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Job Description:
The Formulation Scientist (Product Development) will support the formulation and manufacturing process for our solid dose and soft gelatin capsules at Nestle Health Science. This role will collaborate with multiple teams to help improve current products, address manufacturing issues, evaluate new technologies and/or ingredients, seek cost savings and maintain networks of external partners. This role works onsite Monday to Friday can be located at one of Nestle Health Science's manufacturing locations in either Bohemia, New York or in Boca Raton, Florida.
Responsibilities:
* Formulate nutritional supplement products in various forms in support of manufacturing.
* Assists with creating and approving new raw material specifications, master batch records, change controls, deviations or other required documentation in support of manufacturing existing in-line products.
* Assists in scale up, validating and transferring technologies/processes to other internal manufacturing sites, or externally.
* Defines and implements solutions for routine tasks, balancing achievement of milestones with high quality standards.
* Provides technical support to manufacturing including but not limited to formulation or process improvement, formulation globalization, cost savings initiatives, and trouble shooting.
* Interacts with multi functional teams (including Quality, Procurement, Product Development and Manufacturing) and the Technical Design Council to resolve issues as may arise in the course of new product development or existing product improvement.
* Negotiates timeline commitments among other team members such that agreed objectives and timings for completion of activities are achieved.
* Rapidly communicates major changes to project plans to the Manager or Director.
* Sets and refines individual priorities as necessary to remain focused on objectives and project milestones under rapidly changing circumstances.
* Looks for innovative and better ways of doing things. Actively looks to eliminate non-value added steps of processes and procedures.
* Explores and shares new scientific information, technologies, products and processes with the Science and Technology community.
* Builds awareness of developments outside of the company through attendance/presentations at trade associations or scientific meetings.
* Maintains external collaborations with suppliers, academia and other professional bodies.
* Performs comprehensive, sophisticated and critical evaluation of own data.
* Ensures that all internal and external work activities are conducted to appropriated standards, in accordance with Company policies, laws, quality standards, SOPs , etc.

Requirements:

* Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Science, Biomedical Engineering and/or in a related field required.
* 1 years of relevant work experience required, preferably with experience in hands-on development and characterization of solid dose formulations, including tablet, capsules, liquids, soft gels and gummies or in a related field within the CPG or Pharma industry.
* Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office (Word/Excel/Outlook/PowerPoint) is required.
* Experienced with laboratory activities, technology transfers, quality by design, and/or operational excellence tools required.
* Ability to interact well in multi-functional teams, including Product Development and in fostering a team approach to achieving project goals required.
* Must have excellent communication (oral and written), organizational, presentation and stakeholder management skills (Including the ability to develop and maintain strong, cross-functional stakeholder relationships).
* Willing and able to work under pressure to meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
* Must have strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail and must be agile including the ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks based on the needs of the business while maintaining high quality standards.
* Ability to lift up to and including 40 lbs.
* Working knowledge of tablet presses, encapsulation, granulation and blending equipment desired.
* Minitab experience and other CRM knowledge such as SAP and Power BI is strongly preferred.
* Willing and able to travel up to 20% based on the needs of the team and the business.

The approximate pay range for this position is $80,000 to $90,000. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as geographic location.
Nestle Offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with a company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position. Learn more at:About Us |Nestle Careers (nestlejobs.com)

Requisition ID:
298905

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