MENA Packaging Sustainability Manager

POSITION SNAPSHOT

Location: Nestlé Business Services

Company: Nestlé Middle East Head Office

Full-time

POSITION SUMMARY

Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment – passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future.

Main purpose of job is to ensure that all packaging materials for Nestlé products in MENA are aligned with our Nestle Sustainability roadmap, safe and compliant with legal and Nestlé standards and guidelines.

A DAY IN THE LIFE …

• Building MENA Sustainability roadmap, maintaining reporting to all stakeholders, Management of quality related issues regarding safety & compliance of packaging materials and promotional items: Validating conformity declarations with regard to food contacting materials; assisting in interpretation of analyzed results; supporting the development of HACCP studies, surveillance plans and monitoring plans; and furthermore assistance in issues of consistence.

• Safety and Quality: Ensuring compliance with Nestlé policies, guidelines and national and European laws and regulations for food packaging and promotional items. Cooperation with NQAC, PTC / R&D & Packaging Specialist.

• Participation in supplier audits and approval of suppliers. Support to QA regarding the safety and compliance part of the audits.

• Consumer inquiries and complaints. Support to QA for consumer inquiries regarding Sustainability, Packaging A30safety and compliance issues.

• Apply Nestlé Strategy (Packaging sustainability initiative) in the market implementing Nestlé GI and being aligned with the Zone AOA.

• Participation in workshops (internal / external) and organizations.

• People development by coaching factory specialist

ARE YOU A FIT?

• Education profile: Completed scientific degree (e.g. food chemistry, food technology, or a similar scientific education)

• Fluent in English, plus basic knowledge in French.

• Education experience:

• Legal evaluation of food and utensils (e.g. at least one-year practical training in a chemical research department in line with the education to a food chemist) and also in the field of quality management in the food industry or in the packaging industry.

• Experience in chemical analysis including modern methods of analysis (e.g. HPLC, GS-MS, LC-MS, FT-IR) in the packaging field.

• Audits of packaging material manufacturers.

• Ability to communicate his/her passion for packaging and to transform business needs into packaging functions.

• Ability to drive change management.

We are Nestlé, the largest food and beverage company. We are 308,000 employees strong driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. Our values are rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity and respect for our future. With more than CHF 91.4 billion sales in 2018, we have an expansive presence with 413 factories in more than 85 countries. We believe our people are our most important asset, so we'll offer you a dynamic inclusive international working environment with many opportunities across different businesses, functions and geographies, working with diverse teams and cultures. Want to learn more? Visit us at www.nestle.com.