Senior Scientist I - NA Confections
Senior Scientist I - NA Confections
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Job Description
Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelz International
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.
As a NA Confections R&D food scientist youll be a key champion of the brands consumer experience ensuring the iconic lineup of candy delight and captivate our consumers every day. Youll focus on driving product quality and consistency while adapting to evolving consumer preferences and production constraints. Working with a fastpaced crossfunctional team youll have a chance to be at the forefront of key efforts across innovation quality improvements capacity expansions and sustainability for the brand. If youre passionate about bringing your scientific perspective to a funloving and trusted brands such as Sour Patch Kids Swedish Fish and Halls this is your chance to make a real impact!
How you will contribute
You will work independently and with a crossfunctional team to plan lead and coordinate technical projects in line with R&D regulatory marketing and manufacturing requirements. You will effectively communicate status & risks and plan lead & coordinate pilot plant and factory trials in accordance with good manufacturing practice and HACCP requirements. In addition you will plan lead & coordinate development activities (e.g. product shelflife testing designing for quality consumer test preparation. etc.). To provide direction for product development you will use digital simulation models to understand and interpret consumer insights and commercial information. In this role you will create and maintain accurate consumerled specifications 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:
Leading and supporting R&D and crossfunctional project teams
Handling multiple priorities at once
Proactively identifying technical or business problems and creating and implementing solutions
Applying technical curiosity and understanding to interpret and analyze data
Driving consumercentricity as the focus of everything we do
Effectively influencing crossfunctional 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:
The candidate will be responsible for delivering a variety of projects within the North America Confections portfolio (Halls OvertheCounter Drug and Dietary Supplement Products Sour Patch Kids & Swedish Fish) such as maintaining and optimizing products supporting capacity expansion efforts and delivering against quality and margin management goals.
The candidate must be versatile able to work in crossfunctional teams and be capable of working proactively across multiple projects. The candidate should be able to leverage experts/partners to ensure compliance to documentation shelf life regulatory requirements for NA FTO/IP and confidentiality requirements.
What extra ingredients you will bring:
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 packaging materials and process unit operations including how they impact finished products to meet consumer expectations.
Education / Certifications:
BS in Food Science Chemical Engineering or related field
Job specific requirements:
Minimum of 5 years of experience preferably in the food industry.
Strong technical foundation and a high level of technical curiosity.
Ability to develop and drive technical project 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 execution.
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
Travel requirements:
Travel up to 30% to locations in Canada US and Mexico.
Work schedule:
This is a fulltime role based in East Hanover NJ with inoffice expectations of 23 days per week.
Salary and Benefits:
The base salary range for this position is $83800 to $115225; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience skills education and budget. In addition to base salary this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results.
In addition Mondelez International offers the following 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. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.
No Relocation support availableBusiness Unit Summary
The United States is the largest market in the Mondelz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here we produce our wellloved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack at the right moment made the right way. We have corporate offices sales manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brandsincluding Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies Ritz Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products are close at hand for our consumers across the country.
Mondelz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability protected Veteran status sexual orientation gender identity gender expression genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contactfor assistance.
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Job Type
RegularProduct developmentScience & EngineeringRequired Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
