Chemistry Jobs at MARS | Laboratory Quality & Rapid Methods Role
Mars is inviting experienced chemistry professionals to join its laboratory quality and rapid methods team through a role focused on technical training, laboratory excellence, and continuous improvement. With a strong emphasis on safety, quality, and virtual recruitment practices during COVID-19, this opportunity offers exposure to global laboratory standards within one of the world’s most trusted food and pet care organizations.
- Location: Hyderabad, Telangāna, India
- Category: R&D
- Job ID: R145261
Job Description:
Key Responsibilities:
- Provides technical training on rapid methods for raw material and in-process controls to site lab coordinators/Associates.
- Provides training packages and guidance about how Site lab Associates can train and validate other site lab Associate to testing methods.
- Proactively engage a culture of safe laboratory behaviors role model best practices and provide open feedback to other Mars Inc. associates when working with regional or site labs.
- Provides support on new equipment selection and configuration.
- Provides coaching and support for troubleshooting technical issues with the test and instrumentation.
- Verify the execution of the verification programs (ring-test).
- Help the site to develop a strong action plan based on 5M approach for all non-conform results (Ring-Test, rejections unconfirmed).
- Identify priorities based on problem solving performed at site level and build continuous improvement action plan on Rapid methods.
- Coordination between other MGS Regional Labs and COE to ensure alignment, best practice sharing, and evolution of WoW.
- Support the site labs in deploying the Mars Laboratory Quality Standard.
- As part of the governance process, support for reporting site labs’ KPIs.
- Conduct technical audits of labs not under their domain for training and PT.
- Proactively engage a culture of safe laboratory behaviors, role model best practices, and provide open feedback to other Mars Inc. associates when working with regional or site labs.
Education & Professional Qualification:
- BSc or MSc in chemistry or a related scientific discipline.
- Languages: English mandatory, local languages are a plus.
Knowledge/Experience:
- 3 to 5 years of work experience in a chemistry lab.
- ISO 9001, ISO 17025, or Mars Laboratory Quality Standard experience.
- Essential: Good communication skills, both written and spoken English.
- Essential: customer focus and understanding of quality and food safety aspects.
- Desired: Experience in ethnographic interviewing, design thinking, and prototyping of new client-centric solutions.
- Performance evaluation and continuous improvement.
- Good stakeholder management and communication skills.
Fluent in writing and speaking English.
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