Senior Material & Recipe Manager — SAP & Formul@1

Nestlé S.A.; Bridgewater, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with company match

Healthcare coverage

Broad range of benefits

Job summary

Nestlé Health Science seeks a Senior Specialist Material & Recipe Management to lead formulation and recipe management for complex recipes. You will manage SAP RM and Formul@1 data, ensure regulatory alignment, and drive improvements across I&R projects while coordinating with CTAG, QA, and Regulatory Affairs.

You will train staff, support audits, and maintain supplier specs, contributing to compliant, manufacturable product formulations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Nutrition, Chemistry, or related field preferred; equivalent experience will be considered
• 4+ years of experience in a regulated industry (food, pharmaceuticals, supplements, infant formula, pet food, or related)
• Knowledge of FDA regulations, GMPs, HACCP, QMS, and 21 CFR applicable food safety regulations
• Understanding of ingredient functionality and formulation development
• Experience with cross-functional teams; cross-market experience preferred
• Experience with SAP, formulation management systems, specification management systems, and MS Office tools

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Material and Recipe Management activities across projects, including new-market rollout initiatives
• Drive compliance activities for new products
• Partner with Global MRM, Regulatory, Quality, Operations and other teams to drive improvements
• Train and support new recipe specialists on MRM systems and tools (Formul@1, SAP RM, CAT, DevEx)
• Lead recipe topic support for internal and external audits
• Support I&R and business maintenance projects by executing Compliance by Design
• Perform recipe review including mass balance of nutrients
• Participate in system upgrades and knowledge transfers
• Maintain robust raw material specifications in SAP RM with testing data and vendor info
• Create initial Site Recipes and align with BOM
• Lead system implementations for recipe transfer and scale-up
• Ensure approval workflows for ingredients and recipes at factory level
• Collaborate with NHS-MRM, Operations and Regulatory networks on improvements

Skills

Analytical skills

Verbal and written communication

Attention to detail

Multi-tasking

Cross-functional collaboration

Influencing and consensus building

Problem solving

Operational and compliance awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Nutrition, Chemistry, or related field

Tools

SAP RM

Formul@1

CAT

DevEx

Microsoft Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Nestlé Health Science seeks a Senior Specialist Material & Recipe Management to lead formulation and recipe management for complex recipes. You will manage SAP RM and Formul@1 data, ensure regulatory alignment, and drive improvements across I&R projects while coordinating with CTAG, QA, and Regulatory Affairs.

You will train staff, support audits, and maintain supplier specs, contributing to compliant, manufacturable product formulations.