Senior Scientist II - NA Cakes & Pastries

Mondelēz International

34d•Hybrid

About The Position

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International? Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride. Working as part of a cross-functional team you lead the R&D activities required to complete new product development and maintain portfolios and/or productivity projects keeping in mind the goal to deliver the desired consumer experience. How you will contribute You will work independently to plan, lead and coordinate technical projects in line with R&D marketing and manufacturing requirements. You will effectively communicate status and risks and plan, lead and coordinate pilot plant and factory trials in accordance with good manufacturing practice and HACCP requirements. In addition, you will plan, lead and coordinate development activities (e.g. product shelf-life testing, designing for quality, consumer test preparation. etc.). To provide direction for product and process development, you will use digital simulation models to obtain, understand and interpret consumer insights and commercial information. In this role, you will support manufacturing line qualifications, new product launches, and be responsible for stakeholder management and influencing decisions based on conclusions made from analysis and interpretation of results. What you will bring A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge: • R&D leader influencing cross-functional teams with experience in ingredients, nutrition, product formulations and technical knowledge in the snack food industry. • Proactively identifying complex technical or business problems and creating and implementing solutions. • Technical curiosity and out of the box thinking coupled with food technical knowledge to evaluate breakthrough technologies, novel ingredients and emerging science translating insight into business opportunities. • Handling multiple priorities. • Effectively influencing senior level and cross-functional stakeholders verbally and in writing, including writing technical report conclusions. • Coaching and mentoring others. More about this role What you need to know about this position: This Senior Scientist II, Cakes & Pastries R&D role will support all projects across the 7Days brand in MDLZ North America. This person will be responsible for product development activities for their projects. What extra ingredients you will bring: • Consumer focused defining consumer desired experiences collaboratively with marketing and developing the strategic innovation pipeline. Being a constant champion for the consumer. • Ability to lead projects in development and commercialization of new products with strong interpersonal and communication skills. • Formula/product development expertise in Biscuit is preferred but not required. • Understanding equipment design and manufacturing processes to support product and process specifications. • Strong project management & collaboration working cross functionally with agility partnering with internal and external manufacturers executing with excellence and technical rigor. • Strong problems skills and strategic agility. • Can stand alone, handle complexity, influence and present effectively to senior stakeholders and Senior Leadership Team • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to effectively communicate to all levels of the organization

Requirements

R&D leader influencing cross-functional teams with experience in ingredients, nutrition, product formulations and technical knowledge in the snack food industry.
Proactively identifying complex technical or business problems and creating and implementing solutions.
Technical curiosity and out of the box thinking coupled with food technical knowledge to evaluate breakthrough technologies, novel ingredients and emerging science translating insight into business opportunities.
Handling multiple priorities.
Effectively influencing senior level and cross-functional stakeholders verbally and in writing, including writing technical report conclusions.
Coaching and mentoring others.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to effectively communicate to all levels of the organization
B.S. or M.S. in Food Science, Chemical Engineering or equivalent
6-8 years of experience in a Product Development or technical Research & Development role

Nice To Haves

Formula/product development expertise in Biscuit is preferred but not required.
Strong problems skills and strategic agility.
Being a constant champion for the consumer.

Responsibilities

Work independently to plan, lead and coordinate technical projects in line with R&D marketing and manufacturing requirements.
Effectively communicate status and risks and plan, lead and coordinate pilot plant and factory trials in accordance with good manufacturing practice and HACCP requirements.
Plan, lead and coordinate development activities (e.g. product shelf-life testing, designing for quality, consumer test preparation. etc.).
Use digital simulation models to obtain, understand and interpret consumer insights and commercial information to provide direction for product and process development.
Support manufacturing line qualifications, new product launches, and be responsible for stakeholder management and influencing decisions based on conclusions made from analysis and interpretation of results.
Responsible for product development activities for their projects.
Consumer focused defining consumer desired experiences collaboratively with marketing and developing the strategic innovation pipeline.
Lead projects in development and commercialization of new products with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Understanding equipment design and manufacturing processes to support product and process specifications.
Strong project management & collaboration working cross functionally with agility partnering with internal and external manufacturers executing with excellence and technical rigor.
Can stand alone, handle complexity, influence and present effectively to senior stakeholders and Senior Leadership Team