Senior Scientist I - Product Development (Oreo)
Mondelēz International•East Hanover, NJ
•$86,900 - $119,515•Hybrid
About The Position
The candidate will be responsible for delivering a variety of projects across the Oreo portfolio, including maintaining and optimizing various branded products, leading development of product from benchtop to launch, and delivering against quality and margin management goals. This role will focus on the Oreo brand.
Requirements
- Leading R&D teams and influencing cross-functional teams
- Handling multiple priorities
- Proactively identifying complex technical or business problems and creating and implementing solutions
- Applying technical curiosity and understanding to interpret and analyze data
- Effectively influencing senior-level and cross-functional stakeholders verbally and in writing, including writing technical report conclusions
- Coaching and mentoring others
- BS in Food Science, Chemical Engineering or related field
- Minimum of 5 years experience in the food industry.
- Strong technical foundation and a high level of technical curiosity.
- Ability to develop and drive technical projects with proper scientific rigor: conduct appropriate testing, gather and analyze data, and develop recommendations based on findings.
- Demonstrated ability to handle multiple projects, prioritize and manage complexity- from bench top to commercialization.
- Participate in cross functional teams to identify and resolve technical issues.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills; able to effectively communicate to all levels within the organization.
- This job will require tasting our products regularly.
Responsibilities
- Drive excellence in Project Management
- Plan and execute work plans, including development of timelines, risk assessments and contingency plans
- Analyze results of experiments and translate them into actionable recommendations with minimal guidance and support
- Have strong knowledge of the commercialization process
- Identify and efficiently utilize necessary resources to achieve timely delivery of project objectives
- Possess a strong understanding of the functional characteristics of ingredients and process unit operations, including how they impact finished products to meet consumer expectations.
- Leverage experts/partners to ensure compliance to documentation, shelf life, regulatory requirements for NA, FTO/IP, and confidentiality requirements
Benefits
- health insurance
- wellness and family support programs
- life and disability insurance
- retirement savings plans
- paid leave programs
- education related programs
- paid holidays and vacation time
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
