Hybrid Data System Specialist
About The Position
The Data System Specialist is a senior technical role in Nestlé’s TAG Center of Excellence, connecting product innovation, compliance, and manufacturing readiness. The role combines specification authoring and data systems responsibilities to deliver high-quality recipe, material, packaging, and bill of materials (BOM) data across Nestlé systems and apply specification standards consistently. It requires independent judgment and cross-functional partnership on data and system topics affecting speed to market, factory readiness, data integrity, and audit compliance across TAG. The role authors and maintains specifications and master data, administers and supports TAG digital platforms, and translates technical, regulatory, and compliance requirements into usable workflows and documentation. It also identifies and advances process improvements and automation, and delivers training and enablement to strengthen system adoption and consistent ways of working.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; a technical or related field is advantageous.
- At least 5 years of hands-on experience with enterprise specification, recipe, BOM, and manufacturing master data systems, such as SAP Product Life Cycle, SAP S4HANA, TraceGains, or similar.
- Familiarity with Specification Author activities, including creating, maintaining, and approving Raw Material, Purchasing, Market Requirement, and Packaging specifications in regulated environments.
- Experience working cross-functionally with areas such as Product Development, Packaging, Quality, Manufacturing, and IT.
- Ability to work independently in complex, regulated environments, exercise sound judgment, and partner effectively across functions.
Nice To Haves
- Technical or vocational certifications in digital, data, or automation platforms such as Power Automate, SharePoint, Salesforce, Power Apps, SAP, or TraceGains.
- Experience in manufacturing or technical operations.
- Exposure to data management, reporting, automation, or digital improvement initiatives supporting efficiency, data quality, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Author and maintain Raw Material, Purchasing, and Market Requirement specifications, ensuring timely creation, updates, and approvals.
- Ensure alignment among recipes, BOMs, specifications, and manufacturing master data.
- Maintain high-quality, compliant data in SAP, TraceGains, and related systems.
- Apply specification and master data standards consistently and flag inputs or decisions that may create compliance, audit, or factory-readiness risks.
- Provide day-to-day administration and user support for SAP, TraceGains, SharePoint, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Salesforce.
- Translate technical, regulatory, and compliance requirements into clear system workflows and documentation.
- Support system testing, upgrades, access management, issue resolution, and user enablement.
- Identify and propose system enhancements and automation opportunities, evaluating them through risk, value, and sustainability considerations.
- Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and optimize specification, recipe, and BOM processes in line with TAG Digital Strategy and efficiency objectives.
- Improve Specification Author consistency and data quality through documentation, standardized practices, and sharing best practices.
- Deliver training, coaching, and enablement for Specification Authors, project teams, and cross-functional partners.
- Partner with Quality, Packaging, Manufacturing, Procurement, Regulatory, and IT to support consistent, compliant execution across TAG.
- Create and maintain recipes, BOMs, and specifications (RMS, PS/RMPS, MR) using SAP and/or TraceGains within agreed service levels.
- Provide subject matter expertise for recipe, BOM, Material Master, and specification data, supporting data standards, regulatory requirements, and system governance.
- Administer TAG data and documentation platforms, including access control, issue resolution, and user support.
- Deploy digital solutions and automation to reduce manual effort, cycle time, and operational risk.
- Develop clear, repeatable process maps and documentation, and deliver system, specification, and process training.
- Support accurate master data, high first-time-right accuracy, system stability, audit readiness, and sustained user capability and adoption.
Benefits
- 401(k) with company match
- Healthcare coverage
- Performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
