Product Application & Projects Specialist - Nestlé Waters

Nestlé Waters; Madone; In loco; EUR 30.000 - 50.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading food and beverage company in Madone seeks a Product Application & Projects Specialist. The role involves defining raw material specifications, leading projects for product development, and ensuring compliance with standards. Successful candidates will have 3-5 years of experience in R&D, fluency in Italian and English, and strong project management skills.

Competenze

• 3-5 years of experience in R&D or product development in Food & Beverage industry.
• Strong understanding of industrial environment and associated challenges.
• Ability to deliver results and manage projects.

Mansioni

• Defines and details raw material specifications.
• Leads raw material substitution and cost optimization projects.
• Ensures deployment of standards to factories according to plan.

Conoscenze

Project management

Fluent in Italian

Fluent in English

Relational skills

Coaching skills

Descrizione del lavoro

Position Snapshot

• Permanent contract
• At least 3-5 years of experience in R&D activities, product development in Food & Beverage industry
• Fluent in Italian and English, French is beneficial
• Project management skills

Position Summary

• A day in the life of a Product Application & Projects Specialist
• Defines and details raw material specifications and purchasing specifications
• Ensures the continuous updating of raw material specifications
• Reviews raw material specifications and updates recipes if required
• Leads raw material substitution and cost optimization projects
• Leads the review, analysis and deployment of new and alternative raw materials
• Leads the industrialization of internally produced semi-finished goods
• Develops, customizes and localizes recipes on lab scale
• Leads Renovation and Innovation projects, and identifies optimization opportunities
• Leads the deployment of new products aligned with Zone priorities
• Provides technical expertise and regional business insight to project team
• Ensures deployment of standards to factories according to plan in collaboration with local teams
• Performs product and process competency building for manufacturing support teams and factory experts

What will make you successful

• At least 3-5 years of experience in R&D activities or product development in Food & Beverage industry
• Fluent in Italian and English, French is beneficial
• Strong project management and relational, and coaching skills
• Ability to work cross-functionally on multi-stakeholder projects
• Ability to identify, understand, present, and mitigate risk
• Good understanding of industrial environment and its’ challenges
• Passion for quality and consumer satisfaction
• Ability to deliver results and make challenges to manage projects
• Availability to travel within the country and internationally (Europe) to visit factories