The Nestlé Group is the world's largest food and beverage company with 92.6 billion Swiss Francs in sales in 2019. It is present in 187 countries around the world, has 403 factories and its 291'000 employees are committed to Nestlé's purpose of enhancing quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. Nestlé offers a wide portfolio of products and services for people and their pets throughout their lives. Its more than 2000 brands range from global icons like Nescafé or Nespresso to local favourites. Company performance is driven by its Nutrition, Health and Wellness strategy. Nestlé is based in the Swiss town of Vevey where it was founded more than 150 years ago. Learn more about our Group and reasons to join us on www.nestle.com
Senior Quality Specialist
Location: Orbe, Switzerland
Work model: Hybrid / Full time
Contract type / duration: Permanent
Be a force for good and accelerate change that improves lives and the planet.
As a Senior Food Contact Material Specialist at Société des Produits Nestlé, your mission is to strengthen food contact material compliance and food safety by design across beverage systems. You'll make a difference by collaborating closely with quality, regulatory, legal, manufacturing, business teams and suppliers. This is your opportunity to take ownership, grow your expertise, and make a difference at scale.
How you'll make an impact as a Senior Food Contact Material Specialist
- Ensuring food contact materials are safe, compliant and designed to protect consumers across packaging, lines and machines.
- Guiding product and system development with practical compliance advice that enables launches with confidence.
- Building capability in research and development teams so compliance is embedded early and teams grow their autonomy.
- Translating regulatory changes into clear action plans that keep products, processes and communications aligned.
- Connecting internal experts and external partners to strengthen quality, food safety and business decision-making.
- Contributing expert input to industry discussions and authority exchanges on food contact material topics.
What will make you successful
- Bringing solid experience in food contact materials, quality and regulatory compliance in a food, beverage or packaging environment.
- Applying food contact science, raw material understanding and finished product insight to practical compliance decisions, supported by a degree or equivalent qualification in science or chemistry for packaging.
- Using a certificate or master's degree in regulatory affairs or chemistry as an advantage, together with strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Collaborating in networks with a continuous improvement mindset, customer focus and solution-oriented approach.
- Contributing with relevant exposure to regulatory environments or quality networks, without needing to match a fixed number of years.
- Communicating fluently in English.
- Demonstrating courage, collaboration, speed and continuous learning.
At Société des Produits Nestlé, we place people at the heart of everything we do.
Our benefits are designed to support your growth and wellbeing, so you can thrive at work and in life:
- Flexible working options, including hybrid work possibilities (for office based roles)
- Paid holidays beyond legal requirements
- Learning and development opportunities to grow your career
- Performance based bonus
- Healthcare contribution and access to the Employee Assistance Program
- Strong employer contribution to your pension plan
- Generous parental leave and comprehensive family support solutions
- Attractive employee discounts across various products and services
What to expect from our hiring process
We are committed to an inclusive and respectful hiring experience and are happy to provide reasonable accommodations if needed. Our workplaces are fully accessible and supported by a strong safety culture, with modern installations and procedures to ensure a safe environment for everyone.
The hiring process typically includes a video interview with Talent Acquisition, an interview with the hiring team, and a final discussion and offer. We review applications as they are received and close the role once a strong list of relevant candidates is identified, so we encourage you to apply early. All information is treated confidentially.
Stay vigilant: Nestlé will only contact candidates via official company email addresses and will never ask for payments or sensitive personal information at any stage of the hiring process.
Ready to Be a Force for Good?
Apply now and accelerate change that improves lives and the planet.
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