Position Snapshot

Location: Nestlé Research, Lausanne, Switzerland

Institute: Scientific & Technical Operations

Company: Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.

Act. Rate: Full-Time Act. Rate 100%

Type of contract: Permanent contract

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What we offer at Nestlé

Genuine opportunities for career and personal development

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Dynamic international working environment

Attractive additional benefits

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Position Summary

We are looking for a Senior Food Safety Specialist , who will ensure that products and R&D prototypes developed at Nestlé Research are safe by design. He/She will contribute to enhance the strength and effectiveness of the food safety management system. In line with Nestlé Research's scope of activities, he/she will also develop new ways of working to efficiently support accelerated innovation and development of novel food products.

Nestlé Research is based in Lausanne, Switzerland, employs approximately 1000 people and is comprised of five Nestlé Institutes: Food Sciences, Health Sciences, Food Safety & Analytical Sciences, Packaging Sciences, and Agricultural Sciences. Unlock the door of our organization and find out more about our research activities and expertise here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trimf2I_9lg) .

A Day in the Life of a Senior Food Safety Specialist

• Provide support to projects (Science and Technology, Accelerator, Clinical trials), ensuring Quality and Food Safety by Design and timely delivery of key information/documents.

• Identify, report, manage/mitigate, escalate food safety or quality risks and issues.

• Perform root cause analysis, in case of non-conformities.

• Develop, harmonize, and continuously improve ways of working within NR to increase efficiency and accelerate quality and food safety assessments whenever possible, while assuring mandatory standards and requirements are met.

• Contribute to the effectiveness of the food safety management system (e.g. by performing internal audits).

• Provide training on quality and food safety topics to project managers, project team members and site personnel as per needed.

• Promote a food safety mindset to strengthen the robustness of the innovation/renovation process.

What will make you successful

• Minimum 8 years of experience ideally in both R&D and Operations environment.

• Applied science university graduate or equivalent (preferred chemistry, biology, food science or technology).

• Demonstrated expertise and practical experience in HACCP.

• Previous experience in providing support to R&D projects, to ensure Quality and Food Safety by Design

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams in a research context.

• Fluent in English, French is a plus.

At Nestlé, we want to help shape a better and healthier world, inspire people to live healthier lives and deliver impact at a scale and pace that makes a difference. We do this by fostering a diverse, friendly, supportive, and collaborative environment, that creates positive disruption, embraces innovation, and empowers people and teams to win. We aim to hire friendly, respectful, inspiring people who care about the people’s lives that we touch every single day.

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