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 a recognized expert in Analytical Sciences and Food Innovation, focused on food and ingredient industries; expertise in liquid and gas chromatography mass spectrometry in both qualitative and quantitative analyses with a proven track record of collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders. You plan and technically develop complex analytical programs, interpret findings, and define actionable next steps. You also review, approve, and effectively communicate significant technical/scientific results and regularly interact with key senior stakeholders.
The Associate Principal Scientist leads and advances our spectrometry efforts to discover and develop creative and innovative solutions to technical challenges. The position generates well thought out ideas for new research projects and influences business discussion and decisions.
How you will contribute
You will provide technical and scientific direction and manage a portfolio of projects or a technically complex project within your technical area of expertise, ensuring effective and accurate performance that is delivered on time and to required quality standards. You will also ensure that the data produced and used by project teams are of the highest quality and are carried out safely and in compliance with industry laboratory standards. This role will require you to initiate, lead, plan, and execute projects, review and approve scientific reports, method development and validations, and present results that are linked to business needs. You will apply your influencing skills to educate stakeholders regarding technical risks, ensuring clear communication and understanding to allow for cross-functional decision making. This role demands that you demonstrate your own technical accuracy and expertise and that of your project team by leveraging internal and external resources, continuously identifying opportunities for improvement and being aware of latest relevant best practices.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
- Proven scientific expertise in the characterization of carbohydrates, fibers, proteins and other nonvolatile molecules.
- Extensive laboratory experience in liquid and gas chromatography.
- Your technical area of expertise and the business environment including regulatory requirements, and quality and consumer science.
- Communicating and influencing your network and managing internal/external scientific relationships.
- Organizing, project management and priority setting.
- Technical credibility to develop good working relationships with internal and external clients.
- Solving complex technical and analytical problems by devising strong solutions
More about this role
What you need to know about this position:
- Deep & broad analytical, chemical & physical property knowledge, and consideration of their interactions during Mondelēz processes
- Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in chromatography analysis HPLC, GC
- Strong internal stakeholder network.
- Project leadership, influencing skills, and ability to manage without authority. Ability to handle and prioritize multiple and complex projects.
- Thinking and working globally, with a strong curiosity to look outside for new ideas and solutions.
- Developing & delivery of innovation pipelines
- Application of statistical & analytical method validation techniques
- Drive and support digital transformation initiatives
- Working within global technical teams and with external partners to deliver innovations.
- Drive stakeholder engagement and decision-making by proactively communicating project progress, identifying risks, and recommending actionable mitigation and next-step strategies.
Education / Certifications:
- Highly motivated Scientist, MS/PhD in Chemistry required, with 15 years of relevant experience with a strong proven expertise in liquid and gas chromatography mass spectrometry.
Job specific requirements:
- Experienced with proven track record in designing customized methods for lab-scale and large-scale fractionation of ingredients and products and developing specialized methods to characterize various fractions such as proteins, carbohydrates and lipids.
- Having delivered novel methods, application methods, and models of ingredients and food systems with demonstrated impact on the business.
- Proven track record in demonstrating leadership in building new customized capability measurement equipment and systems.
- Achieved scientific/ practical technological expertise in a field of knowledge and applied fundamental understanding to deliver business results
- Skilled at applying theoretical and experimental knowledge to solve practical problems.
- Ability to learn quickly, with a passion to apply multi-disciplinary background to Food Industry
- Excellent interpersonal & project management skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Travel requirements:
Up to 25% With in US, Canada & mexico
Work schedule:
Hybrid Working - 3 Days a week from office


Salary and Benefits:

The base salary range for this position is $109,000 to $149,875; 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
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.
Job Type
RegularResearch & Nutrition ScienceScience & Engineering
