Sr. Specialist, Tech Product Dev

 

Nestlé’s Research & Development Center is our regional powerhouse driving innovation in food, beverage, and pharmaceutical science. Backed by our global Nestlé R&D organization, we lead breakthrough discoveries that are both good for consumers and the planet. Our team of experts range from product developers to engineers, working across our portfolio of food, beverage, infant nutrition, and health science to create leading-edge products and services. As part of our organization, you will use your entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to excellence to unlock the power of food and provide premium value.   

 

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

 

As a Senior Product Development Specialist, you will lead product development activities that deliver innovative and competitive products, processes, and systems in response to business needs.

 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Innovation / Renovation pipeline: Develop Coffee products in a timely manner, using innovative ingredients / processes with ideas generated from consumer insight. Manage bench and pilot plant trials through factory scale-up.  Ensure products comply with 60/40+ and other corporate guidelines as well as agreed upon timelines.  Document all product development activities.
• Project Management: Manage Time, resources, and stakeholders for small to medium size projects, and/or product development stream in multi-market projects.
• Calculate carbon impact of the project for I2L (Ideal 2 Launch) sustainability deliverables
• People and Know-how: Communicate findings effectively with stakeholders and partners.  Work in project teams within R&D, Application Groups, Markets, Factories (Nestle & Co-man) and Business Units.  Participate in training for Application Groups, including presenting in Coffee Product Development workshops. Serve as technical resource to colleagues in developed expertise areas.    
• Technical/Scientific: Ensure intellectual asset management practices are applied (Freedom to Operate, Prior Art, Protection Strategy, etc.). Comply with Nestlé Integrated Management System and NQMS, knowledge management principles, and all other company policies and procedures. Continue to expand and share knowledge in scientific field and business aspects of the beverage industry. Leverage the learnings from relevant training courses and apply knowledge to different business problems.

 

Job Qualifications (Minimum Education, Experience, and Knowledge)

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering is required, preferably in process engineering or food science engineering; MS or PhD preferred
• Minimum 5-8 years in food & beverage industry; Experience in Coffee or related categories preferred
• Has followed the training curriculum set up in Coffee training roadmap

• Previous professional experience across food / beverage formulation & processing
• Solid knowledge in scientific / technical field                                  
• Beverage or food product formulation experience 
• Competent in all areas of the trial management process
• Strong understanding of project management in R&D and basic project management skills
• Understanding of consumer insight and research methodologies, Finance, and Marketing
• Understanding of the global I&R process and Nestlé R&D Strategy
• Demonstrate a mindset & commitment to continuously improve his/her contribution to their R&D Unit

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