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The Out of Home (OOH) Division at Nestlé USA leverages its position as the world's largest food and beverage company to bring brands that you enjoy in your home, to other areas of your life such as the workplace, restaurants, hotels, and your neighborhood College or University. Our portfolio of products and solutions includes beloved brands such as Stouffer's, Coffee mate, Nescafé, and Starbucks. With our extensive networks and industry knowledge, we offer unparalleled support and guidance to foodservice operators, ensuring their success in a competitive market. We strive to contribute to a healthier future by providing the finest ingredients and operational knowledge to every type of foodservice operation. The strength of our trusted brands is supported by a team of skilled professionals who are dedicated to deepening their industry experience. Our team of culinary experts and skilled product developers partner closely with foodservice professionals to generate creative, branded food and beverage solutions that address a wide variety of needs. Our employees thrive on opportunities to grow and develop within the foodservice industry, ensuring that we are always at the forefront of industry trends and innovations.
POSITION SUMMARY:
This supervisor for frozen product categories will be responsible for leading a team of Specialists to support innovation and renovation activities and drive growth in key channels for Nestle Professional.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
- Lead the PD&C support groups for support of product Innovation and renovation for the frozen Food products categories.
- Direct through good project management skills, the involvement and support of the cross functional team, obtaining required project resources to ensure success as required.
- Be a key leader of the Food Safety Team for NPCIC, providing viewpoint of the support team for key projects or activities.
- Demonstrate a strong End-to-End mentality working closely and communicating frequently with various stakeholders - Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, R&D, Procurement, Marketing, and Finance – to adequately understand and meet business requirements. Requires the ability to communicate and solicit feedback on competing project prioritizations.
- Manages team of specialists and makes significant decisions on team focus areas, project scope, technology execution and roles and responsibilities.
- Requires the ability to influence others outside of own job area on policies, practices and procedures, and often more senior levels in organization.
- Represent department in cross functional activities and groups formed to drive the Nestle Professional business forward.
- Recommend staffing, resources, and suggest improvement to the status quo to achieve superior results and team dynamics.
- Orient, train, and hire new employees. Coach and provide development support to associates using the Talent & Performance Management System.
REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM EDUCATION LEVEL:
- Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science or related field.
- Requires the ability to travel at approximately 5%.
- Requires ability to cover NPCIC building support as required.
- Must be able to vary work as needed and quickly shift project focus to accomplish business needs and satisfy customer’s changing priorities.
- Must be comfortable working in food manufacturing and culinary environments.
EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum of 3-5 years of food-industry experience, with experience leading cross functional teams on projects.
SKILLS:
- Leadership or Supervisory skills.
- Contribute strong individual efforts while supporting peers to achieve the team’s business goals.
- Good creative, problem solving and organizational skills, as well as good communications skills.
- Individual must have strong work ethics, able to work unsupervised and demand only the best to achieve their goals while supporting overall team objectives.
- Candidate must be able to thrive in a fast paced, multi-project/task, team oriented and customer focused environment and be comfortable working with people of varying disciplines and levels: upper management, sales, Product Development, marketing, R&D, manufacturing, and plant personnel.
- Computer proficiency in excel, nutritional & labeling databases, departmental and Global Nestle systems and in electronic communication.
- Excellent time management.
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