Specialist Product Development Specialist Product Development
About The Position
Together, our Research & Product Development team is driven by a shared passion for pets and people. We have the extraordinary opportunity to innovate and develop products that improve pet wellness while remaining pioneers in the industry. We take pride in representing our portfolio of industry firsts with over 500 scientists including nutritionists, chemists, immunologists, microbiologists, veterinarians, and more. We collaborate to bring our ideas to life and make a meaningful impact with an emphasis on safety and sustainability. Join us in this exhilarating journey where innovation knows no bounds, and together, we’ll shape the future of petcare. Our Product Development Specialist brings ideas to life for both our wet and dry factories. As part of the Technical Applications Group, you’ll create the flavors, shapes, and textures invented in marketing and so enjoyed by pets. Join us and manage various intermediate-term product developments and engineering processes for the business, as well as provide technical support to manufacturing operations. You’ll leverage your sharp science background and food formulation experience to effectively qualify new raw materials and suppliers. By managing product formulas with appropriate ingredient, nutritional, regulatory, and analytical requirements, you’ll identify and lead performance, waste reduction, and quality improvement projects to help us remain a leader. Buckle up because you can expect to work on fast-paced, multi-functional teams focused on taking new products from conception to market.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree
- 1+ year of product development (food), formulation and scale-up experience, or related
Responsibilities
- Manage development, scale up, and implementation of technologies to improve the performance of existing products and develop new products
- Explore innovative applications of pet food product/process possibilities based on current state-of-the-art food technology
- Serve as a technical resource for marketing to develop a robust pipeline of product development opportunities inclusive of developing technical project plans and timelines for all assigned projects
- Support product formulation including appropriate ingredients, nutritional, regulatory, and analytical requirements
- Proactively monitor and provide product maintenance for assigned product responsibilities requiring standardized scientific procedures
- Initiate and implement cost reduction ideas for assigned product lines and factories
Benefits
- Nestlé offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with Company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits.
- Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
