European Director, Nutrition & Scientific Affairs

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We're a global snacking company empowering people to snack right.
The Role
Lead nutrition strategies for Mondelēz International's brands in Europe. Collaborate across teams to drive mindful snacking, develop nutritional claims, and manage a remote team. Represent the company as a nutrition expert and advocate for food policy.
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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.
Collaborating with multiple functional groups in Mondelēz International and external organizations and opinion leaders, you develop and deploy nutrition strategies for your assigned business units. You contribute to our well-being and mindful snacking strategy by growing our portfolio in the well-being space, by guiding credible innovations and renovations, building credible brand communications, and leading external nutrition outreach to empower people to snack right.
How you will contribute
You will offer strategic direction, nutrition and well-being thought leadership for our well-being strategy, inspiring product renovations and innovations. Working with regulatory and scientific affairs, brand teams, consumer insights, nutrition research, and legal, you will promote nutrition and well-being messages and claim development across media (packaging, advertising, websites, recipes, materials for nutrition/health professionals, etc.). In this role, you will lead internal nutrition and well-being education programs to increase employee knowledge and awareness and implement the local health influencer outreach programs and nutrition conference strategies to drive brand credibility and growth. Partnering with regulatory and scientific affairs, corporate affairs and the global nutrition network, you will support the external influencing strategy and stakeholders' communication related to the nutrition agenda. As a people manager, you will direct a remote team of nutrition professionals covering our nutrition strategy and communications responsibilities.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
  • Registered dietitian nutritionist
  • Nutrition with deep experience in nutrition communications and nutrition affairs issues management, preferably in food industry
  • Translating scientific knowledge into relevant and credible messages, making dynamic and informative public speaking presentations, and strong copywriting skills
  • Influencing senior cross-functional partners and external bodies
  • Managing people, including developing individuals, setting development plans and managing the career development of a diverse team
  • Handling complexity, working with cross country/category teams and working with internal and external stakeholders

More about this role
Are you ready to revolutionize the future of snacking? We are seeking a senior visionary nutrition professional to spearhead the development of cutting-edge nutrition strategies and approaches for our key brands in Mondelez International Europe Region (MEU), such as Belvita, Philadelphia, Milka, Cadbury, Oreo or LU.
In this high-impact role, you will serve as the lead of an expert nutrition team, inspiring and empowering them to proactively translate science and external insights into strategic, actionable opportunities to drive growth for European business.
You and your team will be instrumental in championing our mindful snacking wellbeing strategy and informing innovation and renovation plans. This involves guiding product design, consumer centric winning claims and breakthrough communications that are rooted in robust nutrition science, regulatory and policy foresight and evolving consumer needs.
You will also collaborate expansively with diverse cross functional groups within Mondelēz International and external organizations including leveraging a strong proven experience, presence and active influence within trade associations, translating scientific insights and your expert understanding of the dynamic external environment into business preparedness strategies and plans. In addition to guiding our portfolio of the future, your expertise, strong external networks and leadership will be critical in shaping our food and nutrition policy perspective and plans and advancing Mondelez related advocacy agenda.
This is an unparalleled opportunity to leverage your scientific acumen and leadership presence to inspire action that makes a profound impact on some of the world's most beloved snack brands.
How you will contribute
As the European Director, Nutrition & Scientific Affairs, you will offer strategic direction and nutrition thought leadership for our mindful snacking wellbeing strategy in Europe Region (MEU) inspiring product renovations and innovations. Working with regulatory and scientific affairs, marketing, consumer insights, nutrition research, and legal, corporate affairs and strategy, you will promote nutrition and wellbeing messages and support the development and substantiation of science-backed claims used across media (packaging, advertising, websites, recipes, materials for health professionals, etc.). Leveraging your understanding of nutrition science and public health and partnering with key functions corporate and government affairs, you will be a lynch pin in informing the company's external food and nutrition policy advocacy strategy and efforts. You will also represent the company's business interests by developing a strategic plan of participating in strategic, external industry groups and scientific organizations. You will direct a remote team of nutrition professionals, located in multiple countries and covering NSC responsibilities within their business units.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career, and the following experience and knowledge:
  • Well established Nutrition expert with deep experience in nutrition science, communications, policy and issues management, in the UK and Europe, within the food industry
  • Strong proven experience, presence and active influence in representing company interests within trade associations and external organizations
  • Established people/team leader with ability to manage remotely
  • Translating nutrition insights and scientific research into relevant messages and credible claims
  • Possessing excellent oral and written communications skills and the ability to convey complex nutrition concepts in a clear, concise, and compelling manner
  • Influencing senior, cross-functional partners and external bodies
  • Operating within a dynamic food policy and regulatory landscape, and partnering with other functions to effectively guide the business
  • Managing and coaching people, including building strong teams, growing individuals and setting and managing professional development plans for a diverse team
  • Handling complexity, working with cross country/category teams, working with internal and external stakeholders, and working on multiple, high-profile projects in a dynamic environment

Reporting line: Global Nutrition Lead
Travel requirements: 10-20%
When applying, please submit your resume in English.
Relocation Support Available?
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!
Our people make all the difference in our succes
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.
Excited to grow your career?
We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!
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Job Type
Regular
Nutrition Strategy & Communications
Science & Engineering

Skills Required

  • Registered nutritionist or dietitian
  • 10-15 years of experience in nutrition
  • MBA, MS or PhD in nutrition or a related field
  • Experience managing and coaching people
  • Experience in food industry communications and policy

Mondelēz International Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Retirement Support The 401(k) structure combines a 4.5% basic company contribution with up to an additional 4.5% match, with company contributions vesting after two years. This provides up to 9% in company contributions when at least 6% is contributed by the employee.
  • Healthcare Strength Multiple national medical carrier options are offered with in‑network preventive care at 100%, plus company‑paid basic life insurance and short‑term disability. Optional long‑term disability and supplemental life/AD&D expand protection choices.
  • Parental & Family Support A global parental‑leave standard supports birth, adoptive, and foster parents across the enterprise. Additional supports include adoption and surrogacy assistance, childcare discounts, and an Employee Assistance Program with counseling and well‑being tools.

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
90,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Mondelēz International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) is an American multinational confectionery, food, and beverage company based in Illinois which employs approximately 90,000 individuals around the world. Our Purpose Our purpose is to empower people to snack right. We will lead the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. Our Brands We’re leading the future of snacking with iconic brands such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. Our People Our 90,000+ colleagues around the world are key to the success of our business. Our Values and Leadership Commitments of Love our Consumers and Brands, Grow Every Day, and Do What's Right shapes our culture – what we believe in, stand for, and what guides our actions and decisions. Great people and great brands. That’s who we are. Our Strategies We are uniquely positioned to lead the future of snacking with strong leadership in our categories, an unparalleled portfolio of global and local brands, and a solid footprint in fast-growing markets. Aimed at delivering sustainable growth, our strategic plan is centered around three strategic priorities: • Growth: accelerate consumer-centric growth • Execution: drive operational excellence • Culture: build a winning growth culture

Why Work With Us

We offer passionate, energetic and curious people a huge choice of careers in our fun, fast-paced, global business. We operate in four regions: Asia, Middle East & Africa; Europe; Latin America; and North America. And in over 80 countries our people are united in a common purpose to empower people to snack right.

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