NIR Application Development Senior Scientist Job in Veghel, Netherlands

More than 100 years ago, a young Frank C. Mars started making candies in his Tacoma, Washington kitchen. From that simple beginning, his son Forrest built Mars into the mature company it is today, first by creating the MILKY WAY® bar with his father and later by expanding the business overseas and diversifying into new categories like pet care and food. Today, the Mars family of Associates is more than 100,000 strong in over 80 countries around the world. Through all that growth, we’ve remained a private, family-owned business, with passionate Associates who are united and guided by The Five Principles.

NIR Application Development Senior Scientist Job Description

Keep our NIR network maintained with robust and up-to-date calibrations, and drive improvement towards a more effective and efficient NIR program. Are you ready to do business with purpose?

NIR Application Development Senior Scientist
Veghel, fulltime 

Improving and optimizing our NIR calibration model and verification program: your role as a NIR Application Development Senior Scientist

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 to drive continuous improvement of our NIR program. 

You will be part of a team of technical experts responsible of the NIR models portfolio (both quantitative and fingerprint models) for raw materials, intermediates and finished products across all Mars Inc. segments (Petcare, Confectionary, Food & Drinks). 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!

Become the heartbeat of innovation at Mars and a champion of quality in our business. Your goal is to develop, validate, implement and verify NIR applications to support inbound, process and finished product control across all NIR platforms.

You will make a difference by:

• Carrying feasibility tests on using NIR on new applications, using technical expertise to ensure the fit for purpose and viability of the application for the business
• 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 following priorities, including review of calibration scope, performance, improvement and retirement
• 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;
• consultancy, coaching and developing R&D scientists to provide local and timely NIR support for new instrument installation, complex troubleshooting in collaboration with the NIR customer service team, 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.

NIR Application Development Senior Scientist Job Requirements

Are your data analysis skills exceptional, and can you easily manage science projects?

We are seeking for a professional with proven experience and knowledge of NIR spectroscopy: Instrumentation, statistics for data analysis and experimental design, chemo metrics in multivariate model development, validation, and verification of NIR models.

You are a team player, fast learner, effective communicator, 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, it is preferable you have experience with our Mars Inc. product portfolio.

You meet the following criteria:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant science/technology (Food Science, agriculture, analytical chemistry, chemistry, chemometrics or any other NIR-related disciplines).
• A proven record of 1-2 years of working experience in chemometrics, NIR spectroscopy and statistical analysis in an industrial or laboratory environment; preferably also NIR network setups.
• Affinity to software and IT systems is desired.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both oral and written
• Willingness to travel (internationally) 10% of your time.

NIR Application Development Senior Scientist Application Information

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

NIR Application Development Senior Scientist Summary

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