The Senior Scientist conducts food ingredient research, oversees ingredient quality control, and collaborates with cross-functional partners for innovation and compliance.
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.
You are part of a project team conducting short-term food ingredient research to enable ingredient approval that will help us deliver our strategy. You will plan and execute projects and/or work tracks supporting both innovation and base business. You will lead workstreams from initial review through results interpretation, write-up, recommendations and dissemination. In this role, you will establish internal and external technical networks and interact independently with cross functional partners and stakeholders.
How you will contribute
The role of the Senior Scientist, Ingredient Research, is a member of the Mondelez/Clif Bars R&D Team and will be accountable for conducting food ingredient research, technical evaluation of new ingredients, and oversight of ingredient quality control. Working closely with ingredient suppliers, this position will be responsible for managing the development of Mondelez/Clif ingredients specifications and assuring that ingredients are compliant to regulatory and internal requirements. A key cross functional partner with product developers, sourcing, and food safety & quality teams, the Senior Scientist will help identify and qualify alternative sources of our ingredients and will drive hands-on applications testing at both the bench and in the pilot plant while leveraging experimental design. As part of the Innovation team, the Senior Scientist will explore emerging food trends and suitable new ingredients related to those trends.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
More about this role
Education / Certifications: Master's degree Good to have, bachelor's degree required
Travel requirements: Up to 10% International & Domestic travel
Work schedule: 3 Days Work From office
Salary and Benefits:
The base salary range for this position is $97,300 to $133,815; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education and location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results. In addition, Mondelez International offers the following benefits: health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, paid holidays and vacation time. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, weproduce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands-including Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products -are close at hand for our consumers across the country.
Mondelēz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.
For more information about your Federal rights, please see eeopost.pdf; EEO is the Law Poster Supplement; Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision; Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal
Job Type
Regular
Research & Nutrition Science
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.
You are part of a project team conducting short-term food ingredient research to enable ingredient approval that will help us deliver our strategy. You will plan and execute projects and/or work tracks supporting both innovation and base business. You will lead workstreams from initial review through results interpretation, write-up, recommendations and dissemination. In this role, you will establish internal and external technical networks and interact independently with cross functional partners and stakeholders.
How you will contribute
The role of the Senior Scientist, Ingredient Research, is a member of the Mondelez/Clif Bars R&D Team and will be accountable for conducting food ingredient research, technical evaluation of new ingredients, and oversight of ingredient quality control. Working closely with ingredient suppliers, this position will be responsible for managing the development of Mondelez/Clif ingredients specifications and assuring that ingredients are compliant to regulatory and internal requirements. A key cross functional partner with product developers, sourcing, and food safety & quality teams, the Senior Scientist will help identify and qualify alternative sources of our ingredients and will drive hands-on applications testing at both the bench and in the pilot plant while leveraging experimental design. As part of the Innovation team, the Senior Scientist will explore emerging food trends and suitable new ingredients related to those trends.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
- The functionality of ingredients, knowing ways to manipulate those ingredients, and an understanding of the inter-relationship among food ingredients, processing and packaging.
- Assessing critical technical capabilities of new and existing ingredient suppliers by evaluating quality parameters, processes, and documents involved in the manufacture of raw materials.
- Communicating complex technical problems and solutions in a clear and concise manner to technical and non-technical stakeholders, adapting style and content accordingly.
- Handling multiple priorities and adhering to deadlines.
- Applying technical curiosity and scientific understanding to interpret and analyze data to reach clear conclusions, make recommendations and influence decision making.
- Working well with suppliers, academics and internal SMEs to deliver technical solutions.
More about this role
Education / Certifications: Master's degree Good to have, bachelor's degree required
Travel requirements: Up to 10% International & Domestic travel
Work schedule: 3 Days Work From office
Salary and Benefits:
The base salary range for this position is $97,300 to $133,815; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education and location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results. In addition, Mondelez International offers the following benefits: health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, paid holidays and vacation time. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, weproduce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands-including Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products -are close at hand for our consumers across the country.
Mondelēz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.
For more information about your Federal rights, please see eeopost.pdf; EEO is the Law Poster Supplement; Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision; Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal
Job Type
Regular
Research & Nutrition Science
Science & Engineering
Top Skills
Experimental Design
Food Ingredient Research
Regulatory Compliance
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