Senior Scientist I - NA Confections

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.

As a NA Confections R&D food scientist, you'll be a key champion of the brand’s consumer experience, ensuring the iconic line-up of candy, delight and captivate our consumers every day. You'll focus on driving product quality and consistency, while adapting to evolving consumer preferences and production constraints. Working with a fast-paced cross-functional team, you’ll have a chance to be at the forefront of key efforts across innovation, quality improvements, capacity expansions and sustainability for the brand. If you're passionate about bringing your scientific perspective to a fun-loving 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 cross-functional 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 shelf-life 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 consumer-led 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 cross-functional 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 consumer-centricity as the focus of everything we do
•    Effectively influencing 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:

The candidate will be responsible for delivering a variety of projects within the North America Confections portfolio (Halls Over-the-Counter 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 cross-functional 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 techni