Chocolate Product Developer
Mondelēz International
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Wroclaw • 🇵🇱 Poland
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Junior
About the role
- Lead medium size reformulation projects across different chocolate category platforms in the area of the flavours in Europe, adding the value to the products and eliminating consumer irrelevant product features
- Support Procurement sourcing and business continuity projects, validate alternative limited flavours suppliers on sensory and process-ability metrics
- Cooperate with Subject Matter Experts to assure our limited flavours specifications deliver desired technical functionality, reflect sensory expectations of our consumers and are process-able on our production lines
- Run pilot plant trials and basic sensory validations, to assess the quality of the solution generated, constantly seeking for optimization and improvement
- Challenge status quo, be curious, optimize formulas, judge and challenge incoming ideas to help to assure efficient R&D resources utilization on fewer but bigger initiatives
- Work on flavours spec content reflecting industry standard features and making them up to Mondelez Specification Quality Standards
- Cooperate within multifunctional projects teams to successfully deliver the solutions
Requirements
- University degree in Food Technology or Engineering, Chemistry or related area
- 1-2 years of experience in food industry
- Chocolate, sensory, PLM, spec management system, SAP knowledge would be appreciated
- Fluency in English required, other language skills (Polish) are beneficial
- General knowledge of food manufacturing technologies, ingredients and technical curiosity, ability to operate or to learn fast how to operate pilot plant equipment
- Good project management and negotiation skills
- Enthusiasm and full accountability for the results, self standing, open and ready to learn on the job
- Can do attitude, thinking out of the box, creativity and happy to take up the challenges
- Ability to work independently in a diverse and international environment
Benefits
- Working on iconic products
- Employment based on a fixed-term employment contract (until July 2027)
- Annual bonus
- Multisport card
- Medical care at Luxmed
- Life insurance
- Employee Pension Program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
food technologyengineeringchemistrysensory evaluationproject managementnegotiationfood manufacturing technologiespilot plant operationformulation optimizationquality standards
Soft skills
curiositycreativityindependenceaccountabilityenthusiasmadaptabilityproblem-solvingcollaborationopen-mindednessinitiative