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Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Senior Scientist - Product Development

Process EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeGuangzhou, Guangdong Province, ChinaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Responsibilities

  • Drive New Product Development, Value Leadership, and Supply Security projects in cross-functional teams; establish product formulations, technical specifications, and quality standards while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and company policies.
  • Develop and implement new ice cream formulations and technology platforms that meet sensory, quality, and performance targets and support business growth.
  • Partner with Marketing and Sales on channel innovation, customized product development, and long-term innovation platform strategies.
  • Lead ingredient and raw material development initiatives with technical functions and suppliers, including technical and risk assessments, qualification processes, and troubleshooting.
  • Own product stability and shelf-life evaluation programs by designing and executing testing protocols, analyzing results, generating technical reports, and maintaining documentation and records.
  • Manage the Ice Cream Laboratory, including experimental planning, resource coordination, and capability development.
  • Support scale-up from laboratory development through pilot trials and commercial production to market launch.

About the Company

Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Mars makes confectionery, food, and petcare products and also operates pet health services through networks like Banfield, VCA, BluePearl, and Royal Canin. Its products are marketed under familiar brands such as M&M’s, Snickers, Milky Way, Skittles, Dove, Orbit, Pedigree, Royal Canin, Whiskas, and Cocoavia, sold globally to consumers and pet owners. The company differs from competitors by combining a broad, diversified portfolio with a global, family-owned structure guided by the Mars Principles (Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency, Freedom), which drives its operations and partnerships. Mars aims to help communities prosper and to grow its business while improving social and environmental outcomes, using its scale to support responsible practices across the world.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$27B
Headquarters
McLean, VA
Founded
1911

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