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Jobs2Web; Italia; In loco; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Ferrero is seeking a Nutrition Research Scientist to explore and evaluate nutritional opportunities for its sweet package food portfolio. You will collaborate with R&D, Strategy, and Nutrition teams across international markets, translating scientific insights into product capabilities and claims.

The ideal candidate holds a Mastera0in Nutrition/Food Science (or related), with 5+ years in nutrition, ingredient functionality, and FMGC experience, and is willing to travel globally.

Competenze

• MS Office proficiency required.
• Strong Excel skills for data analysis and reporting.
• Effective presentation skills with PowerPoint.

Mansioni

• Exploring and performing research on food trends for nutritional opportunities in the sweet package food industry.
• Collaborating with Head on Food trends and with Strategy R&D to develop scientific initiatives aligning with long-term R&D strategy.
• Partnering on projects with extended R&D functions to gain nutritional insights across key markets.

Conoscenze

MS Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Formazione

Master7s degree in Nutrition/Food Science, Chemistry, Biochemistry, or related

Descrizione del lavoro

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Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in 55 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? Nearly 35,000 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

Main Responsibilities: (TBD)

• Exploring and performing research on food trends (products, claims, scientific topics) for the evaluation of mid- and long term nutritional opportunities for the sweet package food industry;
• Working closely with the Head on Food trends on projects as well as the Chief Strategy R&D, and the Strategic RD Department, to develop specific scientific initiatives that will deliver on the long term R&D strategy;
• Partnering and collaborating on specific projects with the extended R&D functions, to gain nutritional insights on key markets of interests aligning with strategic business partners, stakeholders, and experts;
• Developing a deep scientific understanding of problems, needs, and possible solutions;
• Conducting qualitative and quantitative assessment to drive nutritional insight, gains, risks and incorporating external insights on selected nutritional topics;
• Participating in the ideation of product capabilities with an emphasis on establishing points of difference versus competitors from a nutrition and claim standpoint;
• At the direction of the Headsupport R&D Strategic Initiatives, and research projects;
• Consolidating inputs from Nutrition Product Function to ensure that all views are represented;
• Being a key scientific ally to the Head of the R&D Strategic team, to effectively contribute to R&D reviews, including scenario development, implications and the evaluation/assessment of nutritional trends.

Who we are looking for:

Profile:

• Master’s degree in Nutrition/Food Science, Chemistry, Biochemistry, or related;
• Minimum of5years of working experience of which 2 years of experiencein the field of nutrition, raw materials, food processing;
• Knowledge of ingredient functionality and process technology;
• Experience working in an international and multi-cultural environment;
• Experience in a FMGC environment;
• Experience in successfully executed research programs from idea to implementation;
• Experience in project management;
• Enthusiastic, curious, pro-active, analytical, open-minded and can-do attitude with a strategic mind-set;
• Critical thinking, Creative problem solving;
• Available to travel global.

IT Skills:

• Proficiency in MS Office, in particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

Language:

• Italian will be considered a plus.

How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:

Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world