Senior Product Developer, Chocolate

Mondelez España Galletas Production SLU; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the snack industry is seeking a skilled professional to lead product development projects. The role involves extensive collaboration across teams, managing technical risks, and ensuring compliance with manufacturing standards. Candidates should have a strong background in food science and project management, with a focus on consumer insights and product quality.

Qualifications

• 8+ years related experience in food industry/manufacturing.
• Strong technical foundation and curiosity.
• Ability to develop and plan plant trials.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate technical projects in line with RDQ and marketing.
• Plan and execute pilot plant and factory trials.
• Create and maintain consumer-led specifications.

Skills

Project Management

Data Analysis

Technical Curiosity

Stakeholder Management

Consumer Centric Approach

Education

BSc in Food Science

Chemical Engineering

Job description

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 medium/large RDQ projects and influencing cross-functional teams.
• Handling multiple priorities.
• Proactively identifying technical/business problems and creating and implementing solutions.
• Assessing and managing different levels of technical risks.
• Applying technical curiosity and understanding for data analysis and design of experiments where is needed.
• Effectively influencing senior-level and cross-functional stakeholders verbally and in writing, including writing technical report conclusions.
• Coaching and mentoring others.
• Understanding main financial KPIs and driving discussions and solutions accordingly.
• Consumer Centric Approach in every project decision.

What you need to know about this position:

The holder of this position independently plans, leads and co-ordinates large to medium sized projects from R&D, which includes from consumer understanding to commercial plans for implementation. The person will need a high level of organization and analytical thinking. They will deliver expert technical knowledge for product development and process development for chocolate, develop solutions to problems, ensuring compliance to technical policies & procedures and delivering the right technical input to address business needs. Executes against objectives and significantly influences the direction and quality of work done by other technical people and stakeholders. This person will work for Chocolate North America through execution in Canada.

Job Specific Requirements:

• 8+ years related experience, preferably in food industry/manufacturing
• Strong technical foundation and technical curiosity.
• Ability to develop, plan for, and carry out plant trials
• Experience developing and driving technical projects with proper scientific rigor: conduct appropriate testing, gather and analyze data, and develop recommendations based on findings.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple projects, prioritize and manage complexity- from bench top to commercialization.
• Experience working in cross functional teams to identify and resolve technical issues
• Expertise writing 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

Education / Certifications:

• BSc in Food Science, Chemical Engineering or related field.

What Extra Ingredients You Bring:

• Excellence in Project Management.
• Plan and executes work tracks, 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 formulation impact, process changes, interactions on product characteristics, and consumer impact in every step. Provides guidance to others.
• Ability to manage agile projects and uncertainty.
• Communication skills to thrive in stakeholders’ conversations.

Travel requirements:

• Travel up to 25%, to potential locations in Canada, Europe, US, and Mexico.
• Typical business hours with flexibility for trials outside of normal business hours.

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

With several brands that are among consumer favourites, including Cadbury, OREO, Christie and Maynards, we are one of the largest snack companies in Canada. Many of our iconic brands are ranked first, second or third in their categories, and our manufacturers and pastry chefs have an enviable mission to create and manufacture chocolate, cookies, crackers and candy in our iconic factories and locations across Ontario. A company with many ambitious growth targets, we have invested close to $250 million in our Ontario plants in recent years alone; We run marketing campaigns promoting innovative products such as Cadbury Dark Milk tablets and OREO Birthday Cake and Peppermint Bark cookies. Our community of more than 2,683 employees is present across Canada and our head office is in Toronto. Passion and dedication characterize our Company. We encourage all our employees to be themselves at work, to speak out and to encourage diversity in all areas of activity. In addition, we foster a flexible work environment and place great importance on the notions of trust and empathy to promote a true sense of belonging.

Mondelez welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates with disabilities taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Please note that the term "accommodation" in this posting means changes that are made in order to meet the needs of a person with disabilities and not lodging.

Job Type

RegularProduct developmentScience & Engineering