In this role, you drive the development of Ready-to-Drink products, collaborating with various specialists to deliver innovative nutrition solutions. You provide technical assistance and enhance team collaboration with multiple partners.
Anforderungen
- •Master's degree in food science
- •3 to 5 years of experience required
- •Development of key process technologies
- •Proactive and innovative mindset
- •Knowledge of SAP and NesTMS
- •Fluent English is required
Deine Aufgaben
- •Drive product and process development for Ready to Drink products.
- •Collaborate with specialists from concept to industrial scale.
- •Deliver product and process solutions on time and within budget.
- •Support innovation pipelines with nutrition-based solutions.
- •Develop innovative powder, liquid, and plant-based products.
- •Provide technical assistance to markets, factories, and suppliers.
- •Facilitate and coach project team interactions and collaboration.
- •Enhance collaboration with R&D units and external partners.
Deine Vorteile
Career development opportunities
Flexible working arrangements
Culture of respect and inclusion
Dynamic international environment
Original Beschreibung
# Product Development Specialist
**Position Snapshot**
Location: Konolfingen, Switzerland
Company: Nestlé Product & Technology Center (NPTC) Nutrition
Act. Rate: Full-Time Act. Rate 100%
Type of contract: Permanent contract
**Position Summary**
As a **Product Development Specialist - Ready to Drink**, you can make a difference in children’s lives from pregnancy to toddler by developing the next generation of infant nutrition products. In this challenging role you will be responsible to manage the development, innovation and renovation of Infant Formula products and processes from concept through all stages of development up to industrialization in close collaboration with experienced manufacturing specialists. You will lead the product and process development part and interact proactively with other strategic functions such as R&D, QA, Commercial, Regulatory to ensure overall project objectives, such as quality, timing and budget.
**A Day in the Life of a Product Development Specialist Ready to Drink**
* Drive the product and process development of Nutrition Business specific for Ready to Drink products, in collaboration with experienced specialists, from concept to industrial scale and deliver product(s)/process(es) solution(s) at defined quality, time and costs
* Drive nutrition-based development and deliver innovative powder, liquid and plant-based product/process solutions to support the innovation pipelines
* Have first experience with sustainability and project management
* Provide technical assistance to Nestlé Nutrition, markets, factories and suppliers
* Facilitate and coach within the project team and enhance the interaction and collaboration between the various specialists, across R&D Units, Nutrition Business and with external partners, e.g suppliers
**What will make you successful**
* Master’s degree in food science, Technology, Engineering, Chemistry or equivalent education, a PhD would be a plus, but not required
* 3 to 5 years of experience in the field of R&D, application group or similar technical functions would be required
* Have developed first specializations steps in key process technologies key to the Infant and Toddler category
* Proactive, innovative, hands-on, and winning attitude with strong communication and organizational skills
* Knowing the SAP, NesTMS and other required IT tools would be an asset
* Fluent English is required, German, French or other language skills would be an advantage
Konolfingen, CH