Nestle

Senior Specialist, Specification and Data Process Owner

Nestle • $85K — $110K *
Solon, OH 44139In-Person
Food & Beverages
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • BS in a technical or related field
  • 5+ years of experience in product, package, or process development in CPG
  • Demonstrated leadership skills; effective at driving challenge
  • Project management or change initiative experience
  • Familiarity with various ingredients and/or processes is preferred
  • Proficient in SAP-RM and SAP systems
  • Strong organizational skills, detail-oriented, capable of handling multiple projects
  • Excellent communication skills adaptable to diverse audiences

Responsibilities

  • Oversee strategic direction for market-specific SAP RM implementation and stewardship
  • Act as single contact for escalation on SAP-RM system performance and issues
  • Lead material specification strategy and governance for Raw and Packaging in NUSA
  • Ensure robust system rollout and lead testing for global releases
  • Drive continuous improvement in technical capabilities and stakeholder engagement
  • Proactively identify opportunities for process simplification and optimization
  • Accountable for specification system governance and data integrity across Nestlé USA

Benefits

  • Leadership opportunities in a dynamic center of excellence
  • Engagement in continuous improvement projects
  • Cross-functional collaboration with global counterparts
  • Exposure to advanced SAP systems and digital solutions
  • Opportunity to influence specification governance and data integrity
  • Emphasis on personal development and technical competency growth
  • Access to training and knowledge transfers associated with system rollouts
Full Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY

Join the NUSA TAG Center of Excellence!

Ensure that all processes relating to Product Mastership across Raw (ingredient) and Packaging (Material Specifications, Recipe Management, Product Specifications and Compliant Label Communications) are integrated at market level across functions and businesses and comply with the relevant recipe management and specification-related GIs, Guidelines and all other Nestlé and external standards.
Provide leadership and are accountable for ensuring Product System Mastership within NUSA including harmonization and information quality, working with global partners in material management. Lead SAP-RM release evaluation and deployment within NUSA. Actively uncovers opportunities for process simplification and optimization (area of opportunity to current scope - acquisition/divestitures/ways of working/packaging data integrity, Pkg CSV improvements, mapping sessions, etc.).

This role has primary market accountability for specification system mastership across both Raw (ingredient) and Packaging materials, including material specifications, BOM structures, lifecycle governance, and master data integrity within SAP RM and SAP.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Oversee strategic direction for SAP RM and SAP within the market. Provides leadership for NUSA SAP RM implementation, SAP S/4HANA and ongoing market stewardship for materials across Raw and Packaging, BOMs, and recipes. Serves as the single point of contact for BOM SAP SME and NUSA for SAP RM system performance and issue escalation. Acts as the market escalation point for Raw and Packaging specification related system issues impacting compliance, supply continuity, manufacturing execution, or data accuracy.
  • Serves as the single point of contact for BOM SAP SME and NUSA for SAP-RM system performance and issue escalation. Activate relevant resources to quickly resolve any systems, process or performance issues and provide relevant communication and feedback. Responsible for role request review and approval to ensure accuracy and relevance.
  • Oversees material specification strategies related to potential harmonization, process efficiency and management for NUSA. Provides market leadership for material specification governance, with primary accountability for maintenance, deactivation, sustainability, and data integrity. Collaborate with PTC, TAG, Regulatory, Procurement, other market leads to resolve issues and enable efficient, timely shared specification approvals. Engages with global counterparts on harmonization initiatives and serves as the NUSA market advocate for responses and factory alignment, including ownership of relevant global material master data KPIs (e.g., FERT to Foodstuff).
  • Ensure system rollout and release robustness. Lead team to test new global system releases and global system migration to ensure flawless execution. Develop and/or ensure the deployment of relevant material and process standards within the Nestlé systems. Leads deployment of market communications, training, and knowledge transfer associated with system rollouts and releases, including enablement for acquisitions, divestitures, or organizational changes, to ensure sustained adoption and correct system usage across NUSA.
  • Drives continuous improvement of technical capabilities and personal development. Continuously builds technical, digital, and business acumen, proactively expanding internal and external networks. Demonstrates curiosity and application of digital solutions (e.g., Power BI) and engages stakeholders to implement solutions using a data driven approach.
  • Proactively uncovers opportunities for process simplification and optimization across Raw and Packaging specification lifecycles, utilizing system and process insights to drive organizational improvements. Examples include acquisition/divestitures, ways of working, process mapping, Raw and Packaging data integrity improvements (including CSV standards), and special projects aligned with TAG CoE roadmap priorities.
  • This role does not own ingredient formulation, packaging design, supplier selection, or regulatory approval decisions. The role is accountable for Raw and Packaging specification system governance, master data integrity, and cross functional alignment, ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely specification data availability across Nestlé USA.


EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
  • A BS in a technical or related field
  • Prefer at least 5 years of product, package or process development with market experience in CPG
  • Demonstrated leadership skills in previous roles, and ability to drive healthy challenge
  • Experience managing a project or change initiative
  • Preferred candidate will have experience or knowledge with multiple types of ingredients and/or processes or application procedures
  • System Skills: SAP-RM and SAP experience required
  • Ability to work in a fast paced and high performing environment
  • Exceptional organizational skills, extremely detail-oriented, and ability to manage multiple projects and assignments
  • Strong communication skills: interpersonal, presentation, oral and written with ability to adapt to audience which can include Business, Technical, Procurement and Manufacturing backgrounds
  • Highly motivated, critical thinker, goal-oriented and easily adapts to change
  • Computer Skills: Microsoft Office applications: Excel, Power Point, Word, Access
  • NLF Behaviors Developed: Understand the Business, Influence with Integrity, Results Focus, Enable Results Through Others, and Courage

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About Nestle

Nestlé S.A. is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. It is the largest food company in the world, measured by revenue and other metrics, since 2014. It ranked No. 64 on the Fortune Global 500 in 2017 and No. 33 in the 2016 edition of the Forbes Global 2000 list of largest public companies. Nestlé's products include baby food, medical food, bottled water, breakfast cereals, coffee and tea, confectionery, dairy products, ice cream, frozen food, pet foods, and snacks. Twenty-nine of Nestlé's brands have annual sales of over 1 billion CHF, including Nespresso, Nescafé, Kit Kat, Smarties, Nesquik, Stouffer's, Vittel, and Maggi. Nestlé has 447 factories, operates in 189 countries, and employs around 339,000 people. It is one of the main shareholders of L'Oreal, the world's largest cosmetics company. Nestlé was formed in 1905 by the merger of the "Anglo-Swiss Milk Company", established in 1866 by brothers George and Charles Page, and "Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé", founded in 1867 by Henri Nestlé. The company grew significantly during the First World War and again following the Second World War, expanding its offerings beyond its early condensed milk and infant formula products. The company has made a number of corporate acquisitions, including Crosse & Blackwell in 1950, Findus in 1963, Libby's in 1971, Rowntree Mackintosh in 1988, Klim in 1998, and Gerber in 2007.
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