Application Group Specialist (R&D Raw Material) - Rayong Factory (Petcare)

Nestlé Thai (Rayong)

Rayong, Thailand

Nestlé is the world's leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness Company. Our mission of "Good food, Good life" is to provide consumers with the best tasting, most nutritious choices in a wide range of food and beverage categories and eating occasions, from morning to night. Nestlé is a people-inspired company; respect and trust are our greatest strengths. We place high value on the unique perspectives that people bring to our team which sharpens our performance and drives our business. We welcome all applicants without regard to race, religion or belief, national origin, disability, marital, sexual orientation or age. At Nestlé, We believe that the many different backgrounds, ways of thinking and cultural experiences of our people at every level of our business, makes for a richer workplace and gives us the insight and innovation to grow and continually delight our equally diverse consumers.

About this position

We're Nestle. We are the world's leading food and beverage company that contributes to Thailand's economy, society and the environment. Join us in delivering our purpose of 'unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come'.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the development of the new products for Rayong factory. Develop/implement the new formula, cosmetic, specification, etc. according to the project objectives described in NPDI brief. Deliver the development results as per agreed the project timeline which established together with concern departments e.g. generating demand, purchasing and supply chain.
• Responsible for existing product improvement, new/alternative raw materials driven by cost efficiency, consumer requirement etc.
• Conduct the industrial trial of the new/alternative raw materials to ensure the feasibility of the process.
• Arrange products sample to NPP Zone AOA- TAG and regional laboratory for biannual testing, palatability testing, digestibility testing and product approval.
• Establish the new technical specification for the new raw materials and ensure the current specifications is up to date.
• Responsible for the formula optimization for the new product using FORMAT, communicate the approved master formula of the new products to factory via recipe transfer system. Ensure that the master formula for new and existing products is up to date.
• Ensure the level of ingredients used in the formula is complied with local/markets pet food regulation and NPP guideline.
• Co-ordinate with NPP AOA Purchasing to ensure that the raw material price in FORMAT is up to date.
• Ensure the formula optimization program /frequency is conducted according to the agreed optimization interval with NPP AOA TAG and factory management team.
• Monitor the level of nutrition profile for each product/raw material and ensure the compliance with local/markets pet food regulation and NPP guideline.
• Active involvement in reviewing & analysing the performance of current/new products, recipes, current/new raw materials, & then activity seeking solutions to optimise/improve these current/new products, recipes, new/current raw materials.
• Issuer & maintain the manufacturing dossiers, specifications and related support procedure for the current/new products, recipes, raw materials and ensure that those documents are up to date.
• To support the implementation of Best Practices & continually reinforce the need for 100% accuracy of source data used for factory. To be the coordinator between the factory and corporate level for any Globe activities and provide ongoing support, training & coaching to end supers of SAP.
• Provide & seek ongoing feedback & direction as planned.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of working experience in raw material monitoring/formulation.