Il se passe toujours de grandes choses au sein de la région Europe et Australie (EUAU). Chaque jour, plus de 4000 collaborateurs partagent leur passion que ce soit dans nos bureaux, nos sites de fabrication, notre centre de R&D ou encore nos différents marchés à travers l'Europe, l'Australie et la Nouvelle-Zélande. Nous sommes animés par notre raison d’être, depuis 150 ans, qui est de proposer des produits que le monde adore. Avec des marques aimées et reconnues telles que Old El Paso, Häagen-Dazs, Nature Valley, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Jus-Rol, Fibre One, Knack & Back, Latina Fresh, et bien d'autres encore, nous avons pour mission de devenir le leader incontesté du secteur agroalimentaire en Europe et en Australie. Dans un monde en constante évolution, nous cherchons à garder une longueur d'avance et nous entourer de personnes qui partagent notre passion et qui sont avides de construire l’avenir.

Häagen-Dazs Arras Technical Center is recruiting its

Senior R&D Scientist / Engineer

Job location: Arras, France

Position overview

As the Senior Research and Development (R&D) Scientist/Engineer for Innovation, Technology, and Quality (ITQ) you will be responsible for leading key technical and innovation efforts in support of our HÄAGEN-DAZS business.

In this role, you will be a member of our HÄAGEN-DAZS Technology Development Team and have the unique opportunity to use your deep technical knowledge and know-how to create incremental & transformational innovations and provide ad-hoc technical solutions to enable growth.

The right candidate for this role will leverage ingredients science and/or ice cream formulation, physico-chemical & microstructural expertise, and strong strategic & influencing skills to identify new opportunities for our business and drive execution of R&D projects with a high level of cross-functional partnership.

This role will provide you opportunities to lead international projects, pioneer ideas, create competitive advantages, manage external partnerships and work with cross functional & global leaders for an Iconic Brand.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead technology development initiatives and advance Innovation development pipelines including the identification of new opportunity areas in line with business strategies, experimentation & incubation of technology-enabled concepts at lab & pilot plant scales, assessment of industrialization & commercialization pathways with the application teams and documentation of critical data, plans and learnings all along
• Apply Ingredients & Formulation expertise in addition to analytical & microstructural characterization skills to drive innovation opportunities
• Create value by building & managing a relevant and diverse network, utilizing key relationships to solicit external expertise, identify opportunities and leverage external capabilities to solve technical needs, accelerate results and drive differentiated solutions

Other Accountabilities

• Leverage digital and traditional approaches to advance technical possibilities, drive technical learning and capture big business impact
• Work collaboratively with multiple cross-functional stakeholders, across ITQ, Marketing, Sourcing and Supply Chain to deliver new or better technical solutions
• Anticipate and plan budget needs for external collaborations to accelerate technology exploration and development and enable agile prototyping and scale-up studies
• Display technical curiosity and a growth mindset by promoting fundamental scientific principles
• Manage multiple projects, agile, able to prioritize and be flexible to rapidly changing business needs
• Innovative thinker, willing to challenge established methods and beliefs
• Strong technical communication skills, with a proven record of effectively sharing technical results and implications with less technical audiences
• Create, apply, and steward technical knowledge & know-how
• Initiate, lead or be actively involved in initiatives beyond product development, to improve organizational effectiveness, promote inclusion and diversity, support team and culture building, foster connections and learning, help be a force for good for the planet and the community.

Knowledge/Experience

• Master’s degree or PhD in Food Science/Technology or relevant technical/engineering discipline, ideally on ingredients (proteins, carbohydrates, fats & oils) functionalities and/or food microstructures
• Extensive experience (10yrs or more) in food industry. Experience within Dairy and/or the ice cream industry will be much appreciated
• Familiar with product/process development, stage/gate process, and agile innovation approach
• Experience on physical/rheological, chemical & microstructural characterization of food ingredients & products through traditional and advanced techniques
• Demonstrated strong project management experience, agile leadership & ability to pivot quickly

Skills/Competencies

• Self-motivated and technically curious, with an entrepreneurial mindset and a willingness to embrace the most challenging problems
• Demonstrated strong communication & interpersonal skills, strategic planning, and engaging leader skills
• Ability to collaborate in a cross-functional and external environment
• Demonstrated business acumen and ability to influence the business and cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated leadership and initiative with the ability to work collaboratively interfacing with multiple stakeholders to drive results
• Strong bias for action and learning mindset. Willing to lean into risk, challenge assumptions, and identify new opportunities
• Cross-cultural Empathy, champion inclusion and diversity
• English language proficiency; excellent command in spoken and written English
• Professional working proficiency in French