Research Principal - United Kingdom - Mondelez International

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Research Principal - Flavoromics

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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 a recognized technical leader in areas of critical importance to organization. You set the technical vision and strategy in your area of expertise and communicate it at the most senior levels for organizational alignment and action.

How you will contribute

You will use your considerable technical knowledge and expertise to identify, develop and create new business opportunities and to identify, define and solve complex business problems. As a leader on complex projects and/or scientific activities, you will organize, execute, and interpret assignments to yield outstanding results and impact business goals, and form multidisciplinary project teams to solve complex technical problems or to explore the use of technology to meet business goals. As a technical leader in your field, you will maintain your knowledge of developments inside and outside the company that are pertinent to the job through continuous education and training and take new research ideas and findings, and communicate and "sell" them to the organization for growth, quality or margin improvement. As a people leader, you will mentor and guide the work of junior team members and ensure the technical execution and quality of their work, and sponsor and champion external and internal research and fundamental knowledge building to influence future business development strategies.

What you will bring

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

• Technical and courageous leadership
• Ingenuity, creativity, and resourcefulness through discovery of highly advanced technologies to deliver transformative, integrated technologies for a competitive advantage
• Exceptional communication and influencing

More about this role

What you need to know about this position:

This role is one of our senor technical experts leading R&D to achieve Mondelez's vision to be the Global Snacking Leader, winning in Chocolate, Biscuits & Baked Snacks .

• Senior member of our Technical Leadership Council ,
• C oaching and developing the technical talent in the company
• L everaging technical foresights to drive our technical agenda and technical excellence within the company . Includes supply chain resilience activities.
• Leads discovery level projects using scientific fundamentals to build our capability and make strong business decisions
• Driving excellence as a subject matter expert
• Drives our Mindful Snacking and Nutrition agenda by using knowledge in flavour chemistry and flavoromics , with a focus on flavour generation and regulation, as well as their impact on sensory characteristics and consumer perception of food.
• Develops and implements programmes that correspond with our Sustainability objective using a thorough understanding of flavour ingredient supply chains from source to processing. This covers interactions within the flavour development and production processes, with a focus on sustainable flavour extraction and synthesis.
• Maintains an external perspective by embracing innovative scientific approaches and collaborating strategically across industries. This approach not only creates new flavour opportunities, but it also encourages development projects that establish and strengthen competitive advantages.

What extra ingredients you will bring:

Majority of requirements fall with in the Technical Expertise competency :

Scientific-technological skill areas

• Analytical Chemistry: Expertise in techniques like gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to identify and quantify flavo u r compounds in various matrices.
• Sensory Science: Skills in sensory evaluation techniques to understand how flavo u r compounds influence consumer perception and preferences.
• Molecular Biology and Biochemistry: Knowledge of the biochemical pathways and interactions that influence flavo u r formation and stability in food products.
• Statistical Data Analysis: Proficiency in statistical methods to interpret complex datasets derived from flavoromic studies, enabling the identification of flavo u r compound patterns and their impacts.
• Supply Chain Awareness: Understanding of the entire lifecycle of flavo u r ingredients from cultivation through processing, emphasizing sustainable practices and the impact on flavo u r profiles.
• Food Processing Knowledge: Insight into how food processing operations, including extraction, concentration, and thermal treatment, affect the integrity and efficacy of flavo u r compounds.
• Product Development: Ability to integrate flavoromic data with product design to optimize flavo u r delivery, stability, and consumer satisfaction.
• Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Engaging with professionals from various fields such as agriculture, nutrition, and environmental science to enhance the understanding and application of flavoromics in food systems.

Leader s hip Skills

• Technical rigor, e. g. hypothesizing, testing hypotheses
• Future oriented mindset / methodologies (trend research, scenario analysis, extensive years experience in strategy development)
• Develop landscapes of complex topics (e. g. sustainability, emerging technologies) and socialize in a simple manner to drive decision making
• Creativity which re sults in novel and useful solutions
• Track record of landing technology / product in the business and / or in the market.
• ( R ecognized external leadership) Has external network ( academics, vendors, industry organizations) and i nteract s successfully with partners ( i . e. guide / influence) namely in relation to low TRL technologies (academics, research institutes, start-ups)
• Interact successfully with internal partners ( who often have short term focus )
• A cumen to enable consumer / business oriented decision making
• Mentoring / coaching of colleagues with strong scien tific / technical background and limited experience of working in business environment.

Business Unit Summary At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broad 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 globally and locally 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 top position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy and the second top position in gum. Our 80,000 makers and bakers are located in more than 80 countries and we sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. Our people 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.

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.

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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.