Manager, Consumer Science

**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 manage technical and scientific professionals to provide consumer science support to projects and programs and develop the technical content for strategic plans and initiatives.

**How you will contribute**

You will support projects or programs (including research design) to meet objectives, produce quality, actionable data and make recommendations to ensure the projects or programs are completed to the required standards and within the agreed to timetables. In this role, you will help develop departmental plans and budgets in line with corporate requirements, direct qualitative and quantitative consumer research, ensure there is a consumer-centric approach to all programs and projects, and partner with stakeholders (including R&D and commercial/insights) to secure resources. You will also manage and coach staff to help them understand consumer science and hone their critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

**What you will bring**

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

- A qualification in food science, engineering, psychology, sociology, food technology, food chemistry or similar area
- Consumer science including several years managing complex programs
- Managing a team of professionals
- Leading, Influencing and interacting cross-functionally at multiple organizational levels
- Partnering with clients and/or stakeholders
- Communicating and influencing skills and working collaboratively internally and externally in an ever changing commercial and technical environment
- Critical thinking and thought leadership to deliver complex, ambiguous programs

**More about this role**

**What extra ingredients you will bring**:
Drive consumer centricity to enable growth for the Mx BU.

Strong partnership in insights and analytics put Mx.

Left rich consumer knowledge for Mx business vision.

**Job specific requirements**:
Advanced English.

3-5 years of experience in Consumer Science.

Leadership & Influence skills.

Consumer knowledge (consumer research, sensorial panels).

**No Relocation support available**:
**Business Unit Summary**:
**Mondelez México has been in the country since 1927 and currently employs 6,000 wonderful people. Our diverse portfolio includes iconic and mouth-watering global brands such as **_Trident _**, **_Oreo _**, **_Philadelphia _**, and local jewels like **_Clorets _**and **_Bubbaloo _**. We are leaders in the making of cream cheese, powdered beverages and confections—in fact, we make seven out of every 10 chewing gums consumed by Mexicans. Our growth is supported by our cutting-edge manufacturing facilities, such as our Puebla Plant and Nuevo León HUB, which are the largest gums, candies and biscuits factories in the world in terms of volume. You can buy are products in 900,000 places in Mexico. We are also home to one of the 11 technology centers Mondelez International has worldwide, a specialized gum and candy facility that places us at the forefront of innovation and development in the country and drives our purpose to lead the future of snacking. We are pioneers in the country in work-life balance practices such as extended maternity leave, open spaces, remote work and flexible working hours.**:
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**:
Regular

Consumer Science

Science & Engineering