Nestlé

Product Technologist

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Job Description

Position Snapshot

Location: Wahgunyah (Northeast Victoria – close to regional hubs of Albury/Wodonga and Wangaratta)

Duration: Full time, permanent

3+ years’ experience

Position Summary

Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest Food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment – passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future.

We are looking for an experienced Product Technologist to join our Wahgunyah Factory, the home of Nestlé Uncle Toby’s Snacks and Cereals.

Working on our Snack product portfolio, this role will act as a key contact point between marketing and the factory to develop and progress new products and cost optimisation projects to commercialisation stage, while ensuring that Nestlé standards and procedures are maintained in respect to quality, safety, competitiveness and profitability.

A day in the life…

Reporting to the Applications Group Manager, key responsibilities include but not limited to:

  • Drive new product development on Snack products from concept to launch, working closely with Marketing, Factory and Suppliers to deliver successful trials and product releases
  • Lead and support factory trials, feasibility studies, commissioning, and evaluation of results
  • Provide ongoing technical support for existing products, packaging, systems and documentation
  • Ensure products meet food safety, quality, nutritional and regulatory requirements (HACCP, pHACCP, labelling, trade practices)
  • Identify and lead cost optimisation, raw material sourcing and recipe improvement initiatives
  • Manage specifications, BOMs, labelling and artwork approvals within SAP and related systems
  • Support sensory evaluation, quality audits, continuous improvement and factory initiatives
  • Champion safety, health, environment, food safety and quality standards across all activities
  • Collaborate across teams and build strong internal and external networks to stay ahead of product, packaging and sustainability trends

What will make you successful

  • Joining a collaborative team of specialists, you will be self-motivated, proactive and have a proven capacity to work effectively within a team environment.
  • Enjoy working within cross-functional teams in a dynamic work environment.
  • Tertiary Qualification in Food Science/Technology, or similar field of study.
  • 3+ years in Product Development, preferably in a food related environment.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills and a proven capacity to influence and negotiate to drive high standards of performance and quality.
  • Passionate about working for Nestlé and sharing its purpose
  • Previous experience and familiarity working with SAP preferred.
  • A working understanding of Australian Food Regulations is beneficial.
  • Understanding of and commitment to Safety, Health, Environment, Food Safety and Quality.

Applicants must have full Australian working rights

Applicants will be required to undergo pre-employment checks, including but not limited to health checks, prior to appointment to this role.

Please note that this role may close earlier than the advertised deadline at our discretion, so we encourage early applications.

Benefits

You will have the chance to work with an outstanding and highly engaged team, build and grow your career with an inclusive, global FMCG leader.

In addition, we offer:

  • Varied career experiences and personalised development support
  • Wellbeing benefits including vaccinations and health insurance discounts
  • Diversity & Inclusion initiatives and program
  • Paid parental and partner leave
  • Purchase Leave Scheme
  • Volunteering leave, Sports leave, Emergency Services leave
  • Discounted Nestlé products

Our Story

Nestlé enjoys a reputation as one of the world’s largest FMCG companies and a leader in nutrition, health and wellness. Our inclusive and high-performance culture is a testament to the great training, development, rewards and recognition we extend to every member of our 5000-strong Oceania workforce.

Nestlé Oceania supports a culture of diversity and inclusion in all that we do. Take a look at Careers at Nestlé Australia | Nestlé Australia (nestle.com.au) to see some of the ways we live and practice this every day in our workplace.

For more information please visit our website Nestlé Australia Home | Nestlé Australia (nestle.com.au) or Our LinkedIn page http://www.linkedin.com/company/nestle-s-a-

Apply today!

Nestlé

About Nestlé

As the world’s largest food and beverage company we are driven by a simple aim: unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come. To deliver on this, we serve with passion, with a spirit of excellence, offering products and services for all stages of life, every moment of the day, helping people care for themselves and their families. Our culture is based on our values rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity and respect for the future.

We can trace our origin back to 1866, when the first European condensed milk factory was opened in Cham, Switzerland, by the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company. One year later, Henri Nestlé, a trained pharmacist, launched one of the world’s first prepared infant cereals ‘Farine lactée’ in Vevey, Switzerland.

Today, we employ around 273,000 people and have factories or operations in almost every country in the world. With our headquarters still based in the Swiss town of Vevey, we had sales of CHF 84.3 billion in 2020.

Our portfolio covers almost every food and beverage category – offering products and services for all stages of life, every moment of the day, helping people care for themselves and their families.

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Industry
Food & Beverage
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Vevey, CH
Year Founded
Unknown
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