Industry Technology Specialist (Coffee)- SEA
TP. Hồ Chí Minh
Application deadline:
18/11/2026
About This Job
Trách nhiệm chính
- Partner with coffee customers to identify process‑improvement opportunities, troubleshoot manufacturing challenges, and implement biosolutions, particularly in soluble and instant coffee processing.
- Plan and execute laboratory, pilot, and industrial trials, translating process and product data into practical recommendations.
- Support projects from opportunity identification through implementation and commercialization.
- Identify opportunities to improve yield, resource efficiency, waste reduction, conversion costs, product consistency, and speed to commercialization.
- Evaluate emerging coffee applications, technologies, and ideas while contributing technical expertise to innovation and capability‑building initiatives.
- Collaborate with customer production and R&D teams and with internal sales, marketing, R&D, regulatory, global experts, and Southeast Asia technical teams, while meeting applicable quality and safety requirements.
Yêu cầu
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in chemical engineering, Food Engineering, Process Engineering, Food Science, or a related discipline.
- At least 10 years of relevant hands‑on technical experience in coffee processing, coffee manufacturing, process engineering, production, plant operations, R&D, technical service, or industrial manufacturing.
- Practical knowledge of soluble or instant coffee manufacturing and relevant unit operations such as roasting, grinding, extraction, concentration, freeze drying or spray drying, and clean‑in‑place systems.
- Strong capabilities in process optimization, technical troubleshooting, project management, and data‑driven decision‑making.
- Ability to diagnose technical challenges and turn process and product data into practical solutions.
- Strong customer focus and the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
- Demonstrated project ownership and the ability to collaborate effectively across functions and cultures.
- Strong written and spoken English.
Yêu cầu ưu tiên
- Experience in soluble or instant coffee manufacturing.
- Experience working directly with manufacturing sites and cross‑functional production teams.
- Knowledge of other parts of the coffee value chain and an interest in emerging coffee applications.
- Additional Southeast Asian language capabilities.
- Curiosity, adaptability, and an interest in learning and applying new technologies.
Mức lương
- Thỏa thuận
Thông tin khác
- Position may be based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, or Vietnam.
- Frequent travel throughout Southeast Asia is required, particularly to Vietnam and Indonesia.
- Working hours are flexible and will be influenced by project priorities, customer visits, and trial activities.
- Applicants are asked to apply without a cover letter or photo; include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.
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