Digital Food Safety Early Warning Specialist

Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Work model: Hybrid / Full time
Contract type / duration: Permanent

Shape the future through scientific breakthroughs and innovation.

As a Digital Food Safety Early Warning Specialist at Nestlé Research, your mission is to enable the proactive detection of potential food safety issues by strengthening the evaluation of external scientific signals and the evolution of digital early warning systems. You’ll make a difference by collaborating closely with food safety, quality, research, technology, and external data partners. This is your opportunity to turn ideas into sustainable and innovative solutions for people, pets, and the planet.

• Strengthening proactive food safety early warning by scouting and evaluating emerging issues across priority contaminant areas.
• Identifying and assessing internal and external data sources that improve the detection, prioritization, and scientific evaluation of early signals.
• Driving the evaluation and deployment of digital technologies that enhance data-driven detection of emerging food safety topics.
• Coordinating the testing and validation of prototypes that help transform early warning processes into scalable digital solutions.
• Building strong scientific collaborations that connect research, technology, and business needs to protect consumers.
• Delivering project activities with focus, rigor, and follow-through to support impactful food safety decisions.

• Bringing basic chemistry knowledge and a good understanding of chemical contaminants, including how they can emerge, evolve, and impact food safety.
• Applying knowledge of food safety and quality processes in the context of supply chains, incident occurrence, issue evolution, and potential consumer impact.
• Using data and digital technologies in a food safety context, ideally to support data-driven risk assessment, root-cause analysis, and early warning decision-making.
• Collaborating effectively with diverse internal and external partners, while translating research into practical business impact.
• Communicating fluently in English; working proficiency in French is a plus.
• Bringing collaboration, fresh thinking, bold questions, respect, and a positive, wellbeing-oriented mindset.

• Flexible working options, including hybrid work possibilities (for office based roles)
• Paid holidays beyond legal requirements
• Learning and development opportunities to grow your career
• Performance based bonus
• Healthcare contribution and access to the Employee Assistance Program
• Strong employer contribution to your pension plan
• Generous parental leave and comprehensive family support solutions
• Attractive employee discounts across various products and services