Senior Recipe Formulation Specialist (opens in new tab)

Nestle SA; Konolfingen; Remote; CHF 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Nestlé SA is seeking a Senior Recipe Formulation Specialist to lead the development and industrialization of recipes, driving best practices and robust capabilities. You will work with product, process, quality and manufacturing teams to optimize formulations while advancing digital solutions for recipe management.

You will apply expertise in food science, nutrition and formulation tools to ensure high-quality, compliant products and scalable processes across development and production,

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of food science, food technology and nutrition as applied to recipe formulation.
• Experience with formulation tools and methods to improve robustness and quality.
• Analytical thinking and basic statistics to support risk assessment and optimization.
• Ability to communicate complex topics clearly with cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

• Build and strengthen recipe formulation capabilities across development, industrialization and optimization.
• Drive best practices in recipe design to improve quality, compliance and first-time-right approvals.
• Translate ingredient behavior, losses and variability into lean, scalable recipes.
• Strengthen team capabilities through mentoring and clear documentation for partners.
• Lead adoption of digital tools to improve recipe and ingredient management processes.
• Collaborate across functions to improve data quality and drive efficient workflows.

Skills

Food science

Food technology

Nutrition

Recipe formulation tools

Job description

How you’ll make an impact as a Senior Recipe Formulation Specialist

Be a force for good and grow through experiences that push you further.

As a Senior Recipe Formulation Specialist, your mission is to build and strengthen recipe formulation expertise from new recipe development to industrialization and continuous recipe optimization. You’ll make a difference by developing formulation best practices in close collaboration with product, process, quality and manufacturing experts. This is your opportunity to lead formulation capability development, shape the future by moving to digital, and make a difference in the way to operate.

• Building robust recipe formulation capabilities that support new product development, industrialization and continuous optimization
• Driving best practices in recipe design to improve quality, compliance, speed and first-time-right approvals
• Translating process capabilities, ingredient behavior, losses and product variability into lean, reliable and scalable recipes
• Strengthening team capability through training, mentoring and clear documentation for key partners and stakeholders
• Leading the adoption and implementation of digital tools that improve recipe and ingredient management processes
• Collaborating across functions to improve data quality, integrate digital solutions and create more efficient ways of working

What will make you successful

• Bringing strong knowledge of food science, food technology, nutrition and recipe formulation tools
• Applying analytical thinking, conceptual problem solving and basic statistical methods to improve recipe robustness and risk management
• Using digital systems, data and process knowledge to enhance recipe and ingredient management from design to maintenance
• Collaborating confidently with cross-functional stakeholders while communicating complex topics clearly and practically
• Communicating fluently in English

What to expect from our hiring process

We are committed to an inclusive and respectful hiring experience and are happy to provide reasonable accommodations if needed. Our workplaces are fully accessible and supported by a strong safety culture, with modern installations and procedures to ensure a safe environment for everyone.

The hiring process typically includes a video interview with Talent Acquisition, an interview with the hiring team, and a final discussion and offer. We review applications as they are received and close the role once a strong list of relevant candidates is identified, so we encourage you to apply early. All information is treated confidentially.