R&D Packaging Sr. Engineer (Fixed Term Contract)

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.

How you will contribute

With the support and guidance of a manager, you will organize and execute projects in line with RDQ, marketing and manufacturing requirements, effectively communicating status and risks. You will plan and conduct activities to generate appropriate packaging information, using sampling and supplier management, and pilot plant and factory trials in accordance with good manufacturing practice and HACCP requirements. In this role, you will plan and conduct process development activities (e.g. packaging design and specifications, packaging scale up, commissioning etc.) and help with planning and the effective use of resources, including the use of external agencies. You will also create technical reports, which will require your skills in analysis and interpretation of results that will lead to conclusions and recommendations; create and maintain accurate packaging specifications; and create intellectual property to drive our competitive advantage.

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:

• Working on teams and independently with the guidance of a manager
• Prioritizing and managing activities
• Identifying problems proactively and creating and implementing solutions independently
• Applying fundamental technical understanding to interpret and analyze data to reach clear conclusions
• Communicating effectively verbally and in writing, including technical writing
• Putting the consumer at the heart of development activities
• Technical curiosity and a collaborative mindset

More about this role

What you need to know about this position:

• This person is with 6-10 years plus working experience of R&D packaging who can lead complex packaging projects and provide packaging technical support for Biscuit. And also a business partner who work with business team (marketing, MSC…) to provide packaging solution to continue drive business growth.
• This position is accountable for packaging productivity projects in SEA (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore…). Packaging productivity may cover size change, structure change and others technical support. Packaging development may include new packaging material, new packaging function, new packing format and new packing engineering introduction or reformulate current ones.
• This position requires a detailed understanding of packaging development process and the knowledge of packaging enabling technologies to make a significant contribution to project objective and outcomes.
• This position requires a strong communication capability internally and externally to apply new technology locally
• Internal relationships with cross-function: Marketing, PCM, MSC, Procurement, R&D product team, Quality, Global R&D. External relationships with suppliers and Labs and college.

What extra ingredients you will bring:

Education / Certifications:

Job specific requirements:

• Bachelor or Master degree in Packaging Engineering, Food Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Material science
• At least 6-10 years’ experience in packaging development, food Industry or related area
• Project management capability. Able to manage multiple assignments and tasks concurrently and meet deadline.
• Experience in food industrial or FMCG industry is preferred.
• Good inter-personal skill
• Good command of English & computer skills

Travel requirements:

Work schedule:

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

Mondelēz International in Southeast Asia is in five countries serving 19 markets with more than 18 nationalities and 7,500 employees. This group is emerging as one of the fastest growing regions in Asia, the Middle East and Africa, and we are proud of consistently producing high quality products in nine manufacturing sites. We are market leaders in key snacking categories, making and selling brands like Oreo and Tiger biscuits, Kinh Do mooncakes, Jacob’s crackers, Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate, Tang powdered beverage, Halls candy and Eden cheese. We set the benchmark in being a responsible business and contributing to the communities in which we operate.

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

Temporary (Fixed Term) Packaging Development & Engineering Science & Engineering