Lead a team in R&D for product development, focusing on cost optimization and cross-functional collaboration, emphasizing technical rigor and consumer needs.
Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
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MEU Chocolate is one of the biggest part of our global Mondelēz business (almost 50% of the European business) with over $5.5b worth of annual sales spanning across multiple different brands, countries, and consumer cohorts. It's very complex product portfolio of over 4,200 SKUs with an associated annual volume of 660kT of products is manufactured in.
Leading a team of RDQ professionals in product development, you identify and prioritize development activities. You lead teams that deliver RDQ activities needed to complete product portfolio cost optimization by driving raw material & recipe harmonization opportunities to create scale, revisit product designs & recipes against the respective consumer needs & values and support Procurement & Supply chain in their continued efforts to drive and improve the sourcing strategies.
How you will contribute
You will work with cross-functional partners and more specifically Procurement and Supply Chain to define, initiate and lead teams to successfully deliver business goals using technical rigor and best practices while effectively allocating resources and prioritizing workloads. Influencing skills are important in this role because you will use them to educate business stakeholders about technical risks, ensuring clear communication and understanding to allow for effective cross-functional decision making. You will also create and maintain accurate consumer-led specifications. As a technical and people leader, you demonstrate your own high levels of technical rigor and expertise and that of your team by tapping into internal and external resources to stay up-to-date on the latest best practices and to continuously identify opportunities for improvement, keeping in mind consumers' wants and needs. As a people leader, you recruit, retain and develop a team of direct and indirect reports to ensure highest team performance, and mentor and coach your team and others to grow capability and support career development.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
What you need to know about this position:
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!
IF YOU REQUIRE SUPPORT TO COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION OR DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, PLEASE CONTACT THE RECRUITER
Job Type
Regular
Product development
Science & Engineering
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.
MEU Chocolate is one of the biggest part of our global Mondelēz business (almost 50% of the European business) with over $5.5b worth of annual sales spanning across multiple different brands, countries, and consumer cohorts. It's very complex product portfolio of over 4,200 SKUs with an associated annual volume of 660kT of products is manufactured in.
Leading a team of RDQ professionals in product development, you identify and prioritize development activities. You lead teams that deliver RDQ activities needed to complete product portfolio cost optimization by driving raw material & recipe harmonization opportunities to create scale, revisit product designs & recipes against the respective consumer needs & values and support Procurement & Supply chain in their continued efforts to drive and improve the sourcing strategies.
How you will contribute
You will work with cross-functional partners and more specifically Procurement and Supply Chain to define, initiate and lead teams to successfully deliver business goals using technical rigor and best practices while effectively allocating resources and prioritizing workloads. Influencing skills are important in this role because you will use them to educate business stakeholders about technical risks, ensuring clear communication and understanding to allow for effective cross-functional decision making. You will also create and maintain accurate consumer-led specifications. As a technical and people leader, you demonstrate your own high levels of technical rigor and expertise and that of your team by tapping into internal and external resources to stay up-to-date on the latest best practices and to continuously identify opportunities for improvement, keeping in mind consumers' wants and needs. As a people leader, you recruit, retain and develop a team of direct and indirect reports to ensure highest team performance, and mentor and coach your team and others to grow capability and support career development.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
- Leading teams and coaching and mentoring to foster performance and team effectiveness
- Influencing cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders in decision making
- Delivering results in a fast paced, complex and ambiguous environment
- Handling multiple priorities
- Being a champion of consumer centricity and technical rigor, and driving experimentation (culture of technical curiosity)
- Lead and deliver programs with excellence
- Working collaboratively across functions, geographies and with internal and external partners to define, initiate and lead teams to successfully deliver business goals using technical rigor, consumer centricity and best practice to land the agenda.
What you need to know about this position:
- University degree in food related technical field (Food Science, Chemical Engineering, or other relevant applied sciences)
- Experience in R&D technical area (product / packaging / process development / quality / regulatory). Chocolate background is highly advantageous.
- Experience in team management preferred
- Experience working in cross functional, multi-disciplined teams operating in a dynamic, outcome-oriented environment.
- Strong technical background and effective communication skills, including proven ability to influence stakeholders
- Fluent in English
- Travel requirements: ~10%
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!
IF YOU REQUIRE SUPPORT TO COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION OR DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, PLEASE CONTACT THE RECRUITER
Job Type
Regular
Product development
Science & Engineering
Top Skills
Chemical Engineering
Food Science
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