Put your knowledge in NIR and chemometrics to work in a challenging yet exciting mission: The growth and maintenance of one of the largest global NIR networks in food and feed
NIR Application Development Senior Scientist Veghel, Fulltime
MGS (Mars Global Services) Laboratories and our NIR program Every day, our factories take thousands of decisions informed by NIR data. Our NIR program delivers over 10 million analysis results per annum, steering production at 90% of Mars plants and assessing raw material quality before use. Our NIR program is essential for process control at most of our Petcare, Gum and Chocolate production sites.
NIR team is be part of the Mars Global Service Laboratories organization, which is the Mars Inc. Center of Expertise for the development, validation, and deployment of regional and site laboratory testing methods to support a robust Quality and Food Safety network. This is a global multi-cultural team with associates based in the US, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom. We work across all the segments of the organization including; Confectionery, Petcare, Food, and Drinks.
Description
Optimizing our NIR calibration portfolio and verification program: your role as a NIR Application Development Senior Scientist
As our new colleague, you will be helping us running one of the largest NIR instrument global networks in the world, dealing with the lifecycle of a constant expanding portfolio of NIR calibrations for a wide variety of products from all Mars segments, and brining expertise and knowledge to drive continuous improvement of the NIR program. You will ensure accurate and trustworthy data provided by our NIR network of more than 250 instruments by delivering fit for purpose calibrations and participate in the governance and troubleshooting program.
Your work will make a difference in a multibillion company and you will have the chance to develop and grow professionally in a multicultural and diverse team!
You will be part of a team of technical experts responsible for:
developing, validating and implementing high quality, fit for purpose qualitative (fingerprinting) and quantitative calibrations to support inbound, in process and finished product control and verification across all our manufacturing facilities;
managing the calibration portfolio lifecycle across all NIR platforms, including review of calibration scope, performance, improvement and retirement
leading and/or executing NIR related development projects for new chemometric techniques, identification of new technologies, hardware and software solutions and NIR governance processes through the use of sound and objective statistical approaches;
in collaboration with the NIR customer service, consultancy, coaching and developing R&D scientists to provide local and timely NIR support for new instrument installation, complex troubleshooting, and driving the local verification program;
developing, maintaining, and transferring a good working knowledge of specific scientific and technological innovations through literature reviews, follow-up of external events and networking, attending some conferences and international meetings.
Requirements
Working through sound scientific approaches - Using your NIR Skills and Knowledge for real quality and food safety applications
We are seeking for a professional with proven experience and knowledge of NIR spectroscopy: Instrumentation, statistics for data analysis and experimental design, chemometrics in multivariate model development, validation, and verification of NIR models.
As a person you are flexible and comfortable with changing priorities. As a problem-solving and customer-focused Mars Associate, you aim for continuous improvement in your role by evaluating your performance and setting priorities. Your experimental design expertise and your functional and technical skills help you deliver high-quality and effective tools used by factory operators. In addition, preferable you have experience with our Mars Inc. product portfolio.
You meet the following criteria:
A minimum of Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant science/technology or a related disciplines.
Proven technical knowledge by attendance to Process analytical technologies (PAT), NIR or chemometrics trainings/courses applied to NIR
A proven record experience in use of chemometrics for multivariate data analysis, NIR spectroscopy, and statistics
Ideally, 1-2 years of practical working experience in spectroscopy and/or chemometrics (ideally with focus on chemistry) in an industrial or university laboratory environment. Preferably experience in working with NIR network setups.
Affinity to software and IT systems is desired.
Excellent communication skills in English, both spoken and written.
Team player, able to work both independently but also in a collaborative way.
Willingness to travel (internationally) 10% of your time.
We offer
Be part of something bigger: your career at Mars We believe there’s more to business than just making a profit. We offer each and every one of our Associates an opportunity to take what they do and make it mean more for them, for those around them, and for the planet. We promise we’ll challenge you every step of the way: you’ll get the tools you need to do a great job, and the best possible people on your side to help you do it.
We all take pride in our unique way of doing business and empower every Associate to learn, expand, dream and develop. We value deep and broad experience and give you the freedom to explore, discover and pursue the passions that get you going every morning.
We offer:
Above-average annual wages and flexible working hours
25 days of annual leave and 2 collective days off
Unique development programs, provided by our award-winning Mars University
Contact and Address
It all starts here. Are you ready to take the next step in your professional career? We always want you to achieve more: apply online using the link below and invest in your future.
For more information, please contact Melanie Grooten of our Recruitment team on +31 (0)413 38 37 30.
Job location: Even though the recruiting will be done from Mars Netherlands and you are willing to relocate to Veghel the Netherlands, it will be potentially possible to fill the role in our Laboratory centre: in France, Aimargues.
Interested? Apply online by using the “Apply Online” button.
