Job Purpose

The R&D Export Deployment Executive for Oral Care & Skin Cleansing is responsible for coordinating R&D activities across export projects, ensuring robust technical delivery across formulation and packaging workstreams, and enabling successful deployment across countries and regions. The role works closely with Marketing, R&D, Supply Chain, Procurement, suppliers, manufacturing sites, Artwork teams, and project stakeholders to align development activities and deliver projects on time, meeting required quality and technical standards.

This position plays a critical role in supporting export growth by ensuring packaging readiness, specification and master data set-up, supplier and factory validation, artwork coordination, trial execution, and quality risk management for export projects.

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead R&D Coordination for Export Deployment Projects

• Coordinate R&D activities for export deployment projects and collaborate with cross-functional teams including Marketing, R&D, Supply Chain, Procurement, suppliers, factories, and project teams.
• Ensure alignment across development networks to deliver projects according to timeline, quality, and technical requirements.
• Monitor project progress and proactively identify and resolve deployment challenges.

2. Conduct Testing, Plant Trials, Transit Tests, and Risk Assessments

• Plan and support execution of product testing, factory trials, transit tests, and technical assessments.
• Evaluate formulation, packaging, manufacturing, transportation, storage, and quality risks prior to market deployment.
• Ensure technical readiness and compliance with project requirements.

3. Provide Technical Guidance and Deployment Support

• Deliver technical inputs required for project execution, including:
  • Packaging technical drawings
  • Artwork cutter guides
  • Component dimensions
  • Material specifications
  • Packaging compatibility requirements
  • Palletization and logistics guidance
• Collaborate with Artwork, Quality, Supply Chain, suppliers, and factories to ensure packaging design, coding requirements, transport conditions, and manufacturing feasibility are aligned before launch.

4. Manage Specifications and Master Data

• Create, maintain, and update product specifications and master data.
• Ensure technical documentation accuracy, compliance, and readiness for deployment activities.
• Coordinate with relevant stakeholders to support system set-up and product launch requirements.

5. Drive Packaging Development and Deployment Readiness

• Support packaging development activities from concept to deployment, including:
  • Packaging format selection
  • Material and component evaluation
  • Supplier sample assessment
  • Technical drawing validation
  • Artwork fit-checks
  • Line trial execution
  • Transportation and storage assessments
• Validate packaging performance against consumer, market, manufacturing, and quality requirements.

6. Support Costing Activities

• Prepare and provide technical inputs for product costing exercises when required.
• Align material specifications, packaging requirements, and technical assumptions with Procurement, Supply Chain, and suppliers.

7. Manage Export Packaging and Formulation Portfolio

• Develop and maintain visibility of export packaging and formulation portfolios across multiple markets.
• Track packaging formats, component specifications, supplier sources, artwork status, testing progress, deployment readiness, and project risks.
• Support portfolio optimization and deployment prioritization activities.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Packaging Technology, Material Science, Industrial Engineering, or related technical disciplines.

Experience

• Open to candidates interested in product development, export deployment, packaging development, manufacturing processes, or project coordination.
• Experience in project management, packaging production, supplier management, quality processes, manufacturing operations, or specification/master data management is an advantage.
• Good command of English, both written and spoken.

Required Skills & Competencies

Project Management

• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Effective time management and execution follow-through.

Packaging Development

• Understanding of primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging systems including bottles, tubes, sachets, cartons, labels, pumps, closures, shipping cases, and palletization.
• Ability to review technical drawings, packaging specifications, supplier samples, and trial results.

Technical Deployment

• Knowledge of product testing, factory trials, transit testing, risk assessments, and technical documentation processes.

Communication

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to explain technical requirements clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Comfortable working with regional and international teams.

Problem Solving & Risk Management

• Ability to identify technical and project risks.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Capable of providing recommendations and escalating issues appropriately.

Data & Documentation Management

• High attention to detail in handling specifications, master data, technical documents, and compliance records.

Collaboration

• Strong teamwork and cross-functional collaboration capabilities.
• Ability to work effectively with Marketing, R&D, Supply Chain, Procurement, suppliers, manufacturing sites, and external partners.

Learning Agility

• Eagerness to learn new product development processes, packaging technologies, export operations, and global deployment practices.