Senior Recipe Formulation Specialist

About the role

As a Senior Recipe Formulation Specialist, your mission is to drive the product recipe lifecycle from new product brief to launch, ensuring compliant formulation, effective recipe management and ingredient specification excellence. You’ll collaborate closely with operations, quality, manufacturing, product development, regulatory and medical affairs teams across markets and factories.

Key responsibilities

• Create and revise recipes for innovation and renovation projects while adhering to Nestlé recipe and data standards.
• Lead recipe design using deep knowledge of ingredient contributions, process losses, shelf‑life evolution and manufacturing constraints.
• Support formulation decisions, align stakeholders, and guide validation and corrective actions.
• Contribute to strategic initiatives on recipe and ingredient management across the corporation.
• Champion digital tools such as SAP‑RM, CAT, DevEX and reporting solutions to improve compliance and workflow efficiency.
• Drive continuous improvement of standards, guidelines and training programs for product developers.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Nutrition, Pharmacy or related field; Master’s preferred.
• 5‑7 years of experience in product and process knowledge, recipe development and manufacturing environments.
• Experience with regulatory frameworks and compliance across multiple markets.
• Proven ability to work in cross‑functional teams and communicate fluently in English.

Required skills

• SAP‑RM
• CAT
• DevEX
• Statistical analysis and calculations
• Digital tools for recipe data management

What we offer

• Performance‑based incentives and a competitive total rewards package.
• 401k with company match.
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage.
• Opportunities for professional growth, learning and global collaboration.