Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.
In this role, you will lead and execute sensory and consumer research projects that shape our product and innovation strategies, with a strong focus on productivity and cost optimization.
You will play a key role in supporting reformulations and ingredient optimization projects, ensuring that consumer experience is maintained or improved while delivering business efficiencies.
You will also lead and execute innovation projects ensuring that the desired consumer experience is delivered.
You will represent the consumers' voice within cross-functional teams, ensuring our products meet quality and experience standards aligned with Mondelēz International's mission to Lead the Future of Snacking.
How you will contribute
You will:
- Plan, lead, and execute consumer and sensory testing programs to support productivity, cost reduction and ingredient optimization projects, ensuring that consumer liking and product quality remain uncompromised.
- Translate consumer feedback into clear technical direction for R&D teams to balance cost efficiency with desired consumer experience, presenting results to key project stakeholders (product developers, PCM, Marketing).
- As an innovation project lead you will also design the learning plans to transform consumer data into clear insights to drive consumer-centric innovation.
- You will work in teams when new methodologies and capabilities are being evaluated, proposed and implemented, working with other consumer scientists internally and all around the world, product developers and other cross-functional colleagues.
- You will apply various digital tools to get a fast reach to consumers in different countries to get insights on their experience and convert them to an action plan.
- You will collaborate with the regular panel leader on the sensory tests run by descriptive panels, preparing recommendations and communicating on the sensory test results.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
- Qualification in food science, engineering, psychology, sociology, food technology, food chemistry, or related discipline
- Experience in Consumer Science, incl. Qualitative and quantitative testing methods
- Understanding of statistical theory and its application to sensory/consumer research and mastery in discrimination, descriptive analysis and a range of consumer research methodologies.
- Demonstrated problem-solving and critical thinking skills with attention to detail and scientific accuracy.
- Digital fluency - comfortable using digital research tools and data platforms
- Handling multiple priorities and adhering to deadlines
- Project planning and management skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills - able to clearly convey findings, and influence through evidence.
- Working with cross-functional teams and business partners.
- Commitment to maintaining a safe and inclusive work environment for self and others
More about this role
What you need to know about this position:
This is temporary, fixed-term position till April 2027.
Education / Certifications:
Degree holder, preferable with Sensory Qualifications.
Job specific requirements:
Strong knowledge of Consumer Science
Travel requirements: Wroclaw, Poland; travel only on an exceptional basis
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
Temporary (Fixed Term)
Consumer Science
Science & Engineering
Top Skills
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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