Kerja Sepenuh Masa Research - Development Manager (Bakery), Gaji tinggi MYR 9,500 di Markaids(M) Selangor - Maukerja

About This Role

Markaids isn't just a solutions provider, we're on a mission to make food more enjoyable, healthier, and more sustainable. As our R&D Bakery Manager, you'll be at the heart of that mission: turning consumer insights into bakery and confectionery products people genuinely love, from mochi and snowskin mooncakes to bread, crackers, and cookies. You'll help shape a 4–5 year innovation pipeline and keep us ahead of ASEAN bakery trends.

Does This Sound Like You?

• You have a degree in Culinary Management, Food Science, Baking Science & Technology, or an equivalent qualification.
• You've spent 5–8 years in R&D within a manufacturing environment, bakery experience is ideal, but candidates from sauce, seasoning, or other food R&D backgrounds are welcome to apply too.
• You know your way around bakery ingredients (flours, yeasts, enzymes, improvers) and equipment (mixers, ovens, proofers, laminators).
• You have a working understanding of food safety standards (CODEX, Malaysia Food Regulation, ISO 22000).
• You're an analytical thinker who enjoys solving problems as much as creating them.
• You're organized, can manage multiple projects at once, and rarely miss a deadline.

If That Sounds Like You, Here's What You'll Be Doing

• Leveraging consumer insight to identify exciting new project opportunities for bakery and confectionery products, aligned with business strategy.
• Guiding concepts from spark to reality, initial screening, refinement, technical and commercial evaluation, prototyping, and selection for consumer testing.
• Leading long-term idea generation to build a strong innovation pipeline, with an eye on ASEAN bakery trends.
• Choosing the right innovation approach for each project, working closely with core and commercial teams.
• Making sure every product meets internal and external regulatory requirements throughout development.
• Partnering with cross-functional teams on the technical side, investigation, planning, execution, evaluation, and troubleshooting.
• Sharing market insight with teams during ideation, concept generation, and prototyping.
• Getting hands-on in the kitchen, running baking trials, testing formulations, and scaling successful recipes from test kitchen to full production.

This Role May Not Be for You If

• You prefer sticking to established recipes rather than creating new ones from scratch.
• You'd rather work independently than collaborate closely with commercial, technical, and cross-functional teams.
• You're less comfortable with hands-on, hands-in-the-dough work, this role isn't purely desk-based.
• You're early in your R&D career and don't yet have 5+ years of relevant experience.
• You're not energized by staying on top of food trends and translating them into real products.

Ready to help shape the future of bakery innovation? We'd love to hear from you.

Pay: RM8,000.00 - RM9,500.00 per month

Work Location: In person