R&D Product Development Manager, Chocolate

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Ramadan 10 City, Sharqīya
Hybrid
Senior level
Big Data • Food • Hardware • Machine Learning • Retail • Automation • Manufacturing
We're a global snacking company empowering people to snack right.
The Role
The R&D Product Development Manager will lead cross-functional teams in developing new chocolate products, coordinating pilot plant trials, and ensuring compliance with technical policies. Responsibilities include project management, analyzing consumer insights, and mentoring team members to deliver technical solutions that meet business goals.
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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.
Working as part of a cross-functional team you lead the RDQ 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 independently to plan, lead and coordinate technical projects in line with RDQ, marketing and manufacturing requirements You will effectively communicate status and risks and plan, lead and coordinate pilot plant and 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:

  • Leading RDQ teams and influencing cross-functional teams
  • Handling multiple priorities
  • Proactively identifying complex technical or business problems and creating and implementing solutions
  • Applying technical curiosity and understanding to interpret and analyze data
  • Effectively influencing senior-level and cross-functional stakeholders verbally and in writing, including writing technical report conclusions
  • Coaching and mentoring others


More about this role
The holder of this position independently plans, leads and co-ordinates large to medium sized projects from R&D, which includes specification work and a high level of organization required. They will deliver expert technical knowledge for product development and process development for chocolate, develop solutions to problems, ensures compliance to technical policies & procedures and delivers the technical input to address business needs. Executes against objectives and significantly influences the direction and quality of work done by other technical people. This person will work for Chocolate North America through execution in Egypt.
What you need to know about this position:

  • Drive excellence in Project Management.
  • Plan and executes work plans, including development of risk assessments and contingency plans.
  • Analyze results of experiments and translate them into actionable recommendations, independently.
  • Have strong knowledge of the commercialization process.
  • Identify and efficiently utilize necessary resources to achieve timely delivery of project objectives. In addition, the candidate should have good understanding of the functional characteristics of ingredients, packaging materials, and processing capabilities and how they impact the finished product, to meet consumer and business expectations.
  • Demonstrates consideration of long-term consequences of decisions
  • Applies advanced technical knowledge of impact of formulation, process changes and/or interactions on product characteristics and consumer impact in project work. Provides guidance to others.
  • Ability to work closely with the North America team from Egypt Location.
  • The candidate must be versatile and be able to work in cross-functional teams.
  • Capable of working proactively across multiple projects.
  • Leverage the value in MDLZ experts/partners, demonstrate and utilize an understanding of the NA supply chain network, and ensure compliance to quality documentation, regulatory requirements, FTO/IP, and confidentiality requirements.


Education / Certifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Chemical Engineering or related field.
Job specific requirements:

  • Minimum of 8 yrs. experience, preferably in the food industry.
  • Strong technical foundation and technical curiosity.
  • Ability to develop, plan for, and carry out plant trials
  • Ability to develop and drive technical projects with proper scientific rigor: conduct appropriate testing, gather and analyze data, and develop recommendations based on findings.
  • Demonstrate ability to handle multiple projects, prioritize and manage complexity- from bench top to commercialization.
  • Participate in cross functional teams to identify and resolve technical issues.
  • Write process specifications that deliver consistent, high-quality products across numerous manufacturing facilities.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills; able to effectively communicate to all levels within the organization
  • Travel up to 25%, to potential locations in Canada, Europe, US, and Mexico.


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

The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
90,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
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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