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 Clif R&D 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 R&D, 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 R&D 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

Candidate will have the responsibility of leading Clif Bar innovation projects and driving R&D innovation for the Clif portfolio of brands. This includes supporting productivity, alternate line qualifications, ingredient substitutions, quality improvement, consumer complaint reduction and line extensions for the brand. The candidate will be the RDQ brand innovation leader, and will interact with marketing, operations, and quality leads to develop, coordinate, and commercialize brand projects/programs.

More about this role

What you need to know about this position:

This position reports to the Section Manager, Product Development – Clif Bar R&D.

Key stakeholders include: 

• Business brand leads (Marketing)

• Internal R&D functions: Product Development, Process Development, Packaging, Consumer Science, Nutrition, Regulatory & Ingredient Research partners in R&D.

• Quality and Food Safety

• Procurement

• External Suppliers

• Internal Manufacturing

• External Manufacturing

• Bakery Operations (BD, TIM and Plant Managers)

What extra ingredients you will bring:

Ideal candidates will be self-motivated with a passion for creativity and translating consumer needs into high-quality value-added food products.  Excellent written and oral communication skills; able to effectively communicate to all levels within the organization.

Education / Certifications:

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Food Science or related discipline.

Job specific requirements:

• 8+ years of product development experience in the food and beverage industry. 

• Strong technical foundation and technical curiosity.

• Ability to develop, plan for, and carry out plant trials.

• Able to develop and drive 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.

• Participate in cross functional teams to identify and resolve technical issues.

• Write process specifications that deliver consistent, high-quality products across numerous manufacturing facilities.

Travel requirements:

Ability to travel up to 25-30% of the time, on average, with both domestic and international travel possible.

Work schedule:

This is a full-time role based in East Hanover, NJ with in-office expectations of 2-3 days per week.

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, we produce 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/Affirmative Action employer. 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.

Job Type

Regular

Product development

Science & Engineering

At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right through offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broader range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about.

We have a rich portfolio of strong brands – both global and local. Including many household names such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. We are proud to hold the number 1 position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy as well as the No. 2 position in gum

Our 80,000 Makers and Bakers are located in our operations in more than 80 countries and are working to sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. They are energized for growth and critical to us living our purpose and values. We are a diverse community that can make things happen, and happen fast.

Join us and Make It An Opportunity!

Mondelez Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. 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.