinary Arts, Pastry Arts, Bakery Science, Food Technology, or a related discipline is preferred.

Candidates must have prior Asia experience, ideally gained within Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, or other leading bakery markets in the region. Exposure to Asian-style pastries, premium bakery products, laminated doughs, viennoiserie, Korean bakery concepts, Taiwanese breads, specialty cakes, and modern café-style offerings will be highly regarded.

Experience gained within large-scale bakery manufacturing, retail bakery chains, café businesses, FMCG food companies, or food service operations will be highly advantageous. Candidates with a successful track record introducing innovative Asian bakery and pastry products into commercial production environments will be particularly attractive for this role.