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Marlene Quijano States Work Life Balance Is Important But You Need to Be Careful About How You Ask About It

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  • Date Added : 11/11/2008
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Marlene Quijano

  • Director, Kraft Foods, Inc,
  • female
  • Hispanic
  • 1963 (Age: 61 years old)
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Biography

Marlene Quijano is Director R&D for Cereals, Bars, Better For You Platforms and Open Innovation for the Snacks & Cereal Sector at Kraft. She is responsible for Category Leadership across Growth, Quality and Core Programs across North American Cereal, Bars, Back To Nature and South Beach Diet Categories.

Prior to moving into this assignment, Quijano had prior leadership roles in the Snacks & Cereal Sector. Quijano was the Director for Snacks & Cereal Productivity and Pilot Plant Operations, responsible for Raw & Pack productivity across Biscuit, Snacks, & Confections, involving major product and process cost optimization initiatives and Pilot Plant Operations supporting Growth, Quality and Productivity for the sector. She also served as the Director Packaging and Engineering where she oversaw all of the Packaging and Engineering activities for Biscuit, Snacks & Confections businesses.

Quijano also held a leadership role in Human Resources where she was responsible for guiding the Kraft diversity agenda and focusing on effective strategies to meet quantitative and qualitative goals across the Westchester and New Jersey management sites.

Quijano began her career with the company in 1984 as an intern in the Beverage Division at General Foods Corporation. A year later, she joined the company as a technical researcher in Beverages. She has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility including Senior Engineer for Maxwell House and Asset Planning Manager for Maxwell House Logistics. In 1995, she was named Beverages Operations Quality Manager where she focused on leading and implementing food safety and quality assurance initiatives. A year later, she was named Technology Section Manager for the Beverages Division and then in 1998 became Technology Section Manager for Kraft's Coffee & Cereals Division.

In 1999 Marlene was promoted to Associate Director for Beverages, Desserts & Snacks with overall technical business leadership across two categories - Ready-to-drink beverages and new product development for the entire division. She progressed in that capacity to overseeing the overall technical business leadership across Kraft's Dessert businesses.

Marlene Quijano has a bachelor's of science in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University.

Well Romi, this is a topic that is actually very dear to my heart for many reasons: one, as a woman I think women really pioneered the need for work-life balance; two, as a mother. However, before I was a parent I actually took care of my parents. So, through my 23-year career it's something that ...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 6 Marlene Quijano States Work Life Balance Is Important But You Need to Be Careful About How You Ask About It
  • Marlene Quijano - Interview - Asking About Diversity and Balance During An Interview
  • 11/11/2008
  • Marlene Quijano
  • 1 min. 31 sec.
Video 2 of 6 Marlene Quijano Provides Advice On How To Ask A Potential Employer About Work-Life Balance
  • Marlene Quijano - Interview - Asking About Diversity and Balance During An Interview
  • 11/11/2008
  • Marlene Quijano
  • 1 min. 34 sec.
Video 3 of 6 Marlene Quijano States Students Need To Understand How Potential Employers Have Evolved With Regards To Work-Life Balance
  • Marlene Quijano - Interview - Asking About Diversity and Balance During An Interview
  • 11/11/2008
  • Marlene Quijano
  • 0 min. 49 sec.
Video 4 of 6 Marlene Quijano States Students Need To Research A Company To See How They Display Their Work-Life Balance
  • Marlene Quijano - Interview - Asking About Diversity and Balance During An Interview
  • 11/11/2008
  • Marlene Quijano
  • 2 min. 32 sec.
Video 5 of 6 Marlene Quijano States Importance of Walking Into An Interview Prepared
  • Marlene Quijano - Interview - Asking About Diversity and Balance During An Interview
  • 11/11/2008
  • Marlene Quijano
  • 1 min. 23 sec.
Video 6 of 6 Marlene Quijano Discusses How To Bring Up Work-Life Balance Questions In The Interview Setting
  • Marlene Quijano - Interview - Asking About Diversity and Balance During An Interview
  • 11/11/2008
  • Marlene Quijano
  • 4 min. 10 sec.

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