Nutrition Science Lead, Asean

**Responsibilities**:

- Provide strategic and day-to-day leadership for the Nutrition Science team in ASEAN
- Provide Nutrition Science leadership for implementing the innovation pipeline for infants, young children, children and adults in ASEAN markets
- Support and define science-based nutrition profiles for new and improved products
- Provide scientific leadership and input on claim development and substantiation, and nutrition positions and policies
- Represent NS function in project teams responsible for local and/or regional innovation projects
- Provide NS guidance to industry associations and policy-making bodies to facilitate development of appropriate nutrition policy, and to support development of appropriate regulatory standards. Network broadly with internal and external technical community to assure access to current and innovative technologies and scientific advances, and to maintain credibility with the external scientific and regulatory community
- Effectively collaborate cross functionally within global and regional R&D and the broader business
- Foster career development for nutrition scientists through coaching, mentoring, and identification of education and training opportunities

**Requirements**:

- PhD. in Nutrition or related discipline with excellent general knowledge of nutrition. Registered Dietitian is a plus.
- 3+ years industry experience in nutritional sciences or related field, including working across multiple R&D functions. Experience in pediatric nutrition highly preferred
- Experience in successfully leading and energizing teams to deliver performance with focus
- Experience with clinical trials preferred
- Capability to interact effectively with internal stakeholders, including senior management as well as external stakeholders
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to develop effective working relationships and networks with culturally and technically diverse groups.
- Excellent written and verbal and communication skills
- Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment under pressure and time constraints

**Description**:

- Want to give customers the ‘Wow’ factor? As a Nutrition Science Lead, ASEAN you’ll have the freedom to drive innovative propositions that make our brands stand out.**Nutrition Science Lead, ASEAN**

**Central Singapore, Singapore**

**Competitive Salary & excellent benefits package**
- Taking consumer insights, you’ll drive innovation into our product development process. You’ll interpret customer wants, needs and preferences. You’ll help our wider R&D team understand the opportunities and create winning innovations that differentiate our brands and products. You’ll disrupt markets. You’ll surprise and excite consumers. Working with our leading brands, you’ll ensure we ‘get’ our customers so we can continue to offer them products that they truly value.**You’ll succeed because**
- you understand consumer science in healthcare or consumer goods. You use consumer insights to formulate research plans. You understand brand strategy and blend it with market data to drive innovation. You use data to make fact-based decisions. You bring the best out of others, encouraging your team to explore new ideas. You welcome being challenged and in-turn question others. You’re innovative, resilient and entrepreneurial. Just like us.**You’ll love it because**
- you’ll have the freedom to make a difference. You’ll put your own ideas into practice. The products you get out there will allow people to live healthier lives and have happier homes. And our dynamic, ownership-driven culture will bring the very best out of you, every day.**Equality**:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.