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Job Description
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 RDQ 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.
Job Description
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 RDQ 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
As a Senior Scientist 1 you will be based in Bournville, R&D centre within the Beyond the Core Innovation team of the Global Chocolate Technology organization. This team work on the product development projects for our most loved brands including Cadbury and Milka. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical expertise, a consumer-focused mindset, curiosity, and problem-solving skills, while ensuring adherence to technical policies and procedures. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional project teams, including marketing, procurement, suppliers, external manufacturers, and other RDQ functions.
What You Will Bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
* Demonstrated ability to handle multiple projects, prioritize, and manage complexity- from bench top to execution and work through others when needed
* Applying fundamental technical understanding and curiosity to interpret and analyse data to reach clear conclusions.
* Communicating effectively verbally and in writing, including technical writing
* Ensure technical rigor in project delivery consulting with appropriate SME’s in peer review processes
* Independently organise and conduct a complex pilot plant or plant trial, co-ordinating the work with others
* Working in collaboration with Marketing/Commercial/Procurement/ Supply Chain to provide Products/Processes that meet/exceed consumer expectations whilst delivering the benefits for the business
* Demonstrates resilience and perseverance by leveraging networks, digital tools, expert knowledge, and continuous learning to overcome challenges, while embracing difficulties with a coaching mindset.
* Have good understanding of specification management and other technical process like shelf life and consumer testing as part of product development activities
More About This Role
What extra ingredients you will bring:
* Consumer centric - Effectively integrates consumer insights and enterprise past data to drive consumer-centric product design, proactively addressing design tensions through cross-functional collaboration
* Problem solving - comfortable with navigating ambiguity and complexity using rigorous logic to iteratively assess, quantify, and solve problems
* Demonstrates proactive use and understanding of digital technologies-such as AI, modelling & simulation, and virtual reality to drive innovation and identify new opportunities within the role. Actively seeks and implements digital solutions to enhance processes and project outcomes.
Education / Certifications:
* BS or MS equivalent in Food Science & technology, Chemical Engineering or related field
Job specific requirements:
* Significant experience in Product Development (RDQ) & innovation within fast-moving consumer goods market
* Experience in Chocolate and/or Confectionery within UK & Europe is a strong advantage
* Technical knowledge of food manufacturing technologies and ingredients
Travel requirements: 5-10% within Europe & UK
Work schedule: This is a full-time role based in Bournville, Birmingham, UK with in-office expectations of 3 days per week.
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broad range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about.
We have a rich portfolio of strong brands globally and locally including many household names such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. We are proud to hold the top position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy and the second top position in gum.
Our 80,000 makers and bakers are located in more than 80 countries and we sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. Our people are energized for growth and critical to us living our purpose and values. We are a diverse community that can make things happen—and happen fast.
Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Job Type
Regular
Product development
Science & Engineering
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Research, Analyst, and Information Technology
* Industries
Food and Beverage Manufacturing, Food and Beverage Services, and Manufacturing
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