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**Responsibilities**:
**The Opportunity**
**Your Impact**
The Operation Excellence analyst plays a key role, ensuring the high quality of R&D documentation and the global ingredient standard, while accelerating digital transformation, integrating and harmonizing R&D business processes throughout the LATAM region.
- Ensure the integrity and high quality of ingredients, products and processes Documentation, in partnership with the Product Developers and TDC, for Innovation, Productivity and Business Continuity agenda, ensuring full compliance with the requirements of the Technical Stage Gate, for the Food category, in South America.
- Execute and comply with the requirements of the Global Ingredient Standards (GIS/PQP) by building a strong connection with external suppliers and documenting new or existing ingredient specifications.
- Replicate and Load specifications into SAP PLM or other system
- Bring digital solutions to simplify R&D ways of working
- Execute plans to ensure R&D Data Sustain and CAST adoption in Brasil, SOCO and Andean
- Manage workflows in the systems, mainly in SAP
- Support the qualification and approval of suppliers according to the global quality protocol (SQA)
- Work with external suppliers to ensure compliance with ingredients, product and process specifications
- Write specifications of raw materials, semi-finished, finished products and process
- Work with Project Leaders to ensure that project timeline compliance
- Lead projects of low and medium complexity in order to have a critical experience as a product developer
- Support operational training related to new technology or product
- Flexibility to coordinate industrial, pilot plant or laboratory tests for new products, processes and/or equipment (or adaptations to existing ones)
- Participate in project meetings of the functional team
- Ensure LatAm process harmonization in collaboration with the OpEx team based in Mexico
- Ensure the confidentiality of R&D information and company strategy.
Qualifications:
**Who Are We Looking For?**
- Research and Development or Process area with interface with R&D - minimum experience of 5 years
- Technical Degree (Food Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Production Engineering and others)
- Experience in managing SAP (PLM and/or ERP); from 1 to 2 years.
- Experience in R&D, Continuous Process Improvement, Data Analytics or related area.
- Desirable technical knowledge on the Snacks, Cookies & Crackers, Dairy and/or Grains platform.
- Language: English and Spanish (min intermediate)
- Intellectual and technical curiosity
- Knowledge of local food legislation
- Knowledge in Food Safety, HACCP, Allergens
- Strong commitment and responsibility
- Organization and prioritization of activities
- Great sense of teamwork & collaboration culture
- Cultural adaptability, agility & flexibility
- Good relationship and able to work under pressure
- Results oriented and data driven
- Digital capabilities: foundation of automation process and data analytics
- Initiative and dynamism
This position requires the skills to have contact and meeting with more senior people from Global and Region to discuss technical challenges in the projects and initiatives from R&D.
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**What can you expect from us**:
- Opportunities to learn and develop every day through a wide range of programs.
- Internal digital platforms that promote self-learning.
- Development programs according to Leadership skills.
- Specialized training according to the role.
- Learning experiences with internal and external providers.
- We love to celebrate success, which is why we have recognition programs for seniority, behavior, leadership, moments of life, among others.
- Financial wellness programs that will help you reach your goals in all stages of life.
- A flexibility program that will allow you to balance your personal and work life, adapting your working day to your lifestyle.
- And because your family is also important to us, they can also enjoy benefits such as our