Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondel\xc4\x93z International? Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride. As a senior member of the management team, you ensure that technical, scientific and business programs are successfully delivered and that resources are effectively managed. You regularly interact with senior-level clients and the technical and scientific community. How you will contribute You will translate business needs into robust scientific research strategies and lead your team to successfully apply existing technology or discover new science, using internal expertise and external partners to accelerate consumer-centric innovation and efficiency. In addition, you will build a balanced project portfolio, effectively managing human and financial targets. In this role, you will use your influencing skills to partner with senior leaders, communicating the impact and benefits of long-term research. You will also help create a culture of collaboration across the global community, identifying and applying best practices and ways of working and protect intellectual property to build a competitive advantage. As a people leader, you will grow a diverse talent base that meets our business needs and helps build the global pool of R&D talent. What you will bring A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

• Ensuring that research programs drive commercial outcomes, ideally in a fast-moving consumer goods environment
• Influencing business strategy through critical thinking and technical thought leadership
• Working collaboratively across functions, geographies and with internal and external partners to land the agenda
• Coaching and mentoring others
• Creating a culture of technical curiosity and collaboration

More about this role What you need to know about this position: As R&D MENAP BU Lead , you provide the BU interface with region and global R&D leadership teams to ensure global platforms, expertise, insights, policies and best practices are shared with teams and support BU Strategy. You are Accountable for delivering and build RD technical programs . You will work with a cross-functional partner to define, initiate and lead teams to successfully deliver business goals using technical rigor, consumer centricity and best practices while effectively allocating resources and prioritizing workloads I nfluencing skills to educate business 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. Demonstrate your own high levels of technical rigor and expertise and that of your team by tapping into internal and external resources to stay up-to-date on the latest best practices and to continuously identify opportunities for improvement, keeping in mind consumers\xe2\x80\x99 wants and needs. Recruit, retain and develop a team of direct and indirect reports to ensure highest team performance, and mentor and coach your team and others to grow capability and support career development, managing remotely. Education / Certifications:

• University degree in food related technical field (Food Science, Chemical engineering, or other relevant applied sciences)
• Experience working in cross-functional, multi-disciplined teams operating in a dynamic, outcome-oriented environment
• Strong technical background and effective communication skills , including proven

Job specific requirements:

• 15+ years in related technical area (product/pack/process development) with demonstrated cross-category & cross-geography experience and understanding of business linkages in a global operating model
• 7+ years experience in team management
• Ability to motivate in remote environment
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Multi-discipline experience within R&D functions highly advantageous
• Business acumen and position in leadership team highly advantageous

Work schedule: Full Time

No Relocation support available, however for candidates voluntarily moving internationally some minimal support is offered through our Volunteer International Transfer Policy

Business Unit Summary

Mondel\xc4\x93z International in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan serves the Middle East and Africa markets as well as Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Canada. Headquartered in Dubai, UAE, we have more than 2600 employees working across seven plants and six commercial offices; we make, bake, sell and deliver our products to customers. We are market leaders in key snacking categories with iconic global and local brands including Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate, Milka, Oreo and belVita biscuits, Barni Cakes,Tang powdered beverage, Chiclets and Trident gum and Halls candy.

Mondel\xc4\x93z 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

Regular Product development Science & Engineering