Recipe Formulation Specialist IF & Toddler

Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA seeks a Recipe Formulation Specialist for IF & Toddler products in Konolfingen, CH. The role focuses on compliant recipe development, lifecycle management, and cross-functional collaboration.

This position is responsible for managing the entire product recipe lifecycle, starting from the initial product brief through to final launch. The specialist ensures that formulations are scientifically robust, fully compliant, and optimized for manufacturing across various markets and factories. The role requires close collaboration with operations, quality, R&D, regulatory, and medical affairs teams to deliver effective recipe management and ingredient specification excellence.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the end-to-end development of compliant recipes, ensuring scientific rigor across different categories, production sites, and markets.
• Create practical recipes by balancing ingredient functionality, nutrient goals, process losses, shelf-life changes, and manufacturing capabilities.
• Integrate compliance into the design phase of innovation and renovation projects, ensuring all validation, approvals, and documentation meet internal standards and external regulations.
• Enhance technical expertise within the team by sharing best practices, standards, and training with recipe specialists, Product Developers, and cross-functional partners.
• Offer technical guidance through formulation proposals, trade-off analyses, variability assessments, and proactive risk mitigation strategies.
• Simplify and harmonize recipes, ingredients, and specifications to lower portfolio complexity, boost operational efficiency, and facilitate scale-up or transfer activities.
• Champion continuous improvement by challenging current processes, enhancing existing tools, and tracking metrics to increase portfolio visibility.
• Ensure business continuity by maintaining approval readiness, monitoring formulation KPIs, and addressing compliance, data, or recipe management issues promptly.

Requirements

• A scientific degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, or a related discipline.
• Proven hands-on experience in recipe formulation, compliance, and the management of nutritional or food products.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with proficiency in using digital tools for recipe data management and statistical calculations.
• Deep understanding of ingredient contributions, process and shelf-life losses, manufacturing feasibility, and the regulatory landscape.
• Experience working effectively within cross-functional teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

What the company offers

• The chance to take ownership of projects, deepen expertise, and make a significant impact at scale.
• A commitment to an inclusive and respectful hiring process, with reasonable accommodations available if needed.
• Access to fully accessible workplaces supported by a strong safety culture, modern installations, and procedures to ensure a safe environment for all employees.

About the company

Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA encourages its employees to be a force for good and to grow through experiences that push them further.

• Encourages employees to be a force for good.
• Promotes growth through challenging experiences.