Mondelēz International
Developer, Packaging Development & Engineering (fixed term contract)
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Lead packaging design and deployment projects in a cross-functional team, ensuring specifications meets manufacturing requirements while influencing stakeholders and managing resources.
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 RDQ activities to complete packaging design and packaging deployment for innovation/growth projects and productivity projects across multiple geographies with an emphasis on delivering the desired consumer experience.
How you will contribute
You will independently coordinate technical work for projects in line with RDQ, marketing and manufacturing requirements, effectively communicating status and risks.
You will additionally coordinate projects to determine the packaging specifications using appropriate sampling, supplier management, mock-up development in the Packaging lab, pilot-plant and /or factory trials in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practices and HACCP requirements.
In this role, you will also develop activities such as packaging design and specifications, scale up, commissioning, etc., and plan for the effective use of resources including the use of external agencies and suppliers. To succeed in this role, you will use your understanding of equipment design and manufacturing processes to ensure that packaging specifications are determined with excellence. You will be accountable for stakeholder management and influencing decisions based on conclusions derived from the analysis and interpretation of results; develop and leverage connections both internally and with the external technical community; and create intellectual property to drive competitive advantage.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
More about this role
Education / Certifications:
BSc ideally in an engineering discipline
Travel requirements:
Approximately 10% of your time
Relocation Support Available?
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!
Our people make all the difference in our succes
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.
Excited to grow your career?
We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!
IF YOU REQUIRE SUPPORT TO COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION OR DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, PLEASE CONTACT THE RECRUITER
Job Type
Temporary (Fixed Term)
Packaging Development & Engineering
Science & Engineering
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 RDQ activities to complete packaging design and packaging deployment for innovation/growth projects and productivity projects across multiple geographies with an emphasis on delivering the desired consumer experience.
How you will contribute
You will independently coordinate technical work for projects in line with RDQ, marketing and manufacturing requirements, effectively communicating status and risks.
You will additionally coordinate projects to determine the packaging specifications using appropriate sampling, supplier management, mock-up development in the Packaging lab, pilot-plant and /or factory trials in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practices and HACCP requirements.
In this role, you will also develop activities such as packaging design and specifications, scale up, commissioning, etc., and plan for the effective use of resources including the use of external agencies and suppliers. To succeed in this role, you will use your understanding of equipment design and manufacturing processes to ensure that packaging specifications are determined with excellence. You will be accountable for stakeholder management and influencing decisions based on conclusions derived from the analysis and interpretation of results; develop and leverage connections both internally and with the external technical community; and create intellectual property to drive competitive advantage.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
- Packaging development and/or packaging deployment, ideally within fast moving consumer goods or consumer packaging goods environment
- Leading teams and influencing cross-functional teams
- Planning and delivering multiple priorities
- Proactively identifying complex technical or business problems and creating and implementing solutions
- Influencing senior and cross-functional stakeholders verbally and in writing, including writing technical reports
- Coaching and mentoring others
- Championing for consumer needs
- Technical curiosity and collaborative mindset
More about this role
Education / Certifications:
BSc ideally in an engineering discipline
Travel requirements:
Approximately 10% of your time
Relocation Support Available?
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!
Our people make all the difference in our succes
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.
Excited to grow your career?
We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!
IF YOU REQUIRE SUPPORT TO COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION OR DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, PLEASE CONTACT THE RECRUITER
Job Type
Temporary (Fixed Term)
Packaging Development & Engineering
Science & Engineering
Top Skills
Equipment Design
Good Manufacturing Practices
Haccp
Packaging Design
Sampling
Supplier Management
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