Position Snapshot

Location: Nestlé Research Lausanne, Switzerland
Company: Société des Produits Nestlé
Act. Rate: Full-Time 100%
Type of contract: Permanent contract

Start date: As soon as possible
Deadline for applications: 18 May 2023

Please note that for this position only Swiss nationals and/or holders of a valid work permit will be considered

What we offer at Nestlé

Flexible work policies in terms of core hours and working from home. Please talk to us during the recruitment process about what flexibility could look like for you!
Genuine opportunities for career and personal development
Modern “smart office” locations providing agile & collaborative workspaces
Dynamic international working environment
Attractive additional benefits

Position Summary

Whether the focus is on developing plant-based foods to support healthier lifestyles, tackling packaging waste or driving affordable nutrition, we're continually developing our products and services, while innovating to create new ones. Nestlé has the most advanced science and innovation network in the food industry. We have 4,100 employees working in R&D globally and invest over CHF 1.7 billion every year in R&D as an engine for growth. Read more about Nestlé R&D on our website.

As a “R&D Scientific Communications Specialist” you will enable internal and external audiences to discover our global R&D activities in written texts as well as interactive events, providing our experts a platform to illustrate the science and innovation behind products. As part of the Nestlé R&D Communications team you will be exposed to many topics across our R&D organization and you will be in touch with experts across our global sites. To give you a better idea take a look at some of the recent innovation news we wrote here and on LinkedIn.

We offer a dynamic, inclusive, and international working environment with many opportunities across different companies, functions, and regions. Don’t miss the opportunity to join us and work with different teams in an agile and diverse context.

A Day in the Life of a R&D Scientific Communications Specialist

• Write stories and prepare communication material on science and technology at Nestlé for non-scientific audiences such as innovation news
• Define storylines, props and visual set-ups together with scientific experts for their interactive sessions with internal and external audiences
• Plan, coordinate and execute immersive visits to our sites in Switzerland, adapted to different audiences including media, key opinion leaders, authorities, business partners.

What will make you successful

• Excellent storytelling skills, both written text and immersive visits
• Passionate about science and technology topics
• Strong prioritization, organization, event planning and project management skills
• Capacity to work under pressure within tight deadlines
• Dynamic & detail-oriented with can-do attitude
• Team player and social skills
• English native level; any other language would be a plus
• 2-5 years experience in communications role

At Nestlé, we want to help shape a better and healthier world, inspire people to live healthier lives and deliver impact at a scale and pace that makes a difference. We do this by fostering a diverse, friendly, supportive, and collaborative environment, that creates positive disruption, embraces innovation, and empowers people and teams to win.
We aim to hire friendly, respectful, inspiring people who care about the people’s lives that we touch every single day.
Be a force for good. Join Nestlé and visit us on www.nestle.com.