Quality Specialist - Nestlé S.Sisto

Nestlé; Perugia; In loco; EUR 36.000 - 44.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Nestlé San Sisto Factory (PG) seeks a Quality Specialist on a maternity leave replacement contract. You will ensure effective food safety and quality management across the site, drive continuous improvement, and train teams in GMP and hygiene standards.

You will assess risk, analyze consumer complaints, lead root-cause investigations, and implement robust corrective actions to protect product integrity and support site compliance.

Competenze

• Graduates in scientific disciplines, preferably Chemistry, Materials Science, or Food Science and Technology.
• At least 6 months to 1 year of experience in a food manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Fluent in both Italian and English.

Mansioni

• Provide technical expertise as quality specialist to resolve internal and external quality defects by leading food safety management programs and facilitating quality improvement initiatives.
• Ensure food safety management system documentation is updated and effective. Assess the Nestlé Food Safety Management System is in place, and is obtaining expected results
• Promote quality awareness across the company by delivering training on hygiene, foreign bodies, HACCP, pest control, and cleaning validation; promote GMP standards factory-wide as Hygiene Champion.
• Implement quality procedures and tools related to area of concern and implement Nestle quality instructions (e.g., Pathogen monitoring).
• Manage consumer complaints, especially foreign body complaints, to prevent recurrence and drive corrective actions.
• Provide risk assessment analysis; manage non-conforming products and root cause analyses for quality and food safety incidents.

Conoscenze

FSMS exposure

SAP

GLOBE systems

Data interpretation

Continuous improvement

Fluent Italian & English

Formazione

Graduates in Chemistry, Materials Science or Food Science and Technology

Strumenti

SAP

GLOBE

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Position Snapshot

• Nestlé, San Sisto Factory (PG) - European Hub of the Confectionery division
• Maternity leave replacement contract
• Nestlé welcomes people with disabilities
• Graduates in scientific disciplines, preferably in Chemistry, Materials Science, or Food Science and Technology
• Preferred: at least 6 months to 1 year of experience in a food manufacturing environment
• Fluent in both Italian and English

Compensation package

CCNL Industria Alimentare, Impiegato 2° livello, Gross Annual Base Salary: €40.000,00.

Position Summary

This role ensures the effective implementation of Nestlé’s Food Safety and Quality Management Systems while driving continuous improvement across the factory. It provides technical expertise to prevent and resolve quality issues, promotes strong GMP and hygiene standards, and supports teams through targeted training. The position manages risk assessments, consumer complaint analysis, and root‑cause investigations to safeguard product integrity. It also oversees quality-related change management to maintain full compliance and food‑safety protection on site.

A day in the life of a Quality Specialist

• Provide technical expertise as quality specialist to resolve internal and external quality defects by leading food safety management programs and facilitating quality improvement initiatives
• Ensure food safety management system documentation is updated and effective. Assess the Nestlé Food Safety Management System is in place, and is obtaining expected results
• Promote quality awareness across the company by delivering training for their specific areas of expertise e.g. hygiene, foreign bodies, HACCP, pest control, cleaning validation. Promote GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) standards at whole factory as Hygiene Champion
• Implement specific quality procedures, instruction and tools, which are directly related to their area of concern and implement Nestle quality instructions e.g. Pathogen monitoring
• Ensure consumer complaints, specifically foreign body complaints, are properly evaluated and acted upon to prevent re-occurrence
• Provide Risk Assessment analysis. Manage issues with non-conforming products to ensure proper control, minimize losses and ensuring consumer expectations. Undertake root cause analyses for Quality and Food Safety stock holds, disposals and consumer complaints. Implementing robust, sustainable corrective actions which will reduce or eliminate reoccurrence
• Coordinate management changes in order to ensure no food safety-related risk introduced to site

What will make you successful?

• Prior exposure to Food Safety Management Systems
• Preferred proficiency with SAP/GLOBE systems
• Ability to interpret complex datasets and leverage insights to drive improvements
• Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies

Who We Are, What We Believe In

We are Nestlé. We are the Good food, Good life company.

Good food, Good life is our promise and our daily commitment. At Nestlé you will Be a Force For Good by delivering on Nestlé purpose: unlocking the power of food and beverage to enhance quality of life – for individuals, families, communities and the planet – today and for generations to come.

At Nestlé, we promote an inclusive culture where you’re encouraged to be yourself and share your voice. We believe that recognition, inclusion and the valorisation of diversity help us grow — as individuals and as a company.

This is why you will find a leadership model that ensures equal opportunities for everyone at every organizational level.

Diversity is a fact. Inclusion is a choice — and we choose to be inclusive.