Senior Scientist R&D Chocolate MENAP
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 for Chocolate 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 to coordinate technical projects in line with RDQ, marketing and manufacturing requirements. You will effectively support the product development manager in day to day activities and lead factory trials in accordance with good manufacturing practice and HACCP requirements. In addition, participating and leading development activities (e.g. product shelf-life testing, designing for quality, consumer test preparation. etc.). In this role, you will create and maintain accurate consumer-led specifications and be responsible for R&D documentation, as well as ensure R&D lab set up to MDLZ standards.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge
More about this role
What you need to know about this position:
Participate and support PDM in multiple projects, Innovations, productivity, business continuity projects and quality improvements in MENAP.
Proactively creating & implementing creative solution to complex problems and challenges.
Responsible for trials implementation, reporting progress and recommendation with technical community (MSC, Quality, R&D Community) to plan for success.
Support exploration of new ingredients, formulation and implementation of new process technologies to deliver new product development for the chocolate category across the MENAP markets.
Accountable for product specifications to achieve target product attributes.
Work in multifunctional teams, delivering timely support on relevant tasks.
Provide regular progress updates against agreed deliverables & objectives and timely communication.
Build a global Network with the R&D community across chocolate platforms & ensure full knowledge transfer & global practices implementation.
Education / Certifications:
Bachelor’s degree in science or chemical/mechanical/industrial engineering
Job specific requirements:
Minimum 3 years of relevant experience
Analytical skills: ability to identify trends and solve problems using systematic and logic approach
Adaptability & Flexibility: embracing new ideas, ability to adjust to changes and learn new skills
Critical thinking: analyze information and making sound judgments
Capability to work in a multinational environment, fostering positive relationships and communicating effectively with others.
Language: English, high proficient in both spoken and written.
Work schedule:
- Full Time
Business Unit Summary
Mondelēz International in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan serves the Middle East and Africa markets as well as Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Canada. Headquartered in Dubai, UAE, we have more than 2600 employees working across seven plants and six commercial offices; we make, bake, sell and deliver our products to customers. We are market leaders in key snacking categories with iconic global and local brands including Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate, Milka, Oreo and belVita biscuits, Barni Cakes,Tang powdered beverage, Chiclets and Trident gum and Halls candy.
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.
