Assistant Manager, Product Development Dept

Who We Are

Suntory Beverage & Food strives to be the most locally beloved beverage company in every market we serve. Guided by our founding principles of Growing for Good, Yatte Minahare (the spirit of bold ambition), and Giving Back to Society, we pursue sustainable growth, bold innovation, and meaningful social impact. Across the Asia Pacific region, we proudly offer trusted brands including Ribena®, Lucozade Sport™, BRAND'S® Essence of Chicken, Tea+, BOSS Coffee, and V Energy— delivering quality products that honor our commitment to harmony with people and nature.
Within Suntory Beverage & Food Health Enrichment (SBFHE), we focus on enhancing everyday health and well‑being across our markets through trusted science‑backed products and strong local roots.

About your role

• To take responsibility to manage NPD, Renewal product development including Change project to meet project concept, consumer needed, quality assurance, regulation, timeline and target cost.
• To collaborate with relevant functions (Marketing, SCM, QA, Production, Other Region R&D, OEM, etc.) to move NPD project on time.
• From technical point of view, discuss concept within team, identify technical challenges and provide solutions with the support from supervisors.
• To generate idea creation from R&D to move for NPD project pipeline

What You'll Do

Formula development for NPD/ Reformulation
•    Develop NPD based on the understanding, and alignment of target consumer/occasion, consumer needs, target benefit, target cost, and timeline including key milestone with NPD team
•    Assess all technical risks through feasibility study and provide technical solutions by collaboration with cross function team such as NPC, QA, Production, Eng, etc.
•    Evaluate/ confirm no technical issue including product stability and safety, micro, and IP infringement 
•    Review documents for commercialization such as ISQ, SPF/SPI, Stability report including analysis result report, Document to support FDA registration, etc. 

General Role
•    Accumulate knowledge/ learning in the area of product development/ raw material/ technical issues, etc.
•    Transfer knowledge of all new or modified processes and product improvement to QA, production, and relevant department to ensure that products produced meet customer requirement 
•    Control data keeping system to ensure its well-documented and easy to reference. 
•    Follow company policy and all implemented standard system

Suntory Way Development 
•    Always Gemba and Initiate Idea creation to propose by quarter
•    Discussion with various relevant functions from marketing, supply chain i.e. procurement, manufacturing, and QA to process project smoothly and meet timeline 
•    The frequency of complexities depends on the number of projects and difficulties
•    To deliver new product as per concept without any delay.
•    Number and Quality of Ideas creation initiative
•    Executive can propose NPD development process step and product details such as formula / process / spec / regulation / timeline etc 
•    Propose new NPD ideas in idea creation activity.

What's in it for you

• Experience and qualifications based on the technical and functional requirement Master degree or Bachelor degree of food science and technology or related field Min 5 years’ experience in R&D from prototyping until scale for commercialization

What You need to be successful

Our DEI Commitment

At Suntory, we recognize that diverse knowledge, perspectives, and backgrounds contribute to our collective success. We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where all individuals can bring their whole selves to work every day, regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or any other protected characteristic.

Our recruitment and selection processes are designed to highlight what Suntory offers as an employer while allowing candidates to share their unique skills and experiences. We understand that career trajectories vary, and if you believe your experience/background can benefit our team, we encourage you to apply. We endeavor to make our interview process as inclusive as possible and offer reasonable accommodations as needed. Together, we can cultivate a workplace where everyone can thrive and propel our mission of Growing for Good.