Senior Manager, R&D Innovation Lead AMEA, Gum & Candy

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.

A senior R&D leader that drives the Gum and Candy (G&C) innovation strategy across the AMEA (specifically in APAC) region. As a key member of our team, you will build a consumer-centric innovation pipeline, spearhead front-end fuzzy innovation work, and ensure breakthrough products and technology sufficiency. Ideally you will be leveraging your expertise in Gum & Candy Confectionery technology, commercial acumen, and market dynamics in China & APAC to drive business growth and results.

How You Will Contribute

You will work with a cross-functional partner to define, initiate, and lead teams to successfully deliver business goals using technical rigor and best practices while effectively prioritizing workloads. Influencing skills are important in this role because you will use them to partner with business stakeholders to build robust innovation sufficiency funnels, ensuring clear communication and understanding to allow for effective cross-functional decision making. You will also create and maintain accurate technical roadmaps required to fuel the consumer-led innovation funnel. As an innovation technical and/or people leader, you demonstrate your own high levels of technical rigor and expertise.

What You Will Bring

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

• Leading teams and coaching and mentoring to foster performance and team effectiveness
• Influencing cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders in decision making
• Delivering results in a fast paced, complex and ambiguous environment
• Handling multiple priorities
• Being a champion of consumer needs
• Succeeding in a fast-moving consumer goods environment
  
  
  

What you need to know about this position:

This position is for a Senior Manager in Innovation for the R&D G&C Team based in Singapore.

Gum and Candy Category plays a very important role and as a Senior R&D Innovation leader in this category, you will play a critical role in:

• Innovation Leadership in Gum & Candy
• Technical Expertise
• Consumer facing mindset & commercial acumen
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Communication & stakeholder management
  
  
  

What extra ingredients you will bring:

• Strong proficiency in working in front-end innovation
• Experience working in a global organisation with a focus on APAC markets
• Expertise in Gum format, technology & strong understanding of the candy format
• Strong knowledge and know-how in the confectionary industry
• Prioritization
  
  
  

Education / Certifications:

Bachelor’s degree in a science or engineering or related field, specialised Innovation Management would be an advantage

Job specific requirements:

• 15+ years of experience
• >5 years of experience in managing others
• >10 years of experience in interfacing with cross functional parties (internal and/or external)
• Fluent English – both verbal and written is mandatory,
  
  
  

Travel requirements:

Need to be flexible and for occasional travel overseas.

Work schedule:

Full time. This role will need to connect with Global Platform/Commercial teams and will require some evening meetings.

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

Business Unit Summary

Headquartered in Singapore, Mondelēz International’s Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) region is comprised of six business units, has more than 21,000 employees and operates in more than 27 countries including Australia, China, Indonesia, Ghana, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. Seventy-six nationalities work across a network of more than 35 manufacturing plants, three global research and development technical centers and in offices stretching from Auckland, New Zealand to Casablanca, Morocco. Mondelēz International in the AMEA region is the proud maker of global and local iconic brands such as Oreo and belVita biscuits, Kinh Do mooncakes, Cadbury, Cadbury Dairy Milk and Milka chocolate, Halls candy, Stride gum, Tang powdered beverage and Philadelphia cheese. We are also proud to be named a Top Employer in many of our markets.

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

Product development

Science & Engineering