R&D Manager

Job Description:

• Lead the end-to-end culinary innovation process, transforming market trends and culinary insights into commercially viable, chef-driven products that strengthen the brand’s differentiation.

• Drive continuous improvement of existing menus, recipes, and kitchen processes, proactively simplifying execution to support operational efficiency and consistency across outlets.

• Oversee the full product development lifecycle, from ideation, recipe development, food costing, and kitchen trials to final launch, ensuring all products are scalable, profitable, and operationally feasible.

• Collaborate closely with Operations and Supply Chain teams to ensure smooth implementation of new products, efficient production methods, and strict compliance with food safety and quality standards.

Requirement:

• Minimum 8 years of experience as a R&D or Chef, with strong exposure to product innovation, menu development, or culinary R&D in the F&B industry, including at least 3 years in a leadership or managerial role.

• Strong culinary vision with a deep understanding of global food trends, flavor profiling, and consumer taste preferences, able to translate trends into relevant and executable menu innovations.

• Solid hands-on expertise in recipe formulation, sensory development, food costing, and scaling recipes from kitchen trials to mass or multi-outlet production.

• Proven experience in identifying inefficiencies in kitchen operations and redesigning workflows, recipes, or prep methods to improve speed, consistency, and cost control.

• Willing to be placed in Bandung, with a hybrid working arrangement (2 days WFO, 3 days WFH).