R&D Team Leader

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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 deliver the RDQ activities required 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.

Ernest Jackson & Co Ltd. a company of Mondelez International

Ernest Jackson & Co Ltd exists to deliver the best tasting healthcare products to consumers and to be the supplier of choice for our customers. Our key product groups are medicated confectionary and food supplements where R&D plays a major role in promoting, informing, and meeting the needs of our consumers and customers.

Ernest Jackson is a wholly own subsidiary of Mondelez international, who has been honoured with a Glassdoor Employees’ choice award, recognising Mondelez international as one of the best places to work in the UK, 2021.

How you will contribute:

In this role you will lead a small team of motivated individuals and own a portfolio of projects covering the breadth of our business: From helping us to move all our packaging to sustainable and recyclable materials, through overseeing continuous improvements to R&D’s processes, to supporting other business functions with your team’s work.

The successful candidate will be able to make good technical and commercial decisions in a timely manner. Enjoy participating in and owning projects and managing their team’s workflow to produce tangible real-world results that can be seen on shelves across the country and around the world.

They will work with the R&D manager to guide the business’s development through the design and execution of projects and programmes of work.

What you will bring:

We are looking for a proactive driven individual looking to accelerate their career by joining a close-knit R&D team at the Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical company Ernest Jackson. You will bring experience and knowledge in:

• Knowledge of packaging types and processes backed up by education or experience. Previous work in sustainable and recycled packaging is an advantage.
• Good communication skills as you will have the opportunity to engage with everyone from factory staff to the Managing Director at Ernest Jackson, and Global Team Leaders in the wider Mondelez International business.
• Passion for people and coaching as the R&D Team Leader will manage a team of 3 people that work independently but that will need guidance in reaching their full potential.
• Ambition as you may be required to step into project ownership, taking responsibility for the forward momentum and output of multiple projects, independently coordinating technical work.
• Critical thinking will be needed to make sure interdependencies and risks to projects are identified and mitigated early, and options are presented clearly to business leadership.
  
  

Travel requirements:

There is potential for 5% of the job to require travel.

Work schedule:

The role is office based, at Ernest Jackson’s manufacturing site in Crediton, Devon, UK. Core business hours apply with flexible working supported.

This an unique opportunity to join Ernest Jackson and lead a small team driving the R&D agenda. If you have significant packaging experience and you want to upskill your career by becoming a people manager and engaging with key stakeholders across the business, then please apply for an initial conversation about the role.

The responsibilities of this position are performed within the framework of a regional business model that is defined and managed by Mondelēz Europe GmbH, Switzerland.

No Relocation support availableBusiness Unit SummaryMondelēz International, Inc. empowers people to snack right in over 150 countries around the world. We are leading the future of snacking with mouth-watering iconic brands such as Oreo, belVita, LU and Ritz biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Green & Blacks, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Philadelphia and Dairylea cheese; and Maynards Bassetts, Trebor and Trident gums. Our more than 80,000 colleagues around the world are key to the success of our business. Great people and great brands. That’s who we are. Join us on our journey to continue leading the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way.

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 TypeRegularPackaging Development & EngineeringScience & Engineering