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 company driven by our purpose to improve the quality of life and contribute to a healthier future.
Nestlé Nigeria is currently looking to hire a Factory Sensory Specialist, whose responsibilities include to manage sensory activities, staff and facilities in the factory ensuring appropriate sensory implementation in all aspects of quality management.
Implements the sensory programme for the factory:
- Ensures that sensory evaluation for raw materials, semi-finished products and finished products in the for the factory i.e. at the sensory laboratory and inline laboratory are in alignment with the current standards or guidelines.
- Ensure that all relevant and current product and packaging specifications for raw materials, semi-finished products and finished products are available during tasting sessions.
- Provide a monthly report on sensory activities at the inline laboratories across the factory and share the report with QA Manager.
- Conduct quarterly keeping quality tests for all products category and communicate the report to the QA CWAR office and other relevant parties such as AG and Packaging department when necessary.
- Manages both consumer and trade complaints for all factory product category from reception of complaint, through investigation to providing feedback to CES.
- Communicate the trend of complaint.
- Organize monthly alignment meeting with CES team on total number of complaints registered.
Ensure panelists performance are monitored:
- Frequently carrying out spike test.
- Prepare and share the report of panelist performance to the panelists.
- Keep the panelist motivated.
Organizes the recruitment and maintenance of the factory sensory panel(s):
- Screening of new panelists.
- Training of new panelist based on product category and product specifications.
- Training of existing panelist on newly introduced products.
Provide support for other functions such as Application Group and Packaging:
- Organize triangle and profiling test and share the report in decision making.
- Organize test for packaging trial and provide the report to support in decision making.
- Manage market scenario samples and share the report.
What Will Make You Successful?
- HND / B.Sc. in Biochemistry, Microbiology, Chemistry or Food Science or related Science Courses.
- Basic scientific and statistical knowledge
- Demonstrated competence in a similar field.
- Working knowledge of sensory methodologies (i.e. different testing and test for QA)
- Working knowledge of computers; ideally, knowledge of dedicated software for sensory data acquisition.
Minimum Relevant Work Experience: 5 years relevant experience in the field
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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 company driven by our purpose to improve the quality of life and contribute to a healthier future.
Nestlé Nigeria is currently looking for an Assistant Maintenance Engineer, s/he will ensure that the sites’ fixed assets used for production are capable of performing and consistently fit for the purpose for which they were intended. The key being asset reliability and overall plant performance.
A day in the life of the Assistant Maintenance Engineer:
- Define, propose, and monitor the Maintenance and Improvement (M&I) plans and objectives in accordance with the Engineering Policy, Key Principles and the M&I Activity as outlined in the Nestlé Engineering Excellence (NEE) master document.
- Propose and implement work processes, procedures and technical resources related to the M&I team.
- Lead and coordinate the process maintenance team and maintain competencies, motivation and performance to achieve the M&I team mission and objectives.
- Propose and monitor process maintenance jobs in accordance with the key performance indicators.
- Demonstrate and promote the company's values within the M&I team.
- Ensure that there exists within the process maintenance team an attitude of absolute intolerance for unsafe situations. That all team members are encouraged never to implement any change, whether directly instructed to, or under his/her own initiative, without first questioning its impact in relation to product safety/quality, people safety and the environment. No compromises should be tolerated.
- Ensure that the technical integrity and availability of equipment complies with all regulations.
- Ensure that Good Engineering Practices are being always applied.
- Ensure the implementation of all repairs/modifications resulting from gap assessments, plant audits and notifications.
- Ensure that all technicians receive direct on the line coaching in machinery and line operation skills in respect to the requirements of Hygienic engineering.
- Encourage close teamwork between all functions (Engineering, Production, Quality Management etc.).
- Review systematically all lines, processes and utilities that are critical to the business and those where failure can have an unacceptable impact on safety, environment or compliance with the law.
- Support and encourage the decentralizing of routine maintenance.
- Ensure that Continuous Improvement becomes a key pillar of the M&I culture.
- Implement Consequence Driven Maintenance (CDM) as the multi-discipline, team-based approach to proactively maintain/improve the reliability and performance of the company's Asset and Maintenance Management (AMM) as the process to manage the lifecycle of the fixed assets.
- Adopt the Maintenance Excellence vision by striving for the M&I ""Proactive Domain"".
- Establish and manage the yearly, monthly, weekly maintenance plans to ensure essential maintenance is completed within a reasonable time.
- Monitor plant/equipment to ensure optimal operation and reduction of planned/unplanned downtime.
- Optimize predictive maintenance technologies (condition monitoring and inspections) to minimize unplanned downtime.
- Utilize planned downtime for scheduled and condition-based maintenance with work orders.
- Develop and implement improvements to minimize downtime for line change and cleaning.
- Liaise with production, quality management daily to resolve technical and/or operational issues. (Stoppage analysis from downtime reporting system).
- Establish with production, shutdown, and start-up work programs to minimize the risks to the product, people and production losses.
- Maintains and participates actively in food safety related activities and awareness as a food safety team member.
What Will Make You Successful?
- B.Sc. / HND in Mechanical, Electrical/ Electronics, instrumentation/Automation Engineering.
- Minimum of 5 years post Qualification experience in Maintenance of Process Machines and Equipment.
- Proven track record in continuous improvement and innovation.
- Ability to engage with stakeholders and communicate effectively.
- Proficiency in SAP for stock management and maintenance applications.
- Solid experience in making and interpreting mechanical and electrical drawings, using AutoCAD or related software.
- Good Automation knowledge will be an advantage.
Skills and Knowledge
- Management and leadership skills
- Good Project / Maintenance Management skills.
- Basic Computer skills.
- Technical Report skills.
- Presentation skills
- English communication skills
We Offer:
- Interesting and challenging work in a global organization – a branch of worldwide and well recognized FMCG
- Possibility to work with a dynamic team of professionals and leaders.
- Possibility to work on challenging projects.
- A work environment that promotes respect, professionalism, and professional growth opportunities
- Possibility of personal development & career advancement
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