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Mars

玛氏宠物-Product Development Senior Technologist-Innovation-北京

Location:  CHN-Beijing-Beijing | China
Location flexibility:  1 office day / week, 2 office days / week, 3 office days / week, 4 office days / week
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Job Description

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities

1.Product Development:

  • Role to fuel the innovation pipeline, identifying and translating consumer, shopper and customer insights into key quality attributes (KQA's) and desirable product taken from first prototype through to industrial production. Work seamlessly with Global and Regional team to ensure effective risk management of the product development workstreams, linking cross functionally.

2.Manufacturing Technical Product Development:

  • Role focuses on improving products, components, equipment, systems, or processes and to ensuring consistent delivery against key quality attributes, product performance and quality targets.

3.Technical study:

  • Coordinate technical study on product fundamental knowledge and capability building and give business recommendation to flawless innovation and renovation implementation.

4.Coman management:

  • Networking with Co-man, external agencies and global R&D experts

Context and Scope

1. Primarily focused on translation phases of Growth activities, but also covering Efficiency through value-leadership projects, and Quality through brand maintenance initiatives as required.

2. Direct activities through an understanding of Desirability /Feasibility /Viability and be able to motivate and direct a range of R&D associates and beyond (including interaction with a range of supply and demand functions).

3. Lead Pedigree & Whiskas brand product innovation and renovation

4. Lead product continuous improvement of Pedigree & Whiskas on desirability, viability, and feasibility to meet quality, efficiency and cost requirement;

5. Lead to develop innovation related raw material;

6. Product and raw material technical and functional capability development and the knowledge transformation in Global and local;

Knowledge / Experience

1.Minimum Requirements:

1). 3+ year’s industry experience in R&D within FMCG

2). Strong knowledge of product development from bench top to full scale production.

3). Strong ability to work cross functionally with people in other disciplines/business areas.

4). Demonstrated excellence in project management with the strong capability to motivate and direct a technical team.

5). Excellent English

2.Preferred Qualifications:

1). Understanding of Petfood consumers, market opportunities, recipes, raw materials and process constraints.

2). Strong knowledge of applicable petfood technologies and the manufacturing processes used to produce feed and petfood ingredients.

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Working at Mars

Hybrid

Core hours 11–3

Company benefits

Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Open to compressed hours
Sabbaticals
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks at 90% pay
Enhanced paternity leave – 26 weeks at 90% pay
24 days annual leave + bank holidays
“Pawternity” leave
Pregnancy loss leave
Bank holiday swaps
Shared parental leave
Adoption leave
Family health insurance
Pregnancy support
Neonatal leave
Faith rooms
Meditation space
Dog friendly office
Dog friendly co-working space
Annual bonus
Employee discounts
Cinema discounts
Referral bonus
Joining bonus
Cycle to work scheme
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Theme park discounts
Lunch and learns
In house training
Learning license
Studying sabbaticals
Open to part time work for some roles
Menopause support
On-site gym
On-site barista
Secure on-site parking
On-site catering
Private booths
On-site wellness room
Collaboration spaces

Awards & Accreditations

1st - Most Family Friendly Company

1st - Most Family Friendly Company

Flexa awards 2026
3rd - Best Workplace Benefits

3rd - Best Workplace Benefits

Flexa awards 2026
Most loved - Large companies

Top 5 - Most loved - Large companies

Flexa awards 2026
Best Work-Life Balance

Top 10 - Best Work-Life Balance

Flexa awards 2026
1st - Most Family Friendly Company

1st - Most Family Friendly Company

Flexa awards 2025
2nd – Pet Friendly

2nd – Pet Friendly

Flexa awards 2025
Most Flexible Company

Top 5 - Most Flexible Company

Flexa awards 2025
Most Inclusive Company

Top 5 - Most Inclusive Company

Flexa awards 2025
Best Work-Life Balance

Top 10 - Best Work-Life Balance

Flexa awards 2025
Best Career Progression

Top 10 - Best Career Progression

Flexa awards 2025
Best Workplace Culture

Best Workplace Culture

Flexa awards 2025
Best Workplace Benefits

Best Workplace Benefits

Flexa awards 2025
1st – Large companies

1st – Large companies

Flexa100 2024
Consumer Goods

Consumer Goods

Industry awards 2023
3rd – Large companies

3rd – Large companies

Flexa100 2023
Retail & Ecommerce

Retail & Ecommerce

Industry awards 2022
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Company employees:

4,000 In the UK

Gender diversity (m:f):

57:43

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