Innovation & Renovation Manager

Location: Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MY
Company: Nestle Malaysia
Full-time
Bachelor’s Degree
5+ years of 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. 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 an Innovation & Renovation Manager to drive and co-ordinate new products development & existing products improvement for the business unit.

A day in the life of an I&R Manager

1. Drive establishment and management of innovation pipelines and portfolio.
2. Engage all relevant disciplines in the company to ensure on-target implementation of Innovation projects under his/her care.
3. Validate all new products meet specifications (including organoleptic, physical, chemical, microbiological, halal, regulatory and other requirements).
4. Actively evaluate innovative ideas, products, packaging using Nestlé worldwide network as well as cross-fertilized ideas across the markets.
5. Actively monitor with team members, the success of existing products and initiate product renovation ideas in terms of consumer preference, cost, wellness and product quality.
6. Co-ordinate project briefs and proposals in innovation portfolio to establish and maintain full innovation pipelines.
7. Co-ordinate project to establish, maintain or update manufacturing strategy covering all plants under his/her responsibility.
8. Participate actively with Outsourcing Manager in identifying price competitive, high quality co-manufacturers for packaging/processing formats not offered by current manufacturers. Participate actively with Group technology unit to ensure availability and adequacy of resources & competencies for all innovation products, including consumer research needs.
9. Responsible for ensuring adherence to all company principles and policies.
10. Plan, direct and control implementation of new products development project portfolio to ensure new products are launched on time at desired cost.

What will make you successful

1. Bachelor's degree in Food science/food technology or related field.
2. At least 5 years experience in food processing.