Salty Snacks Food Designer

**JOB SUMMARY**

We are currently recruiting for a role as Food Designer covering our Salty Snacks portfolio (Pringles and new food portfolio). Your focus will be on cost innovation, business continuity and new food innovation implementation. This within an end 2 end culture with strong collaboration with other technical and business teams.

Development efforts will involve cross-functional interaction with supply chain and technical teams, as well as our external eco-systems.

If you believe you can help to strengthen the current Research & Development team that supports the Kellogg’s European Salty snacks business then see if you have the talents that we are looking for. You will operate in a collaborative culture ensuring the future success of the business is delivered through a proactive and innovative approach to food and process initiatives.

You will be part of a dynamic and friendly team of Food Designers who are part of a world class, global, Research and Development team.

We are passionate about our food and our brands, come and innovate with us

**WHAT WILL I BE DOING?**

In your role as a Food Designer you will work as part of a dynamic team to help us grow the European business by:

- Supporting and leading projects that deliver against our European innovation pipeline for Snack products
- Delivering food from initial creative food brief through to successful implementation in plant, on time, with the right quality and at the right cost.
- Collaborating with our marketing partners to develop fantastic concepts and food briefs that meet consumer needs and insights
- Adding to your own skills and knowledge by close interaction within the food team, R&D function and the wider business
- Improving product quality, cost, productivity and capacity in operations within Europe, leveraging Design to Value principles

**Core responsibilities**
- Develops, manages, executes food development projects worldwide while increasing the incumbent’s level of understanding of projects, processes, and methods, as well as giving general direction to assigned teams in accomplishing projects on technical and scientific investigation or developments
- Provides technical or scientific knowledge and expertise as an expert in a specific discipline through keeping current with the latest developments and technology through investigation, training, and communication within that discipline
- Demonstrates leadership within a specific discipline and assists in developing direction within that discipline while working in multifunctional teams
- Exhibits innovation in discovery, advancement, and evaluation of new technologies in the area of food/process research and development, which can have a significant impact on new products, improved foods or processes, and/or capital avoidance worldwide.
- Innovation/Creativity - provide and implement innovative and cost-effective improvements: concepts, developments, or scientific insight and understanding with respect to new or existing products or processes.
- Closely collaborate with internal stakeholders, external partners and suppliers

**WHAT DO I NEED TO DEMONSTRATE?**
At Kellogg’s we want self-motivated people who are passionate about food to help us grow our business and build on our successful heritage. To be considered for this position you must be able to demonstrate the following:
Required:

- Hold a master degree in Food Science, Food Technology or equivalent
- Demonstrated value creation and delivery of projects on time and budget
- Relevant experience within the food industry as a Food Technologist/Designer or Food Scientist, preferably in Snacks.
- Passion for creative product development and demonstrable hands-on process experience, taking projects from ideation to market
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English

If you believe you have that taken care of then you can also show that you have the following:
Preferred:

- A proven track record of results in an FMCG food technologist/designer role
- A good breadth of technical understanding in the food categories and formats that Kellogg’s operates in
- Understanding and proven delivery of the communication and documentation needs of a project
- Effective leadership skills and the ability to promote good relations with all aspects of the business
- Experience in flavor development/savory snacks is a plus

Strengths:
**Project Execution**:

- Addresses and resolves resistance that interferes with achievement of objectives
- Able to interpret proposed testing and generate alternative solutions.
- Recognizes the communication and documentation needs of a project
- Understands how information should be distributed amongst project team

**Leveraging Resources**:

- Effectively utilizes internal and external resources for efficient project execution
- Identifies opportunities to leverage vendors as external resources
- Understands when to bring together key players to resolve project related issue