Senior Development Scientist

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 are recognized internally as a technical expert in an area of importance to the RDQ function. You identify, define, and solve complex business problems by applying your broad and in-depth technical knowledge. As an expert in your technical specialty, this role requires you to interact with senior management and cross-functional teams to meet current and future strategic demands of the business. How you will contribute You will plan and lead complex technically focused projects while using your technical expertise to guide, direct and influence activities led by others. To ensure the right solutions are developed, you will use consumer knowledge and your technical expertise to identify future opportunities and to execute programs with technical rigor. This role will require you to work with cross-functional partners develop and align resource and budget needs for projects. You will be responsible for the technical outcomes of developments related to evaluating new ingredients, formulas, recipes, and processes and understanding the impact on scale up between laboratory and production facilities. You will also be responsible for quantifying the technical risks to make recommendations and influence stakeholders. As a subject matter expert, you will mentor and coach others to grow their technical talent. What you will bring A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge: · Using your excellent technical expertise to set and deliver the RDQ agenda · Effectively influencing Business leaders (i.e., Managing Director, Plant Director) · Using critical thinking and thought leadership to ensure that solutions are developed for complex issues · Comfortable leading in white spaces · Working collaboratively in a fast-paced commercial and technical environment · Coaching and mentoring others in implementing practical business solutions · Comfortably leads discussions with internal and external stakeholders · Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills More about this role What you need to know about this position: This role sits within Ernest Jackson, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mondelez International. As a small company this role will work with and steer stakeholders from every aspect of business. Including but not limited to, Marketing, Commercial, Finance, Supply Chain, Quality, and logistics. It is a great opportunity to learn about wider end-to-end business processes outside of the RDQ function. Ernest Jackson & Co Ltd exists to deliver the best tasting healthcare products to consumers and to be the vitamins and medicated confectionery supplier of choice. The role holder will be a senior member of the R&D department, trusted to operate independently to plan, and lead complex technically focused projects in white spaces where the business has little to no experience. As a senior team member, the role holder will help coach and mentor junior team members and will also be a business-wide champion of technical expertise and rigour. Bringing global best practice to the business. What extra ingredients you will bring: · Experience in food or pharmaceutical development (pharmaceutical development opportunities are rare but possible) and manufacture, with an understanding of Quality, HACCP and food regulations. Experience in food supplement development is a bonus. · Experience in commercial and technical environments. Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment · A self-starter, who’s agile and motivated to get started with minimal guidance · An SME in either Product or Process development and knowledge of the other Education / Certifications: Degree in Food/Science/Engineering Job specific requirements: Extensive relevant experience in the FMCG sector Strong technical foundation and a high level of technical curiosity Travel Requirements: 10% travel Up to 50% remote The responsibilities of this position are performed within the framework of a regional business model that is defined and managed by Mondelēz Europe GmbH, Switzerland . No Relocation support available Business Unit Summary At Mondelez Europe, we are proud, not only of the iconic brands we make, but also of the people who make them. Our delicious products are created in 52 plants across Europe by more than 28,000 passionate people. We are the top maker of chocolate and biscuits and a leading maker of gum and candy. We make sure our powerful global brands and local jewels like Cadbury , Milka and Alpen Gold chocolates, Oreo , belVita , LU and Tuc biscuits, and Stimorol and Dirol gums get safely into our customers hands—and mouths. Great people and great brands. That’s who we are. Join us on our journey to continue leading the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. 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 RegularProduct developmentScience & Engineering About the company Mondelez International, Inc., often stylized as Mondelēz, is an American multinational confectionery, food, holding and beverage and snack food company based in Chicago, Illinois. Notice Talentify is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Talentify provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities, including disabled veterans. Request assistance at accessibility@talentify.io or 407-000-0000. Federal law requires every new hire to complete Form I-9 and present proof of identity and U.S. work eligibility. An Automated Employment Decision Tool (AEDT) will score your job-related skills and responses. Bias-audit & data-use details: www.talentify.io/bias-audit-report . 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