Recipe Management Specialist

Business Area: Nestle Production Technology Centre
Location: York

Part time: 20hrs a week

Salary from £17,775 to £20,145 (depending on experience).

Some of our other fantastic benefits

Potential, discretionary annual bonus

• Generous pension scheme – up to 12% contribution from Nestle
• 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement
• 2 paid volunteering days
• A focus on personal development and growth

Although this is a Part- time opportunity, please speak to us about what flexibility means to you as we are always open to discuss individual’s flexible working needs, don’t let this stop you from applying.

The role

You’ll take ownership of Recipe Management for our Cocoa & Malt Beverages (CMB) business acting as the single point of contact for recipe formulation, compliance and approval. Following a structured handover you'll become fully operational as the CMB category Material and Recipe Management lead. You will work alongside the current MRM for Chocolate, Snacking & Biscuits and Sugar to complete the management of the confectionery recipe portfolio.

Your Impact

• Recipe management & formulation — enable recipe compliance by design by building competence of product developers in a global network of factories & R&D centres.
• Compliance & recipe approval — manage nutritional and regulatory output to meet internal and external guidance and legal frameworks.
• Systems & tools — work day-to-day in SAP and across purpose built Power BIs, with centrally managed training and regulatory databases to ensure foodstuff specifications are nutritionally compliant.
• Technical acceptance & SAP — own the Technical Acceptance process, liaising with the central quality, regulatory and marketing teams. You will be an approver in the workflow to ensure consistency and compliance.
• Data Stewardship & Digital Enhancements – act as a guardian for data accuracy in material specifications to ensure foundations for enhancements in digital tools and automated recipe solutions.

Your ingredients for Success

The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of food regulations and labelling requirements, be confident managing cross-functional stakeholders across R&D, Quality, and Regulatory teams, and be highly organised with a strong attention to detail. The position offers ownership of a category-wide recipe management scope from the outset, exposure to globally recognised brands such as MILO and NESQUIK, and the opportunity to collaborate within Nestlé’s York-based R&D team and wider global organisation.

Essential

• Experience in recipe formulation and product development
• Solid grasp of food regulatory and labelling requirements
• Detail-driven, structured, and confident owning approval workflows end to end.

Desirable

• Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Nutrition, Chemistry or a related discipline.
• Knowledge of SAP (recipe management modules); exposure to formulation and compliance platforms is a strong advantage.

What you need to know

Advert posting date: 24/08/2026
Advert closing date: 07/09/2026

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application

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