Technical Services Scientist/Specialist (TAG - Bohemia, NY)

As a leader in the science of nutrition, Nestlé Health Science believes in empowering healthier lives for patients and consumers through a rich product portfolio featuring top brands such as Garden of Life®, Nature’s Bounty®, Vital Proteins®, Nuun®, Persona Nutrition®, BOOST®, Carnation Breakfast Essentials®, Peptamen®, Compleat Organic Blends®, and more, as well as through Aimmune Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing therapies to prevent, manage and treat food, GI and metabolic-related diseases.

Our team members are challenged to make a genuine impact and play an integral role in driving the business forward. We embrace a dynamic culture that always puts the consumer first, and where ownership, accountability and agility are celebrated at every level. To help our people thrive, we offer expansive career growth potential, the opportunity to work alongside and learn from talented colleagues with diverse backgrounds and skill sets, and a range of best-in-class benefits.

We have more than 11,000 employees around the world, and products available in over 140 countries.

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

Job Description: 

The Technical Services Specialist/Scientist (Solid Dose) works within Nestle’s Technical Applications Group and will work closely with multifunctional teams to help improve current products, address manufacturing issues, evaluate new technologies and/or ingredients, seek cost savings and maintain networks of external partners. Adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP’s) is an essential part of this role. This position works onsite Monday through Friday at Nestle Health Science's manufacturing facility in Bohemia, New York (Long Island area). 

Responsibilities: 

•    Formulates nutritional supplement products in various forms in support of manufacturing. 
•    Assists with creating and approving new raw material specifications, master batch records, change controls, deviations or other required documentation in support of manufacturing existing in-line products.
•    Assists in scale up, validating and transferring technologies/processes to other internal manufacturing sites, or externally.
•    Defines and implements solutions for routine tasks, balancing achievement of milestones with high quality standards.
•    Provides technical support to manufacturing including but not limited to formulation or process improvement, formulation globalization, cost savings initiatives, and trouble shooting.
•    Interacts with multifunctional teams (including Quality, Procurement, Product Development and Manufacturing) and the Technical Design Council to resolve issues as may arise in the course of new product development or existing product improvement.
•    Negotiates timeline commitments among other team members such that agreed objectives and timings for completion of activities are achieved. Rapidly communicates major changes to project plans to Manager or Director.
•    Sets and refines individual priorities as necessary to remain focused on objectives and project milestones under rapidly changing circumstances.
•    Looks for innovative and better ways of doing things. Actively looks to eliminate non-value added steps of processes and procedures.
•    Explores and shares new scientific information, technologies, products and processes with the Science and Technology community. Builds awareness of developments outside of NBTY through attendance/presentations at trade associations or scientific meetings. 
•    Maintains external collaborations with suppliers, academia and other professional bodies.
•    Performs comprehensive, sophisticated and critical evaluation of own data.
•    Ensures that all internal and external work activities are conducted to appropriated standards, in accordance with Company policies, laws, quality standards, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), etc. 

Requirements: 

•    Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Science or in a related field required; Master’s degree preferred. 
•    3+ years of relevant work experience in the application of dietary supplement or medicine formulation, product, process and platform development and delivery systems required. 
•    Strong laboratory and experimental skills, data analysis and written and verbal reports required. 
•    Successful track record in the formulation of functional food/nutritionals/dietary supplement products.
•    Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office (Word/Excel/Outlook/PowerPoint) required. 
•    Must have excellent communication (oral and written), organizational, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills (ability to work cross-functionally with other teams).