Scientist - Mints, Nuts, Flavor at Mars, Incorporated in Chicago, Illinois

Job Description:

Job Description:

Peanuts and Tree Nuts are essential raw materials for top Mars-Wrigley brands such as Snickers®,

M&Ms®, Twix®, Dove® and KIND®. Hence the supply quality, safety and assurance of these ingredients

is critical to the growth of the business. This requires strong Nuts Science & Technology Programs that

can address key current and future business challenges and opportunities.

A mid-level role within the Global Science & Technology team is a Scientist to lead and support Peanut

and Tree nut research initiatives which address key compliance risks such as microbial, mycotoxins,

contaminants, oxidative stability, and foreign objects while addressing gaps and opportunities to improve

Material Quality Management (MQM) for Nuts. Additionally, this role delivers against key initiatives to

ensure a resilient and sustainable supply of fit for purpose ingredients, and to enable quality growth for

current and future products.

The Scientist will develop and provide global subject matter expertise in focused areas of Peanuts and

Tree Nuts. They are expected to have a technical background along with high learning agility that will

enable them to grow and develop their nut science expertise while providing technical execution for the

business and input into strategic development.

What are we looking for?
The Scientist plays a key role in the development and governance of Peanut and Tree Nut Ingredients

and develops technical approaches to solve problems. They use existing procedures to solve a range

of defined problems; follow the Scientific Method, analyze data with appropriate statistical tools and

make recommendations based on data. They effectively documents work, communicate results and

findings to stakeholders. This role is an individual contributor, technical expert reporting to the Sr.

Manager of the Mint, Nuts Flavor Team, within Global Science and Technology.

What will be your key responsibilities?
Provides input into functional strategies and business cases from a Nuts Science perspective

• Supports programs which deliver new solutions aligned with strategic business priorities.

• Provides leadership and direction to projects in the areas of quality, supply resilience and growth

which deliver new technical solutions for nuts; in alignment with the business priorities.

• Designs, develops and manages scale-up of raw materials, processes and specifications that

translate to full-scale production and provide competitive advantage to Mars Inc.

• Designs and executes quality plans throughout the pipeline process - from raw materials to

shelf life of finished products.

• Develops and provides global subject matter expertise for nuts raw materials, ingredients and

quality management, and provides technical business support.

• Provides technical risk assessments and raw material specifications for global and regional units

that deliver quality product at scale.

• Proactively provides technical insights on emerging science and new technologies related to nuts.

• Communicates research outputs and maintains effective internal and external collaborations.

Education & Professional

Qualifications B.S. in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Food Science, or relevant scientific discipline and 3 years of related experience. Preferred: MS and 2 years of related industry experience or PhD.

Knowledge / Experience

• Experience in raw materials/product / process research with successful project completions. • Development of robust experimental design and data analysis. • Experience with raw materials/ingredient research, especially Peanuts and/or Tree Nuts. • Experience with Material Quality Management (MQM), Quality Management Programs (QMP) and Quality and Food Safety (Q&FS). • Understanding of Plant and Agronomic Science. • An advanced understanding of the key scientific concepts associated with food systems, their analytical composition and ingredient/process interaction is critical. • Travel to other Mars sites, vendors and farms required up to 25%, which could include international travel. • Flexibility to work across different time zones to support global projects

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.


• Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.


• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.


• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.