Senior Pet Product Development Innovator

Nestlé S.A.; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 93,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Nestlé S.A. is seeking a Product Development Senior Specialist to lead mid- to long-term product development projects for wet and dry pet foods.

You will drive formulation, scale-up, and tech transfers, partnering with marketing to build a strong pipeline of opportunities and partnerships with suppliers while ensuring regulatory and nutritional standards are met. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate ideas into market-ready products, applying state-of-the-art

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in product development (food), formulation and scale-up.
• Experience in a related field acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Manage development, scale up, and implementation of new and existing technologies to improve performance of existing products and develop new products.
• Explore innovative applications of pet food product/process possibilities based on current state-of-art food technology.
• Serve as technical resource for marketing to develop a robust pipeline of product development opportunities, including technical project plans and timelines.
• Support product formulation including appropriate ingredients, nutritional, regulatory and analytical requirements.
• Proactively monitor and provide product maintenance for assigned product responsibilities requiring standardized scientific procedures.
• Initiate and implement cost reduction ideas for assigned product lines and factories.

Skills

Product development

Formulation

Scale-up

Travel 50%

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Food Science or related

High School Diploma / GED

Job description

Nestlé S.A. is seeking a Product Development Senior Specialist to lead mid- to long-term product development projects for wet and dry pet foods.

You will drive formulation, scale-up, and tech transfers, partnering with marketing to build a strong pipeline of opportunities and partnerships with suppliers while ensuring regulatory and nutritional standards are met. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate ideas into market-ready products, applying state-of-the-art