Onsite Global Product Development Manager – Infant & Early Nutrition

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About the role

  • Global Product Development Manager leading R&D team for infant nutrition at Nestlé. Driving innovation, portfolio management, and stakeholder engagement to enhance product offerings.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the local Nutrition R&D team and foster strong collaboration with global R&D networks.
  • Define market-specific science, technology, clinical, sustainability, and packaging requirements.
  • Translate local innovation needs into robust global innovation pipelines.
  • Manage a balanced project portfolio aligned with business strategy, resources, and budgets.
  • Deploy innovation projects on time, on budget, and smoothly into operations.
  • Develop strategic partnerships with universities, research institutes, suppliers, and scientific partners.
  • Engage senior stakeholders across markets, SBUs, factories, and R&D communities.
  • Drive talent development, succession planning, and an innovative R&D culture.

Requirements

  • Advanced degree in food science, nutrition, engineering, or a related scientific discipline
  • 10–15 years of international experience across R&D and operations environments in the category
  • Proven experience leading and developing teams in complex, cross-functional settings
  • Strong understanding of food technology, quality, regulatory, and innovation processes
  • Ability to manage budgets, portfolios, and strategic resource allocation
  • Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills
  • High integrity, adaptability, and passion for people, products, and consumers
  • Fluent English; additional languages are an advantage.

Benefits

  • Exciting opportunities to develop your career your way; across different brands, businesses, functions, and regions.
  • Flexible working arrangements - facilitating creativity and collaboration
  • A culture of respect, with diversity, equity and inclusion at its core.
  • A dynamic international environment empowering you to learn, develop and grow.

Job title

Global Product Development Manager – Infant & Early Nutrition

Job type

Experience level

SeniorLead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

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