Scientist I - R&D Meal

Job description / Role

Scientist I - R&D Meals, MEA

Job Description

Purpose of Position

The role of a Scientist is to be a technical leader in planning, managing and executing product development and commercialization based technical activities and projects in accordance to the Meals category strategy with internal functional partners, external suppliers and customers. The role requires advanced level of technical knowledge and ability to provide solutions to problems, ensures compliance to regulatory requirements, internal systems and processes.

Key Accountabilities

Program/Project Leadership & Execution

- Plan, coordinate and execute multiple product development and commercialization projects in accordance to the strategy with some degree of guidance from line manager or team members.
- Active participation in executing technical activities and projects, partnering with a range of internal business functional partners and external suppliers and customers to deliver project objectives within the required timeline and in accordance to internal systems and processes.
- Identifies risks, problems and develops a number of technical solutions to recommend the best option to progress with.
- Identifies new opportunities or improvements in programs and executes accordingly.
- Presents project status updates or proposals to influence internal business partners and/or share with senior management.

Product Development

- Development and optimization of product design by understanding the consumer, occasion and design principles, then validating design through planned trials, pilot plant and/or manufacturing scale up, based on sound experimental design and scientific experiments.
- Utilize best practice innovation and design methods to deliver sustainable product innovation
- Establish technical networks within global, regional and local communities, suppliers to build technical capability and knowledge.
- Compliance to trial process guidelines and development of trial plans and reports when executing trials.
- Prepare technical reports and ability to interpret and review technical documents

Product Specification & Regulatory:

- Conduct product assessment against regulations, intellectual property and corporate standards.
- Develop and complete R&D technical documentation including product specifications, quality documents and work procedures in compliance to internal systems and processes.
- Ensure regulatory and internal policy compliance of product design, labeling information, product safety and quality programs and procedures respectively to delivery consumer safety and satisfaction.

Organization Excellence & Development

- Seek to improve self and team's technical depth
- Establishment of technical network within and outside the category and across functions such as Marketing, Procurement, Operations, Corporate Quality, etc.

Requirements

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Qualifications

- Bachelor/Masters in the areas of Dairy/Food Science, Food/Process Engineering, Food Technology, Food Chemistry or similar

Personal Specifications - Skills

Knowledge

- Working knowledge of HACCP
- Sound understanding of ingredients/product technical fundamentals
- Knowledge of Dairy technologies and ingredients is a strong advantage
- Knowledge of consumer driven design principles is recommended
- Sound understanding of product development and commercialization processes within FMCG environment

Technical / Work-based Skills

- Strong project planning and management skills
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Knowledge sharing
- Strong technical report writing skills
- Proficient computer skills with Meridian system being a strong advantage

General Skills / Attributes

- Ability to run cross functional project teams
- Standing alone
- Action Oriented
- Interpersonal Savvy
- Problem Solving
- Priority Setting
- Strong presentation and influencing skills
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to deliver in ambiguity
- Peer Relationships
- Informing
- Collaborator and considerate
- Creative

Experience

- Minimum 3 years practical experience within FMCG environment in a food/Dairy technologist role is critical.
- Experience in Dairy category is ideal.
- Experience in collaborating with cross functional business partners to ensure timely and quality execution of multiple projects
- Demonstrated ability to complete projects/tasks with high level of autonomy (highly self-motivated)
- Demonstrated ability to accomplish objectives which have ambiguity associated with their procedures, solutions, approach etc.

About the Company

Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) is one of the world's largest snacks companies, with 2015 net revenues of approximately $30 billion.

Our dream is to create delicious moments of joy in everything we do. Nearly 100,000 employees support this dream by manufacturing and marketing delicious food and beverage products for consumers in approximately 165 countries around the world.

We are the world's pre-eminent maker of snacks, with leading market shares in every category in which we compete. Mondelez International holds the No. 1 position globally in Biscuits, Chocolate and Candy as well as the No. 2 position in Gum. (source: Euromonitor)

About 85 percent of our annual revenue is generated in fast-growing snacks categories, and nearly 75 percent of our sales come from outside of North America.