Manufacturing Specialist

Position Snapshot

Location: Singapore

Company: Nestle R&D Center, Singapore

Type of contract: Permanent

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. A Nestle career empowers you to make an impact locally and globally, as you are provided with the opportunity to make a mark and stand out, as long as you seek it. With Nestle, you are enabled and encouraged to grow not only as professionals, but also as people.

We are looking for a Manufacturing Specialist to join our TCU White Cup Coffee Team. In this role, you will support or lead key CAT3 R&D projects with a high impact on the business. You will manage the project in alignment with NPDI and Nestlé Continuous Excellence (NCE) initiative. You will interact proactively with the other functions, especially the business lead and operations to ensure the overall project objectives are met. You will manage projects in a timely fashion to deliver 60/40 winning product and commission new production line in accordance to business needs, and maintain standards, support factory operations, and contribute in ideation, development and industrialization of newly technologies.

A day in the life of...

• Maintain, transfer across the market(s) and develop the corresponding Engineering core Competence of expertise, including Experts networking, mentoring, training and skills assessments
• Ensure Manufacturing Competence support the Innovation & Renovation process, maintaining links for new products & technologies with Businesses, PTCs, R&Ds, Corporate Units, and protect/develop/deploy technological know-how
• Optimise processes, product quality and safety
• Ensure Materials, Processes & Equipments in his/her area of Competence are safe for people, products and environment, in line with all corresponding local / Nestlé regulations, hygienic Engineering codes
• Provide specific manufacturing insight and support for the development and implementation of the Global Business Strategy, through your Manufacturing Competence, whilst fostering high performance Operations. Support Markets, and develop key related documentation
• Support and implementation of the corresponding aspects of NCE/TPM
• Ensure Manufactruing support to the implementation of Market’s plans, procedures and policies
• Represent the Group in all industrial, regulatory, technical, environmental, etc initiatives with relevance to the business and to his/her specific Competence

What will make you successful

• Masters / Bachelors’ Degree in a related field
• Minimum 3 years in the corresponding technical field, preferably in the Beverage manufacturing
• Successful deployment of new technologies or solutions in Factories
• Participation in the development of improvement with external Suppliers
• Recognised competence in his/her area of expertise (inside and outside Nestlé and Nestec)
• General Personnel Supervision experience (mainly on technical teams)
• Lead the development of manufacturing projects, including Majors, as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Lead the commissioning and start-up of technical equipment(s) and/or production line(s) or systems
• Participation in multi-disciplinary teams that focuses in process, product or packing optimisation/continuous improvement
• Experience or exposure to different environments (different businesses, factories, etc), through missions, projects, expatriation