Formulation, Nutrition and Ingredients Platform Manager - Nestlé Purina Petcare

About the Company

We're Nestle. We are the world's leading food and beverage company that contributes to Thailand's economy, society and the environment. Join us in delivering our purpose of 'unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come'.

• Location: Head Office (Hybrid)
• Company: Nestlé Thailand
• Business Unit/Division: Technical and Production
• Employment: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Lead regional formulation, nutrition, and ingredient solutions for complex I&R projects across multiple factories in the AOA region.
• Support marketing and technical teams in deploying the regional I&R strategy and translating consumer insights into product concepts.
• Ensure product compliance with global nutritional standards and local regulations.
• Drive formula optimization across factories with focus on sustainability, cost reduction, and complexity reduction.
• Lead ingredient development and validation efforts to enable least-cost formulation and oversee VAM/VIA processes.
• Maintain ingredient policies and ensure compliance across markets.
• Develop and guide a team of formulators, nutritionists, and ingredient specialists; identify technical and behavioral gaps and build training plans.
• Partner with Marketing, QA, Regulatory, PTC/R&D, Engineering, Supply Chain, and factory teams, and act as technical interface with universities, suppliers, and regulatory bodies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Animal Science, Food Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related fields; MBA/Master’s is a plus.
• At least 7 years' experience, preferably as a petfood nutritionist/formulator; horizontal experience in QA, RSA/Manufacturing or related positions in petfood is acceptable.
• Good knowledge of general petfood processes (dry, wet and treats).
• Strong communication skills and ability to effectively work in team environment with large and multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to travel internationally is required.
• Experience of people leadership and development is a plus.