Machine Quality Senior Specialist

About the role

As a Machine Quality Senior Specialist at Nestlé Product Technology Center for Coffee & Beverages, you will embed food safety, compliance and quality into beverage systems for Nespresso and Nestlé Dolce Gusto from the earliest design stages, ensuring outstanding consumer experiences.

Key responsibilities

• Safeguard food safety, regulatory compliance and consumer expectations throughout beverage‑system development.
• Embed quality‑by‑design across new products, packaging, machines and production lines to improve right‑first‑time delivery.
• Drive robust validation plans, quality requirements and process capability from ideation through technical approval and launch.
• Anticipate quality risks through root‑cause analysis, risk assessment and failure‑mode analysis, enabling pragmatic decisions.
• Resolve quality issues with factories and consumer service teams and ensure corrective actions strengthen future developments.
• Build quality capability by coaching colleagues, sharing knowledge across sites and turning project lessons into continuous improvement.

Required profile

• Strong knowledge of quality systems, food safety, good manufacturing practices, product development and manufacturing.
• Ability to apply root‑cause, risk and failure‑mode analysis to complex design and production challenges.
• Project‑management skills to align priorities, manage multiple developments and deliver practical solutions.
• Assertive, transparent collaboration with the ability to influence decisions while balancing quality requirements and business realities.
• Agility and adaptability in navigating complexity, shifting priorities and evolving project needs.
• Fluent English communication across all organisational levels; additional languages are a plus.

Required skills

• Quality systems
• Food safety
• Good manufacturing practices (GMP)
• Root‑cause analysis
• Risk analysis
• Failure‑mode analysis
• Project management

What we offer

• Competitive benefits package including flexible working options, paid holidays beyond legal requirements and learning & development opportunities.
• Performance‑based bonus, healthcare contribution, employee assistance program and strong pension contribution.
• Generous parental leave, family support solutions and attractive employee discounts across various products and services.