Material and Recipe Specialist

Job description

Material and Recipe Specialist

“Join an organization that brings people together to create new outcomes in health”

Nestlé Health Science, Lausanne, Switzerland Defined period of time contract,
(12 months) as external contractor
act. rate 100%


Are you ready to join a transformational company in healthcare? Nestlé Health Science is an innovative and fundamentally different type of company: a health science company engaged in advancing the role of nutritional therapy to change the management of health for consumers, patients and our partners in healthcare. Nestlé Health Science is accelerating the development of its established portfolio of consumer and medical nutrition brands and is investing in research and partnerships to build a pipeline of truly novel therapeutic nutrition.

Our intent is to bring forward nutritional therapies that have proven clinical and health economic value and improve the quality of people’s lives. Nestlé Health Science plays a key role in the Nutrition, Health & Wellness ambition of our parent company Nestlé. We have privileged access to Nestlé’s R&D network, including the Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences, a biomedical research Institute established at the same time as Nestlé Health Science, in January 2011.

With global headquarters in Epalinges, Switzerland, Nestlé Health Science already employs around 3,000 people. Our portfolio of nutrition solutions, diagnostics, devices and drugs, targets health areas including inborn errors of metabolism, paediatric and acute care, obesity, healthy ageing, gastrointestinal and brain health.

Bold, collaborative and focused professionals – passionate about helping build a transformational company – fit well in our organisation.

As a Material and Recipe Specialist you will anticipate product requirements evolution and optimize implementation throughout ingredient and recipe portfolio in order to maintain product supply and improve reactivity. Assist local MRM teams for Compliance by Design and Compliance by Manufacture process and establish Best Practises and Guidance & Develop product formulation expertise.
Key responsibilities

· Ensure accountability for recipe portfolio compliance to safety, regulatory, internal policies & quality requirements
· Responsible for driving the product recipe lifecycle from NPDI brief to launch for I&R, Transversal, Operations & Compliance projects and leading the compliant (i.e. Safety, Legal and Nutritional) and complexity reductions aspects of formulation, recipe management and ingredient specifications for the product category.
· Define and clarify requirements at early stage (concept / clinical trial)
· Identify opportunity of recipe/ingredient optimization and rationalization
· Assess impact & manage changes across portfolio
· Contribute actively to define the portfolio evolution strategy in terms of recipes & ingredients for category
· KPI score reporting for recipe portfolio
· Drive compliance improvements & new requirements implementation within category
· Define corrective actions in case of non-compliance and accountable for execution
· Drive product developers in defining reference recipes/new ingredients for new briefs
· Transfer knowledge and train product developers
· Implement and ensure adherence of the approval workflows for ingredients and recipes across the entire organization (AG, R&D, RA, SC, etc.)
· Define recipe management instructions & requirements for recipe management tools
· Improve recipe formulation best practices and development processes

Required profile

· Master Degree in Food Sciences or Technology, Nutrition or related
· At least 2-3 years of operational experience in production or QA or successful experience in product development or recipe management
· Fluent in English mandatory and at least one other European language (French, Spanish or German)

Show us that you are rigorous, able to challenge rules and question yourself. Your ability to work with IT tools, your strong analytical mindset and your good communication skills will greatly contribute and strengthen our team. Your ability to conceptualize and conciliate different perspectives will be your main assets for this role. If you are interested about this position and want to make a difference fulfilling Nestlé Nutrition’s mission to nurture the health of the next generation, apply at www.nestlehealthscience.com/career