You will work independently to plan, lead and coordinate technical projects in line with RDQ, marketing and manufacturing requirements You will effectively communicate status and risks and plan, lead and coordinate pilot plant and factory trials in accordance with good manufacturing practice and HACCP requirements. In addition, you will plan, lead and coordinate development activities (e.g. product shelf-life testing, designing for quality, consumer test preparation. etc.). To provide direction for product development, you will use digital simulation models to obtain, understand and interpret consumer insights and commercial information. In this role, you will create and maintain accurate consumer-led specifications and be responsible for stakeholder management and influencing decisions based on conclusions made from analysis and interpretation of results.

What you will bring

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

• Leading RDQ teams and influencing cross-functional teams
• Handling multiple priorities
• Proactively identifying complex technical or business problems and creating and implementing solutions
• Applying technical curiosity and understanding to interpret and analyze data
• Effectively influencing senior-level and cross-functional stakeholders verbally and in writing, including writing technical report conclusions
• Coaching and mentoring others

More about this role

What you need to know about this position:

• You lead multiple complex development projects simultaneously to deliver product solutions aiming to sustain competitive advantage for our Biscuit & Baked Snacks (B&BS) brands, and are a key member of our R&D MENAP B&BS Team. You lead for each project all R&D activities needed to complete new product development, renovation, quality improvement, and business continuity & develop product bundles for short, medium and long term (always securing the desired consumer experience).

• You are, as well, a trusted R&D partner as part of the MENAP B&BS Team in our successful MENAP Business Unit. Being R&D’s Senior Scientist II in B&BS, you serve as a consultant for many technical topics related to B&BS in our labs and plants, supporting our technical community to deliver B&BS that are highly desired by consumers.

• You are Accountable for delivering complex technical R&D projects. You will work with cross-functional partners to define, initiate and lead development projects to successfully deliver business goals using technical rigor, consumer centricity and best practices while effectively prioritizing your workload. Influencing skills are important in this role because you will use them to educate project stakeholders about technical risks, ensuring mitigation plans, clear communication and understanding to allow for effective cross-functional decision making. You will also create and maintain accurate consumer-led specifications.