Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

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.
 

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking.

Working as part of a cross-functional team you lead the RDQ activities for Biscuits & Baked Snacks category 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 plan, lead and coordinate technical projects in line with RDQ, marketing and manufacturing requirements You will effectively communicate status, risks and plan, lead and coordinate factory trials in accordance with good manufacturing practice and HACCP requirements. In addition, you will plan, lead and 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 obtain, 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:

More about this role

What you need to know about this position:

Effectively manage multiple projects, Innovations, productivity, business continuity projects and quality improvements in MENAP factories for the Australia, Japan and New Zealand Business.Effectively work across multiple countries & culturesWork closely with consumer science teams to translate insights and unarticulated consumer needs into product design principles and key product attributes.Proactively identifying complex technical or business problems and creating and implementing solutions.Lead our prototyping capabilities in the Biscuit Factory in line with strategic platforms and future innovations.Full management for the R&D biscuits & baked snacks lab in BTOR factory.Lead and coordinate factory trials, commissioning & validation in collaboration with Quality & MSC teams.Support exploration of new ingredients, formulation and implementation of new process technologies and leverage expertise to deliver new product development for the Biscuits & Baked snacks category across the MENAP factories for the Australia, Japan and New Zealand Business.Accountable for product & process specifications to achieve target product attributes.Work in multifunctional teams, delivering timely support on relevant tasks and represents R&D in meetings, activities & processes as appropriate.Provide regular progress updates against agreed deliverables & objectives and timely communication.Provide technical leadership and knowledge, being recognized as expert on relevant areas & able to transfer such knowledge.Build a global Network with the R&D community across Biscuits & Baked snacks platforms & ensure full knowledge transfer & global practices implementation.

Education / Certifications:
Bachelor’s degree in science or Chemical/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering

Job specific requirements:
Minimum 4 years of relevant experience

Work schedule: Full Time

No Relocation support available

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.

Job Type

Regular

Product development

Science & Engineering