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Flavorist Lead

Selangor Permanent MYR7,000 - MYR10,000 per month (MYR84,000 - MYR120,000 per year) View Job Description
This role drives proactive flavour innovation across savoury, sweet, dairy, and beverage applications, transforming consumer insights into commercially successful flavour solutions. It bridges creative flavour expertise with manufacturing and end‑to‑end R&D, from concept through scale‑up, to meet market trends and client needs.
  • Shape next‑gen flavour innovation
  • Lead R&D creation with direct impact on regional manufacturing

About Our Client

The hiring company is an established and growing regional flavour house, recognized for its commitment to quality, innovation, and professional development. With expanding manufacturing capabilities, it combines strong local market insight with global R&D standards to drive innovation‑led growth across Southeast Asia, particularly in serving regional customers.

Job Description

  • Drive R&D innovation by creating differentiated flavour profiles across savoury, sweet, dairy, and beverage applications for regional markets
  • Develop and formulate unique flavours from concept to launch, aligned with customer needs and market trends
  • Anticipate consumer and customer preferences by building proactive flavour collections ahead of briefs
  • Lead flavour matching, duplication, optimisation, and cost balancing while maintaining strong sensory performance
  • Translate Indonesian flavour profiles into scalable, manufacturable solutions for Malaysian production sites
  • Collaborate closely with Sales, Marketing, Production, and other cross‑functional teams to commercialise innovations
  • Conduct sensory evaluations and provide detailed analysis to support flavour direction and optimisation
  • Ensure compliance with Halal, food safety, quality, and regional regulatory standards
  • Maintain accurate documentation of formulations, processes, and technical data
  • Mentor junior flavourists and support production scale‑up from laboratory development to plant manufacturing

The Successful Applicant

  • Degree in Chemistry, Food Science, or a related scientific discipline
  • Minimum 8+ years of hands‑on experience in flavour creation, ideally within Asian markets
  • Strong technical expertise across savoury, sweet, dairy, and/or beverage flavour systems
  • Proven track record in flavour development, formulation, and optimisation from concept to commercialisation
  • Demonstrated innovation mindset with the ability to work proactively beyond reactive customer briefs
  • Solid understanding of SEA flavour preferences, including Halal and regional regulatory requirements
  • Experience supporting, scaling up, or transferring formulations into manufacturing environments
  • Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills, with strong attention to detail and creativity

What's on Offer

  • Competitive salary package and incentive programs.
  • Opportunities to work on exciting and innovative projects.
  • A supportive work environment that fosters professional growth.
Contact
Daryl Lim
Quote job ref
JN-042026-6996807
Phone number
+603 2302 4065

Job summary

Function
Engineering & Manufacturing
Specialisation
Engineering Design, R&D and NPI
What is your area of specialisation?
Industrial / Manufacturing
Location
Selangor
Contract Type
Permanent
Consultant name
Daryl Lim
Consultant contact
+603 2302 4065
Job Reference
JN-042026-6996807

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