Quality Technician (fixed-term role)

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 provide hands-on assistance to support the operation and goals of the laboratory by planning and conducting experiments and applying your understanding to analyze results. With guidance, you plan and implement assigned projects.

How you will contribute You will perform a range of analyses, prepare and maintain standard equipment and chemicals required for running of an analytical laboratory, support laboratory activities while ensuring compliance to the appropriate internal and external standards, and capture and report data with technical rigor and accuracy.

To succeed in this role, you will maintain a clean, tidy and safe working environment and be proficient in generic and specific software packages.

What you will bring A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge: Working on teams and independently with the guidance of more senior team members Proactively identifying problems and assisting in creating and implementing solutions Maintaining equipment to ensure they are always operable Applying your technical understanding of equipment to support laboratory operations Recording and reporting data and activity outcome accurately Working in laboratories Relevant industry and/or academic experience More about this role This is a fixed-term contract ending on 31.12.2027.

Position requires work on site (5 days per week in the lab). Position Purpose Manage and maintain the site laboratory and improve lab processes so that they become more efficient and effective in delivering safe products that exceed consumer expectations. Manage site laboratory to ensure they are working efficiently in laboratory analysis.

As part of the role, the Technician will also be responsible for a product specialism, where he/ she will link to the relevant section to provide superior support in technical Quality and Food Safety issues. Primary Responsibilities: Manages the site laboratory to ensure that it operates efficiently and is aligned to the factory needs.

Manage the laboratory to ensure their work is aligned to business need and they have active development plans. Manage the Laboratory budget to ensure that we control laboratory spend. Train people if necessary on good laboratory practices. Have expertise and knowledge in problem solving of analytical failures of specific product groups, and advise the manufacturing section on key recommendations.

Take a key role in supporting the development of Root Cause Analysis of analytical failures. Completes data analysis of all test results and specification parameters and develops key improvement opportunities on a timely basis. Support the continuous improvement of Quality culture within the factory and laboratory by building strong linkages with kety stakeholders.

Support the Quality Dept in the allocated areas (jellies , mints etc.). Requirements: Academic background in relevant area of food science or engineering e.g.

Chemistry, Microbiology, Food Science, Nutrition, Food Technology or related field., Work experience in food or pharmaceutical industry (food technology, central corporate function, R&D, quality systems implementation, auditing, manufacturing, project management and supply chain.

Planning & Analysis - Ability to evaluate the state of Quality and Food Safety Systems and practices in the factory as measured against Legislative Requirements and MDLZ Standards and expectations to achieve objectives. Interpersonal Skills - Ability to develop a strong working relationship with all relevant positions within the factory and also with Corporate Quality.

Communication – Ability to communicate requirements and action plans. Business Skills - Ability to demonstrate organisational skills, multi-tasking and show an understanding of the business impact of decisions.

Customer Focus / Priority Setting / Conflict Management / Building Effective teams Good People Management skills / experience in Managing people Sound knowledge of Quality and Product Safety methologies including HACCP and Hygienic Design, across a wide product portfolio. Practical experience of developing and implementing Quality and Food Safety Management Systems.

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 available Business Unit Summary Mondelēz 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 Type Temporary (Fixed Term) Supply Chain Quality Assurance Product Quality, Safety and Compliance