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Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.
We now have an exciting opportunity for a talented R&D professional to join our MEU R&D Growth Platform in the role of Senior Technologist II for the Italian portfolio. This is a key opportunity to contribute to locally recognized brands, driving innovation and technical excellence in the snacking category. The role offers a chance to make a significant impact on product development, industrial performance and consumer experience within our Italian market.
As Senior Technologist II, you will play a central role in the Italian brand's development (Biscuits and Savoury Snacks), leading crucial initiatives and fostering business and technical collaboration.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Interface with Italian business partners for Oro, Tuc brands: Drive innovations, renovations, quality improvement within Capriata bakery, ensuring projects meet consumer expectation, brand specific strategy and market demands.
- Interface with Manufacturing partners in Capriata d'Orba : Define and Improve manufacturing performance of the Sweet and Savory production lines
- Project Leadership & Technical expertise: Autonomously plan and manage complex business projects ensuring compliance to technical policies and procedures, deliver technical input to address business needs and have clear priority mindset to promote Consumer Inspired Quality initiatives
For this role, we are seeking for a candidate that will easily flex priorities and get extensive technical competencies to support the team.
Primary Accountabilities
- As R&D representative, lead communication within the business and manufacturing team about progress and risks for product and process development
- As R&D representative, link with R&D stakeholders to get decisions made
- Manage several projects in parallel and/or a highly complex project with limited coaching
- Shape & propose project Timelines, Design and Develop products & processes in order to deliver project to the required standards, policies, agreed timescales / cost and meet objectives without compromising quality for Consumer.
- Organize and execute pilot plant &, plant trials, industrial launch, provide recommendations to the project team
- Connect and use network to develop better and faster products & processes
- Recommend consumers' product validation process and manage R&D product validation with consumer science.
- Travels required across Europe (for around 20-30% of a time)
Profile & Competencies
- Hold a Master's degree (or higher) in Food Science Engineering or a related field
- Significant professional experience 5-10 years in Biscuit / Savory Snacks (e.g. implementation of new technology, productivity, quality improvement or innovation growth).
- Knowledge and experience in Biscuit/Cereals/Bread and/or Chocolate technologies, ingredients and processes. Knowledge and experience in Nutrition is a plus.
- Leadership capabilities, including the ability to guide and develop a small team
- Ability to manage evolving priorities and adapt to changing business landscapes
- Excellence in execution, solid organization skills, projects and time management.
- Strong collaboration and influencing skills across diverse teams.
- Fluent in English is mandatory and ideally a second language.
Relocation Support Available?
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
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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.
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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
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Product development
Science & Engineering
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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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