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Position Summary

Lead product development projects or portions of projects within the Nutrition Healthy Snacks category by working with suppliers to qualify and onboarding new ingredients, perform technical line trials, develop innovative approaches, and provide technical advice to others. Collaborate internally and externally to build relationships in order to continuously improve Healthy Snacks products supporting the launch of new products and renovation of existing products supporting the long-term goals of the Nutrition category.  Continuously focus on building technical skills within the team and deliver on personal development goals.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support the qualification and onboarding of new ingredients needed to support the Healthy Snacks product portfolio.  This includes working with Nestle systems to onboard new and existing suppliers of ingredients, managing factory line trials and ensuring that the ingredients are within compliance for Nestle Nutrition standards and meet the key quality attributes of the finished product.                                                       
• Provide first line support to internal and external factories by acting as the coach and training resource for product mastership and providing knowledge transfer to build capability for the factories to troubleshoot when issues occur. Provide technical support to eliminate the root cause of issues that are identified through technical assistance requests.                                             
• Introduction of new products/processes within factories and external manufacturers. Collaborate and influence internal and external project teams (Teams are made up of R&D product development, Project Management, Quality, Regulatory, Engineering, Packaging, Factory, Marketing, Co-Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Supply Chain, etc.) to develop, industrialize, and launch on a complex range of  Innovation and Renovation projects.                                                         
• Continuously improve/optimize current Products and processes within factories and external manufacturers according to local business needs.   Lead technical projects including technical assistance, sourcing, quality improvements, compliance, and productivity cost savings.  This includes establishing and managing timelines, uncovering roadblocks, defining critical paths, and identifying resource constraints.                                                        
• Ensure adherence to all quality/compliance by design, Technical acceptance  and mandatory release  standards.  Comply with Nestlé requirements (Compliance assessment tool), external standards, and local regulatory framework.                                                   
• Develop expertise for product/process mastership within TAG.  Define, develop, and coach the competencies and training materials required for product/process mastership to enable manufacturing excellence.  Provide guidance and input to Operations for Standard Operating Procedures.               
• Continuous improvement of technical skills and personal development. Provide coaching & mentorship to others to facilitate personal professional development.

Qualifications

• B.S. Food Science, preferred or similar technical engineering degree.
• Position requires approximately 25% travel.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in similar capacity.  Ideally in product development.
• Experience with dairy, bakery, and extrusion technologies is a plus.

Skills

• Must be capable of working in a fast-paced, team environment with minimal direct supervision and the ability to adhere to aggressive deadlines
• Interpersonal communication skills, written and verbal communication, organizational skills
• Strong project management skills and ability to lead project teams making effective use if everyone’s time to achieve timely solutions
• Creative/independent thinking, results focused, and ability to impact & convince others
• Administrative skills:  Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Globe SAP

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