Consumer Scientist - Research and Development

Title: Consumer Scientist - Research and Development

Location: East Hanover United States

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.

You plan and execute projects, interpret results, write technical reports and apply your knowledge to data analysis.

How you will contribute

You will plan and conduct projects and with guidance, deliver results, and interpret and write technical reports. You will help complete consumer research including data analysis and results interpretation, applying your knowledge of statistics to analyze, draw conclusions and report results. In this role, you will also lead and manage descriptive panels, recruiting, training, screening, and managing panelist's performance, interact with your peers, junior developers/marketing and other colleagues, and may take on supervisory responsibility when completing assignments. You will also work on teams when new methodologies and capabilities are being evaluated, proposed and implemented, working with other consumer scientists, junior developers and other cross-functional colleagues, and will ensure the efficiency and safety of the sensory laboratory, including maintenance of the quality system, making sure that procedures are followed properly and the highest standards of work and environment, health and safety are maintained.

What you will bring

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

• Statistical theory
• Working in a team
• Managing time and prioritizing duties
• Organizing skills
• Effectively communicating verbally and in writing in English
• Primary software applications
• Qualitative and quantitative consumer testing methods

More about this role

What you need to know about this position:

Under the supervision of a manager, you plan and organize cross-functional projects and develop consumer-centric objectives and strategies in response to business needs.

The role is to deliver deep and breakthrough human insights that shape Beyond the Core, Transformational, and Discovery innovation for Multicategory and Discovery teams to fuel the next growth curves for Mondelēz's brands.

The role works with the cross-functional teams to plan and implement robust, iterative and agile research programs that generate actionable insights to shape strategic directions and drive business results.

What extra ingredients you will bring:

Critical Skills/Competencies

Proficiency dependent on seniority, details in R&D competency grid

Technical knowledge and skills to convert consumer and technology insights into superior, consumer inspired products, processes and packaging across Categories

• Consumer Inspired Design: Demonstrates ability to uncover, understand and apply consumer, shopper and market insights to drive Technical Strategy, inform Commercial Strategy and guide design and commercialization of processes, products and packaging.
• Consumer Science and Tools and Application: Knowing Consumer Science (CS) tools, methodologies and applying them to bring meaningful insights from the consumer, marketplace and technology to drive Desired Consumer Experience (DCE) development and evaluate technology solutions

Leverage Connections:

Applies the skills and behaviors to maximize the impact of collaboration and knowledge internally and externally

• Business Partnering: having trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders to work jointly on learning plans and testing approaches.
• Leveraging Knowledge: Building, maintaining and leveraging both internal and external networks; creating, sharing, retaining and reusing knowledge and learning with a business and action oriented mindset

Critical Behaviors & Mindset

• Connects multiple data points
• Bias for experimentation, finding answers and failing fast within a flexible highly constrained plan

Education / Certifications:

Bachelor's in Food Science, Chemistry, or related field preferred

Job specific requirements:

2-3 years of experience in related field.

Travel requirements:

Minimal travel

Work schedule:

This position is based in East Hanover, NJ with a hybrid work model offering a mix of onsite and remote flexibility.

The base salary range for this position is $66,400 to $91,300; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. 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, 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. 

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Job Type

Regular

Consumer Science

Science & Engineering