Raw Ingredient Technologist

Job description

Looking for an exciting opportunity in a fast-moving product development environment within ANZ raw material portfolio? Now is the time to make the break from the city life and escape to Victoria's fastest growing regional city.

An opportunity now exists for a Raw Ingredient Technologist to join our friendly and inclusive team at our Mars Pet Nutrition Wodonga site. Leveraging your technical and stakeholder management skills, this role will collaborate with key stake holders and provide the technical execution for the deployment, development and maintenance of the ANZ raw material portfolio. Through the following of robust systems & processes that ensure right first-time development of new raw materials & ensure the ongoing compliance to MARS standards, you will be presented with the opportunity to learn and understand supplier capability globally in order to support local needs

What are we looking for?

• Experience working in any of the following: product formulation, manufacturing processes, raw material functionality and pet nutrition is essential
• Experience in quality/food background
• BSc/MSc/PhD in Science, Chemical Engineering, Food Science, Food Technologist (or similar)
• Demonstrated experience in stakeholder engagement/partnering
• Experience in a business environment including within R&D or an equivalent technical function.

Relocation assistance to Wodonga will be provided to the ideal candidate.

What would be your key responsibilities?

• Collaborate with SQA and Commercial to ensure suppliers deliver fit for purpose raw materials as defined by the raw material specification & material risk assessment.
• Responsible for the deployment of globally directed raw material initiatives.
• Participate in the development of new raw materials, completing material risk assessments, updating the nutrient matrix, writing the raw material specifications and providing the formulations team with the inputs to enable development of safe, nutritious pet food.
• Ensure the raw material portfolio is fit for purpose and incidents investigated and corrective actions put in place in a timely and efficient manner.
• Other duties as per job description

What can you expect from Mars?

• Awarded #5 in the Best Places to Work Australia survey for 2019
• Genuine focus on your development with access to world class training
• Global health and wellbeing program to support work-life balance
• Opportunity to make a difference with our volunteer and ambassador programs
Have a real impact on creating a better world for pets, a world where they’re healthy, happy and welcome

About us:

What do MARS®, SNICKERS®, EXTRA®, ECLIPSE®, PEDIGREE®, WHISKAS®, DOLMIO®, UNCLE BEN’S® MASTERFOODS ® and ROYAL CANIN® have in common? They’re all made by Mars. We’re a family-owned, principle led business that’s been making products for people (and the pets that people love) for more than 100 years. Together, our 125,000+ Associates around the world are empowered to take action every day towards the world we want tomorrow. Because we know, the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today.

For more information visit careers.mars.com

Mars Australia & New Zealand is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. As we prefer to manage all sourcing directly, introductions via agency will not be accepted.

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