Senior Pet Product Development Innovator

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

Benefits offered by this job

401k with company match

Healthcare coverage

Bonus eligibility

Job summary

Nestlé seeks a Product Development Senior Specialist to lead scale-up and new product introductions for pet foods. You will support formulation, materials evaluation, and cross-functional projects within our Technical Services group, travelling up to 50% to partner with factories.

This role demands a solid food science background, 5+ years in product development, and the ability to drive cost-reduction and quality improvements across multiple product lines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; or 9+ years experience with HS diploma
• 5+ years of product development, formulation and scale-up experience
• Ability to travel 50% of the time

Responsibilities

• Manage development, scale up, and implementation of new and existing technologies to improve the 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, which includes developing technical project plans and timelines for all assigned projects
• 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

Scale-up

Food formulation

Project management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

Nestlé seeks a Product Development Senior Specialist to lead scale-up and new product introductions for pet foods. You will support formulation, materials evaluation, and cross-functional projects within our Technical Services group, travelling up to 50% to partner with factories.

This role demands a solid food science background, 5+ years in product development, and the ability to drive cost-reduction and quality improvements across multiple product lines.