Developer, Product and Process Development

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 deliver the RDQ activities required to complete new product development, portfolio maintenance and/or productivity projects with an emphasis on meeting the desired consumer experience.

How you will contribute

With the support and guidance of a manager, you will organize and execute projects in line with RDQ, marketing and manufacturing requirements, effectively communicating status and risks. You will plan and conduct pilot plant and factory trials in accordance with good manufacturing practice and HACCP requirements and development activities (e.g. product shelf-life testing, designing for quality, consumer test preparation etc.). You will also write technical reports that will require the analysis and interpretation of results and that lead to conclusions and recommendations and create and maintain accurate consumer-led specifications.

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

• Food science, science, or engineering ideally in a fast-moving consumer goods market
• Working on teams and independently with the guidance of a manager
• Prioritizing and managing activities
• Identifying problems proactively and creating and implementing solutions independently
• Applying fundamental technical understanding to interpret and analyze data to reach clear conclusions
• Communicating effectively verbally and in writing, including technical writing
• Putting the consumer at the heart of development activities

Job specific requirements:

• Drive excellence in Project Management.
• Plan and execute work plans, including development of risk assessments and contingency plans.
• Analyze results of experiments and translate them into actionable recommendations with support.
• Have strong knowledge of the commercialization process.
• Identify and efficiently utilize necessary resources to achieve timely delivery of project objectives.

Qualifications and Education:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Food Science, Chemical Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 4 years of product and/or process 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.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; able to effectively communicate to all levels within the organization.

Travel requirements:

Limited travel

Work schedule:

Full time salary, 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

Regular Product development Science & Engineering

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