Application Group Manager - Mossel Bay at Nestle

Position Summary

With a history spanning over 150 years, Nestlé didn’t become the world’s leading food and beverages brand by chance. Perfection is at the heart of what we do, and our people are always looking for the next big idea to cement our status. We are now looking for an Application Group Manager to be based in Mossel Bay Factory. 
In this role you will be responsible to will support leading and developing a team of local category specialists to provide expertise and support to the factory within the framework given by the category technology application group center (CTAG) in line with local business priorities.

Introduce New (IN):  -

• Renovation & customization of products.
• Support ideation & Consumer Insight work.
• Provide expert support during Industrialization.

Operate Existing (OE): -

• Support implementation of Manufacturing Standards (NWSM).
• Implement Category Competencies into the factory.
• Provide Expert Support.
• Perform local recipe and material management activities for the category.

A day in the life of an Application Group Manager:

• Reviews and approves – with the Business – the renovation briefs for locally managed projects.
• Contributes to gate decisions for "Go-to-Renovate", "Implement" and "Launch."
• Leads and supports translation of consumer insight into product attributes and driving Manufacturing excellence.
• Customize and localize recipe and packaging design, detail raw materials and packaging specifications.
• Leads Renovation and customization projects (including renovation for cost improvement), identifies optimization opportunities in collaboration with the CTCU/CTAG.
• Leads local Raw Material & Packaging Materials Harmonization.

What will make you successful?

• University degree or equivalent (e.g., Process Engineering, Food Engineering, Packaging Engineering)
• 3 – 5 years production and process technology experience, technical education background Solid category experience in Operations and R&D
• A solid food industry experience (Production Manager, End to End manager or similar).
• I&R Experience, Product Development Specialist, Application Group Specialist in the category.
• Project Management experience involving a range of projects of varying size and complexity (major projects /multiple projects).
• Line management: proven capability of developing and leading people.
• Proven track record in delivering results by working with cross-functional teams (with or without direct reports).