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Beverage Innovation Specialist (REMOTE)
Job Description
The Nestl Professional Solutions at Nestl USA leverages its position as the world's largest food and beverage company to bring brands that you enjoy in your home, to other areas of your life such as the workplace, restaurants, hotels, and your neighborhood College or University.
As a Beverage Innovation Specialist, you’ll be the ambassador for beverage excellence at NPS. You’ll partner with the Sales organization across all U.S. regions to demonstrate the breadth, value, and versatility of our beverage portfolio—leading customer tastings, large-scale industry demonstrations, developing specialty beverages and LTOs, and providing beverage training and drink standards.
This role requires exceptional presentation and communication skills to engage diverse audiences and the ability to demonstrate thought leadership in beverage and flavor pairings—setting trends and inspiring innovation.
Responsibilities
- Support national and regional account teams with beverage-led customer engagements, demos, and ideation sessions
- Create specialty coffee and non-coffee beverages, seasonal rotations, and LTOs
- Deliver barista skills training and beverage station setup guidance
- Curate tastings showcasing NPS beverage solutions for trade shows and customer events
- Lead collaborative menu development and flavor pairing sessions
- Work with Sales, Brand Marketing, and Commercial Development to position products
- Maintain and manage a strong pipeline of focused beverage opportunities
Qualifications
- Extensive beverage expertise with deep coffee knowledge and proven barista skills
- Experience developing specialty beverages for foodservice or retail caf brands
- Ability to travel extensively nationwide (40–60%)
- Valid driver’s license
- 5+ years of multi‑unit, headquarters‑level experience with a national or multi‑market brand